diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 45fab3f04f8..39acd196278 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(MesonProjectManager
   buildoptionsmodel.h
   buildoptionsparser.h
   common.h
-  infoparser.h
   kitdata.h
   mesonactionsmanager.cpp
   mesonactionsmanager.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/infoparser.h b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/infoparser.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f0131078243..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/infoparser.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2020 Alexis Jeandet.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "common.h"
-#include "mesonpluginconstants.h"
-
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QJsonArray>
-#include <QJsonDocument>
-#include <QJsonObject>
-#include <QJsonValue>
-#include <QVersionNumber>
-
-namespace MesonProjectManager::Internal {
-
-class InfoParser
-{
-    static inline QVersionNumber load_info(const QJsonObject &obj)
-    {
-        auto version = obj["meson_version"].toObject();
-        return {version["major"].toInt(), version["minor"].toInt(), version["patch"].toInt()};
-    }
-    QVersionNumber m_info;
-
-public:
-    InfoParser(const Utils::FilePath &buildDir)
-    {
-        Utils::FilePath jsonFile = buildDir / Constants::MESON_INFO_DIR / Constants::MESON_INFO;
-        auto obj = load<QJsonObject>(jsonFile.toFSPathString());
-        if (obj)
-            m_info = load_info(*obj);
-    }
-
-    QVersionNumber info() { return m_info; }
-};
-
-} // namespace MesonProjectManager::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesoninfoparser.h b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesoninfoparser.h
index bb1a6ec41e4..0a0feecf614 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesoninfoparser.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesoninfoparser.h
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 
 #include "buildoptions.h"
 #include "buildoptionsparser.h"
-#include "infoparser.h"
+#include "common.h"
 #include "target.h"
 
 #include <utils/filepath.h>
 
+#include <QVersionNumber>
+
 #include <optional>
 
-namespace MesonProjectManager {
-namespace Internal {
-namespace MesonInfoParser {
+namespace MesonProjectManager::Internal::MesonInfoParser {
 
 class TargetParser
 {
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-
 struct Result
 {
     TargetsList targets;
@@ -125,12 +124,22 @@ struct Result
     std::optional<QVersionNumber> mesonInfo;
 };
 
+inline QVersionNumber versionNumber(const Utils::FilePath &buildDir)
+{
+    const Utils::FilePath jsonFile = buildDir / Constants::MESON_INFO_DIR / Constants::MESON_INFO;
+    auto obj = load<QJsonObject>(jsonFile.toFSPathString());
+    if (!obj)
+        return {};
+    auto version = obj->value("meson_version").toObject();
+    return {version["major"].toInt(), version["minor"].toInt(), version["patch"].toInt()};
+}
+
 inline Result parse(const Utils::FilePath &buildDir)
 {
     return {TargetParser::targetList(buildDir),
             BuildOptionsParser{buildDir}.takeBuildOptions(),
             BuildSystemFilesParser::files(buildDir),
-            InfoParser{buildDir}.info()};
+            versionNumber(buildDir)};
 }
 
 inline Result parse(const QByteArray &data)
@@ -154,11 +163,4 @@ inline Result parse(QIODevice *introFile)
     return {};
 }
 
-inline std::optional<QVersionNumber> mesonInfo(const Utils::FilePath &buildDir)
-{
-    return InfoParser{buildDir}.info();
-}
-
-} // namespace MesonInfoParser
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace MesonProjectManager
+} // namespace MesonProjectManager::Internal::MesonInfoParser
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
index 46864a9fb7e..d56f44aaed5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Project {
             "mesoninfoparser.h",
             "buildoptionsparser.h",
             "common.h",
-            "infoparser.h",
             "target.h",
             "mesonpluginconstants.h",
             "mesonprojectplugin.cpp",
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.cpp b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.cpp
index 06ff453ebd3..cf4fb33cb02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectparser.cpp
@@ -309,9 +309,9 @@ bool MesonProjectParser::matchesKit(const KitData &kit)
 
 bool MesonProjectParser::usesSameMesonVersion(const FilePath &buildPath)
 {
-    auto info = MesonInfoParser::mesonInfo(buildPath);
+    auto version = MesonInfoParser::versionNumber(buildPath);
     auto meson = MesonTools::toolById(m_meson, ToolType::Meson);
-    return info && meson && *info == meson->version();
+    return !version.isNull() && meson && version == meson->version();
 }
 
 bool MesonProjectParser::run(const Command &command,