diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsettingswidget.cpp
index 68b3173695a..fe4f1be9df7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildsettingswidget.cpp
@@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ CMakeBuildSettingsWidget::CMakeBuildSettingsWidget(CMakeBuildConfiguration *bc)
     m_configFilterModel->setFilterFixedString("0");
 
     m_configTextFilterModel->setSourceModel(m_configFilterModel);
+    m_configTextFilterModel->setSortRole(Qt::DisplayRole);
     m_configTextFilterModel->setFilterKeyColumn(-1);
     m_configTextFilterModel->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
 
     m_configView->setModel(m_configTextFilterModel);
     m_configView->setMinimumHeight(300);
     m_configView->setUniformRowHeights(true);
+    m_configView->setSortingEnabled(true);
+    m_configView->sortByColumn(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
     auto stretcher = new Utils::HeaderViewStretcher(m_configView->header(), 1);
     m_configView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
     m_configView->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectItems);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/configmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/configmodel.cpp
index e828aad16fb..7ffa3849286 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/configmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/configmodel.cpp
@@ -151,11 +151,6 @@ QList<ConfigModel::DataItem> ConfigModel::configurationChanges() const
 void ConfigModel::setConfiguration(const QList<ConfigModel::InternalDataItem> &config)
 {
     QList<InternalDataItem> tmp = config;
-    Utils::sort(tmp,
-                [](const ConfigModel::InternalDataItem &i, const ConfigModel::InternalDataItem &j) {
-                    return i.key < j.key;
-                });
-
     auto newIt = tmp.constBegin();
     auto newEndIt = tmp.constEnd();
     auto oldIt = m_configuration.constBegin();