diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp
index 3284f7df31b..46c412011e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.cpp
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ public:
         connect(cacheResetButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
                 Core::VcsManager::instance(), &Core::VcsManager::clearVersionControlCache);
 
-        setOnApply([&s, page] {
+        setOnApply([&s] {
             if (s.isDirty()) {
                 s.apply();
                 s.writeSettings(Core::ICore::settings());
-                emit page->settingsChanged();
+                emit s.settingsChanged();
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h
index 8d781a45d72..376ad0bae90 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/commonvcssettings.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 class CommonVcsSettings : public Utils::AspectContainer
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
 public:
     CommonVcsSettings();
 
@@ -27,20 +29,18 @@ public:
 
     Utils::BoolAspect lineWrap;
     Utils::IntegerAspect lineWrapWidth;
+
+signals:
+    void settingsChanged();
 };
 
 class CommonOptionsPage final : public Core::IOptionsPage
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
-    explicit CommonOptionsPage();
+    CommonOptionsPage();
 
     CommonVcsSettings &settings() { return m_settings; }
 
-signals:
-    void settingsChanged();
-
 private:
     CommonVcsSettings m_settings;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsplugin.cpp
index 5d14b3a4722..0596f406b8b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsplugin.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
     explicit VcsPluginPrivate(VcsPlugin *plugin)
         : q(plugin)
     {
-        QObject::connect(&m_settingsPage, &CommonOptionsPage::settingsChanged,
+        QObject::connect(&m_settingsPage.settings(), &CommonVcsSettings::settingsChanged,
                          [this] { slotSettingsChanged(); });
         slotSettingsChanged();
     }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void VcsPlugin::initialize()
         return result;
     });
 
-    connect(&d->m_settingsPage, &CommonOptionsPage::settingsChanged,
+    connect(&d->m_settingsPage.settings(), &CommonVcsSettings::settingsChanged,
             this, &VcsPlugin::settingsChanged);
 
     JsonWizardFactory::registerPageFactory(new Internal::VcsConfigurationPageFactory);