diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
index 883c66c0b36..0891b1ec2b2 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Utils::optional<QString> ChannelBuffer::takeFirstLine()
 
     const QString line = QString::fromUtf8(rawData.left(firstLineEnd));
     rawData.remove(0, firstLineEnd + 1);
-    return Utils::make_optional<QString>(line);
+    return line;
 }
 
 void ChannelBuffer::append(const QByteArray &text)