diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.cpp
index 82b06bf7feb..7a283acd83e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.cpp
@@ -25,21 +25,17 @@
 
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
-#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QTextCursor>
 #include <QUrl>
 
 namespace VcsBase {
 
-VcsOutputFormatter::VcsOutputFormatter()
-{
-    m_urlRegexp = new QRegularExpression("https?://\\S*");
-}
+VcsOutputFormatter::VcsOutputFormatter() : m_urlRegexp("https?://\\S*") {}
 
 void VcsOutputFormatter::appendMessage(const QString &text, Utils::OutputFormat format)
 {
     QString out = text;
-    const QRegularExpressionMatch match = m_urlRegexp->match(text);
+    const QRegularExpressionMatch match = m_urlRegexp.match(text);
     if (match.hasMatch()) {
         const QTextCharFormat normalFormat = charFormat(format);
         OutputFormatter::appendMessage(text.left(match.capturedStart()), format);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.h
index 57757919ead..fd38ffa6277 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsoutputformatter.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <utils/outputformatter.h>
 
-QT_FORWARD_DECLARE_CLASS(QRegularExpression);
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 
 namespace VcsBase {
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
     void handleLink(const QString &href) override;
 
 private:
-    QRegularExpression *m_urlRegexp = nullptr;
+    const QRegularExpression m_urlRegexp;
 };
 
 }