diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/remotelinux/CMakeLists.txt
index b13dac3f7ed..188e3609ac5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ add_qtc_plugin(RemoteLinux
     abstractremotelinuxdeploystep.cpp abstractremotelinuxdeploystep.h
     customcommanddeploystep.cpp customcommanddeploystep.h
     deploymenttimeinfo.cpp deploymenttimeinfo.h
+    genericdeploystep.cpp genericdeploystep.h
     genericdirectuploadstep.cpp genericdirectuploadstep.h
     genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.h
     killappstep.cpp killappstep.h
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(RemoteLinux
     remotelinuxrunconfiguration.cpp remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h
     remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp remotelinuxsignaloperation.h
     remotelinuxtr.h
-    rsyncdeploystep.cpp rsyncdeploystep.h
     sshdevicewizard.cpp sshdevicewizard.h
     sshkeycreationdialog.cpp sshkeycreationdialog.h
     tarpackagecreationstep.cpp tarpackagecreationstep.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdeploystep.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
rename to src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdeploystep.cpp
index d3558461514..9ca4063e390 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdeploystep.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2018 The Qt Company Ltd.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
 
-#include "rsyncdeploystep.h"
+#include "genericdeploystep.h"
 
 #include "abstractremotelinuxdeploystep.h"
 #include "remotelinux_constants.h"
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdeploystep.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/remotelinux/rsyncdeploystep.h
rename to src/plugins/remotelinux/genericdeploystep.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs
index 5a834fdef92..8eaab69e479 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux.qbs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "deploymenttimeinfo.h",
         "customcommanddeploystep.cpp",
         "customcommanddeploystep.h",
+        "genericdeploystep.cpp",
+        "genericdeploystep.h",
         "genericdirectuploadstep.cpp",
         "genericdirectuploadstep.h",
         "genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp",
@@ -47,8 +49,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp",
         "remotelinuxsignaloperation.h",
         "remotelinuxtr.h",
-        "rsyncdeploystep.cpp",
-        "rsyncdeploystep.h",
         "sshdevicewizard.cpp",
         "sshdevicewizard.h",
         "sshkeycreationdialog.cpp",
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp
index d6e5f86dc1f..a84772b3f39 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "remotelinuxplugin.h"
 
 #include "customcommanddeploystep.h"
+#include "genericdeploystep.h"
 #include "genericdirectuploadstep.h"
 #include "killappstep.h"
 #include "linuxdevice.h"
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "remotelinuxdebugsupport.h"
 #include "remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h"
 #include "remotelinuxtr.h"
-#include "rsyncdeploystep.h"
 #include "tarpackagecreationstep.h"
 #include "tarpackagedeploystep.h"