diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/ieditorfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/ieditorfactory.cpp
index 22aa24e7377..74c35a7b5ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/ieditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/ieditorfactory.cpp
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@ namespace Core {
 
 /* Find the one best matching the mimetype passed in.
  * Recurse over the parent classes of the mimetype to find them. */
-template<class EditorTypeLike>
 static void mimeTypeFactoryLookup(const Utils::MimeType &mimeType,
-                                  const QList<EditorTypeLike *> &allFactories,
-                                  QList<EditorTypeLike *> *list)
+                                  const QList<IEditorFactory *> &allFactories,
+                                  QList<IEditorFactory *> *list)
 {
-    QSet<EditorTypeLike *> matches;
+    QSet<IEditorFactory *> matches;
     Utils::visitMimeParents(mimeType, [&](const Utils::MimeType &mt) -> bool {
         // check for matching factories
-        for (EditorTypeLike *factory : allFactories) {
+        for (IEditorFactory *factory : allFactories) {
             if (!matches.contains(factory)) {
                 const QStringList mimeTypes = factory->mimeTypes();
                 for (const QString &mimeName : mimeTypes) {