diff --git a/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp b/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp
index 750faf6ad3e..c1a26ee3bf8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarclient.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bool BazaarClient::synchronousUncommit(const FilePath &workingDir,
          << revisionSpec(revision)
          << extraOptions;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, args);
     VcsOutputWindow::append(result.cleanedStdOut());
     return result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ bool BazaarClient::managesFile(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &
     QStringList args(QLatin1String("status"));
     args << fileName;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return false;
     return result.rawStdOut().startsWith("unknown");
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp
index 4ceea5feb2e..f502408ddf6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritserver.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int GerritServer::testConnection()
 {
     static GitClient *const client = GitClient::instance();
     const QStringList arguments = curlArguments() << (url(RestUrl) + accountUrlC);
-    const CommandResult result = client->vcsFullySynchronousExec({}, {curlBinary, arguments});
+    const CommandResult result = client->vcsSynchronousExec({}, {curlBinary, arguments});
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         QString output = result.cleanedStdOut();
         // Gerrit returns an empty response for /p/qt-creator/a/accounts/self
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ bool GerritServer::resolveVersion(const GerritParameters &p, bool forceReload)
         if (port)
             arguments << p.portFlag << QString::number(port);
         arguments << hostArgument() << "gerrit" << "version";
-        const CommandResult result = client->vcsFullySynchronousExec({}, {p.ssh, arguments},
-                                                                     VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+        const CommandResult result = client->vcsSynchronousExec({}, {p.ssh, arguments},
+                                                                VcsCommand::NoOutput);
         QString stdOut = result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
         stdOut.remove("gerrit version ");
         version = stdOut;
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ bool GerritServer::resolveVersion(const GerritParameters &p, bool forceReload)
             return false;
     } else {
         const QStringList arguments = curlArguments() << (url(RestUrl) + versionUrlC);
-        const CommandResult result = client->vcsFullySynchronousExec({}, {curlBinary, arguments},
-                                                                     VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+        const CommandResult result = client->vcsSynchronousExec({}, {curlBinary, arguments},
+                                                                VcsCommand::NoOutput);
         // REST endpoint for version is only available from 2.8 and up. Do not consider invalid
         // if it fails.
         if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index b1618dd2c4b..252568b382a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ QString GitClient::findGitDirForRepository(const FilePath &repositoryDir) const
 
 bool GitClient::managesFile(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &fileName) const
 {
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
                                  {"ls-files", "--error-unmatch", fileName}, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     return result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ FilePaths GitClient::unmanagedFiles(const FilePaths &filePaths) const
         QStringList args({"ls-files", "-z"});
         const QDir wd(it.key().toString());
         args << transform(it.value(), [&wd](const QString &fp) { return wd.relativeFilePath(fp); });
-        const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(it.key(), args, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+        const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(it.key(), args, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
         if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
             return filePaths;
         const QStringList managedFilePaths
@@ -1496,8 +1496,8 @@ void GitClient::removeStaleRemoteBranches(const FilePath &workingDirectory, cons
 
 void GitClient::recoverDeletedFiles(const FilePath &workingDirectory)
 {
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"ls-files", "--deleted"},
-                            VcsCommand::SuppressCommandLogging);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"ls-files", "--deleted"},
+                                                    VcsCommand::SuppressCommandLogging);
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         const QString stdOut = result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
         if (stdOut.isEmpty()) {
@@ -1522,8 +1522,8 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousLog(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStringLi
 
     allArguments.append(arguments);
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, allArguments,
-                        flags, vcsTimeoutS(), encoding(workingDirectory, "i18n.logOutputEncoding"));
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, allArguments, flags,
+                        vcsTimeoutS(), encoding(workingDirectory, "i18n.logOutputEncoding"));
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         *output = result.cleanedStdOut();
         return true;
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousAdd(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 {
     QStringList args{"add"};
     args += extraOptions + files;
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args).result()
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args).result()
             == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousDelete(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     if (force)
         arguments << "--force";
     arguments.append(files);
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments).result()
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments).result()
             == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousMove(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
                                 const QString &from,
                                 const QString &to)
 {
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"mv", from, to}).result()
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"mv", from, to}).result()
             == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousReset(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     else
         arguments << HEAD << "--" << files;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments);
     const QString stdOut = result.cleanedStdOut();
     VcsOutputWindow::append(stdOut);
     // Note that git exits with 1 even if the operation is successful
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousReset(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 // Initialize repository
 bool GitClient::synchronousInit(const FilePath &workingDirectory)
 {
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, QStringList{"init"});
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, QStringList{"init"});
     // '[Re]Initialized...'
     VcsOutputWindow::append(result.cleanedStdOut());
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
@@ -1622,8 +1622,8 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousCheckoutFiles(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStri
     if (revertStaging)
         arguments << revision;
     arguments << "--" << files;
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments,
-                                                         VcsCommand::ExpectRepoChanges);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments,
+                                                    VcsCommand::ExpectRepoChanges);
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return true;
 
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRevListCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QS
                                       QString *output, QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     const QStringList arguments = QStringList({"rev-list", noColorOption}) + extraArguments;
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, result.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
@@ -1737,8 +1737,8 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousShortDescription(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 QString GitClient::synchronousCurrentLocalBranch(const FilePath &workingDirectory) const
 {
     QString branch;
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"symbolic-ref", HEAD},
-                                                         VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"symbolic-ref", HEAD},
+                                                    VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         branch = result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     } else {
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousHeadRefs(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringLis
                                     QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     const QStringList arguments = {"show-ref", "--head", "--abbrev=10", "--dereference"};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, result.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
@@ -1810,8 +1810,8 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousTopic(const FilePath &workingDirectory) const
         return remoteBranch;
 
     // No tag or remote branch - try git describe
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, QStringList{"describe"},
-                                                         VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, QStringList{"describe"},
+                                                    VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         const QString stdOut = result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
         if (!stdOut.isEmpty())
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRevParseCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Q
                                        QString *output, QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     const QStringList arguments = {"rev-parse", ref};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     *output = result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return true;
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRevParseCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Q
 QString GitClient::synchronousTopRevision(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QDateTime *dateTime)
 {
     const QStringList arguments = {"show", "-s", "--pretty=format:%H:%ct", HEAD};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return QString();
     const QStringList output = result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed().split(':');
@@ -1850,14 +1850,14 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousTopRevision(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QDat
 
 bool GitClient::isRemoteCommit(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &commit)
 {
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
                                  {"branch", "-r", "--contains", commit}, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     return !result.rawStdOut().isEmpty();
 }
 
 bool GitClient::isFastForwardMerge(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &branch)
 {
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
                                  {"merge-base", HEAD, branch}, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     return result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed() == synchronousTopRevision(workingDirectory);
 }
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousShortDescription(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 {
     const QStringList arguments = {"log", noColorOption, ("--pretty=format:" + format),
                                    "--max-count=1", revision};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendSilently(tr("Cannot describe revision \"%1\" in \"%2\": %3")
                         .arg(revision, workingDirectory.toUserOutput(), result.cleanedStdErr()));
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousBranchCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringLi
                                      QString *output, QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     branchArgs.push_front("branch");
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, branchArgs);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, branchArgs);
     *output = result.cleanedStdOut();
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return true;
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousTagCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList
                                   QString *output, QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     tagArgs.push_front("tag");
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, tagArgs);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, tagArgs);
     *output = result.cleanedStdOut();
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return true;
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousForEachRefCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStri
                                       QString *output, QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     args.push_front("for-each-ref");
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     *output = result.cleanedStdOut();
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return true;
@@ -2021,8 +2021,8 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRemoteCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringLi
                                      QString *output, QString *errorMessage, bool silent) const
 {
     remoteArgs.push_front("remote");
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, remoteArgs,
-                                                         silent ? VcsCommand::NoOutput : 0);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, remoteArgs,
+                                                    silent ? VcsCommand::NoOutput : 0);
     const QString stdErr = result.cleanedStdErr();
     *errorMessage = stdErr;
     *output = result.cleanedStdOut();
@@ -2063,8 +2063,8 @@ QStringList GitClient::synchronousSubmoduleStatus(const FilePath &workingDirecto
                                                   QString *errorMessage) const
 {
     // get submodule status
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"submodule", "status"},
-                                                         VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, {"submodule", "status"},
+                                                    VcsCommand::NoOutput);
 
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(tr("Cannot retrieve submodule status of \"%1\": %2")
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ QByteArray GitClient::synchronousShow(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QS
         return {};
     }
     const QStringList arguments = {"show", decorateOption, noColorOption, "--no-patch", id};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, flags);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, flags);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, result.cleanedStdErr(), nullptr);
         return {};
@@ -2159,8 +2159,7 @@ bool GitClient::cleanList(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &modul
     const FilePath directory = workingDirectory.pathAppended(modulePath);
     const QStringList arguments = {"clean", "--dry-run", flag};
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(directory, arguments,
-                                                         VcsCommand::ForceCLocale);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(directory, arguments, VcsCommand::ForceCLocale);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(arguments, directory, result.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
@@ -2206,7 +2205,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousApplyPatch(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     QStringList arguments = {"apply", "--whitespace=fix"};
     arguments << extraArguments << file;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments);
     const QString stdErr = result.cleanedStdErr();
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         if (!stdErr.isEmpty())
@@ -2341,7 +2340,7 @@ GitClient::StatusResult GitClient::gitStatus(const FilePath &workingDirectory, S
         arguments << "--ignore-submodules=all";
     arguments << "--porcelain" << "-b";
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
     const QString stdOut = result.cleanedStdOut();
 
     if (output)
@@ -2710,7 +2709,7 @@ bool GitClient::readDataFromCommit(const FilePath &repoDirectory, const QString
 {
     // Get commit data as "SHA1<lf>author<lf>email<lf>message".
     const QStringList arguments = {"log", "--max-count=1", "--pretty=format:%h\n%an\n%ae\n%B", commit};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(repoDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(repoDirectory, arguments, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
 
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         if (errorMessage) {
@@ -3141,7 +3140,7 @@ void GitClient::synchronousAbortCommand(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStrin
         return;
     }
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, {abortCommand, "--abort"},
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, {abortCommand, "--abort"},
                                  VcsCommand::ExpectRepoChanges | VcsCommand::ShowSuccessMessage);
     VcsOutputWindow::append(result.cleanedStdOut());
 }
@@ -3166,7 +3165,7 @@ QString GitClient::synchronousTrackingBranch(const FilePath &workingDirectory, c
 bool GitClient::synchronousSetTrackingBranch(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
                                              const QString &branch, const QString &tracking)
 {
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory,
                                  {"branch", "--set-upstream-to=" + tracking, branch});
     return result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
@@ -3488,7 +3487,7 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousStashRemove(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Q
     else
         arguments << "drop" << stash;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments);
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         const QString output = result.cleanedStdOut();
         if (!output.isEmpty())
@@ -3505,8 +3504,8 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousStashList(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QList<Sta
     stashes->clear();
 
     const QStringList arguments = {"stash", "list", noColorOption};
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments,
-                                                         VcsCommand::ForceCLocale);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments,
+                                                    VcsCommand::ForceCLocale);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
         msgCannotRun(arguments, workingDirectory, result.cleanedStdErr(), errorMessage);
         return false;
@@ -3551,8 +3550,8 @@ QString GitClient::readOneLine(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStringLi
             ? QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8")
             : QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments,
-                                                         VcsCommand::NoOutput, vcsTimeoutS(), codec);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments,
+                                                    VcsCommand::NoOutput, vcsTimeoutS(), codec);
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
     return {};
diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp
index b1d120c84fb..f7d4cbb751c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialclient.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bool MercurialClient::manifestSync(const FilePath &repository, const QString &re
     // This  only works when called from the repo and outputs paths relative to it.
     const QStringList args(QLatin1String("manifest"));
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(repository, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(repository, args);
 
     const QDir repositoryDir(repository.toString());
     const QFileInfo needle = QFileInfo(repositoryDir, relativeFilename);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ bool MercurialClient::synchronousClone(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     if (workingDirectory.exists()) {
         // Let's make first init
         QStringList arguments(QLatin1String("init"));
-        if (vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments).result()
+        if (vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, arguments).result()
                 != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ QStringList MercurialClient::parentRevisionsSync(const FilePath &workingDirector
     args << QLatin1String("parents") <<  QLatin1String("-r") <<revision;
     if (!file.isEmpty())
         args << file;
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return {};
     /* Looks like: \code
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ QString MercurialClient::shortDescriptionSync(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     if (!format.isEmpty())
         args << QLatin1String("--template") << format;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return revision;
     return stripLastNewline(result.cleanedStdOut());
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ bool MercurialClient::managesFile(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const QStrin
 {
     QStringList args;
     args << QLatin1String("status") << QLatin1String("--unknown") << fileName;
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
     return result.cleanedStdOut().isEmpty();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
index 027899115b3..8db5e2543fe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ QString SubversionClient::synchronousTopic(const FilePath &repository) const
     else
         svnVersionBinary = svnVersionBinary.left(pos + 1);
     svnVersionBinary.append(HostOsInfo::withExecutableSuffix("svnversion"));
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(repository,
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(repository,
                                  {FilePath::fromString(svnVersionBinary), args});
     if (result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return result.cleanedStdOut().trimmed();
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
index 665b441501b..9fb57091d2d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ SubversionResponse SubversionPluginPrivate::runSvn(const FilePath &workingDir,
         return response;
     }
 
-    const CommandResult result = m_client->vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, arguments, flags,
+    const CommandResult result = m_client->vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, arguments, flags,
                         m_settings.timeout.value() * defaultTimeoutMutiplier, outputCodec);
 
     response.error = result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index eb078677fc9..16ba4657791 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ QString VcsBaseClientImpl::stripLastNewline(const QString &in)
     return in;
 }
 
-CommandResult VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsFullySynchronousExec(const FilePath &workingDir,
+CommandResult VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsSynchronousExec(const FilePath &workingDir,
               const QStringList &args, unsigned flags, int timeoutS, QTextCodec *codec) const
 {
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, {vcsBinary(), args}, flags, timeoutS, codec);
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, {vcsBinary(), args}, flags, timeoutS, codec);
 }
 
-CommandResult VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsFullySynchronousExec(const FilePath &workingDir,
+CommandResult VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsSynchronousExec(const FilePath &workingDir,
               const CommandLine &cmdLine, unsigned flags, int timeoutS, QTextCodec *codec) const
 {
     VcsCommand command(workingDir, processEnvironment());
@@ -167,14 +167,6 @@ VcsCommand *VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsExec(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
     return command;
 }
 
-CommandResult VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsSynchronousExec(const FilePath &workingDir,
-                                                    const QStringList &args,
-                                                    unsigned flags,
-                                                    QTextCodec *outputCodec) const
-{
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, args, flags, vcsTimeoutS(), outputCodec);
-}
-
 int VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsTimeoutS() const
 {
     return m_baseSettings->timeout.value();
@@ -232,7 +224,7 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousCreateRepository(const FilePath &workingDirectory
 {
     QStringList args(vcsCommandString(CreateRepositoryCommand));
     args << extraOptions;
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDirectory, args);
     if (result.result() != ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
         return false;
     VcsOutputWindow::append(result.cleanedStdOut());
@@ -251,7 +243,7 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousClone(const FilePath &workingDir,
     args << vcsCommandString(CloneCommand)
          << extraOptions << srcLocation << dstLocation;
 
-    const CommandResult result = vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, args);
+    const CommandResult result = vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, args);
     resetCachedVcsInfo(workingDir);
     return result.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
@@ -262,7 +254,7 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousAdd(const FilePath &workingDir,
 {
     QStringList args;
     args << vcsCommandString(AddCommand) << extraOptions << relFileName;
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, args).result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, args).result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
 bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousRemove(const FilePath &workingDir,
@@ -271,7 +263,7 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousRemove(const FilePath &workingDir,
 {
     QStringList args;
     args << vcsCommandString(RemoveCommand) << extraOptions << filename;
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, args).result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, args).result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
 bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousMove(const FilePath &workingDir,
@@ -281,7 +273,7 @@ bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousMove(const FilePath &workingDir,
 {
     QStringList args;
     args << vcsCommandString(MoveCommand) << extraOptions << from << to;
-    return vcsFullySynchronousExec(workingDir, args).result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
+    return vcsSynchronousExec(workingDir, args).result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
 bool VcsBaseClient::synchronousPull(const FilePath &workingDir,
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
index ca1a77aaf89..1bd0c78d93e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ public:
     static QString stripLastNewline(const QString &in);
 
     // Fully synchronous VCS execution (QProcess-based)
-    CommandResult vcsFullySynchronousExec(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
+    CommandResult vcsSynchronousExec(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
                                           const QStringList &args, unsigned flags = 0,
                                           int timeoutS = -1, QTextCodec *codec = nullptr) const;
-    CommandResult vcsFullySynchronousExec(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
+    CommandResult vcsSynchronousExec(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
                                           const Utils::CommandLine &cmdLine, unsigned flags = 0,
                                           int timeoutS = -1, QTextCodec *codec = nullptr) const;
 
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ protected:
     virtual void annotateRevisionRequested(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory, const QString &file,
                                            const QString &change, int line);
 
-    // Synchronous VCS execution using Utils::SynchronousProcess, with
-    // log windows updating (using VcsBasePlugin::runVcs with flags)
-    CommandResult vcsSynchronousExec(const Utils::FilePath &workingDir,
-                                     const QStringList &args,
-                                     unsigned flags = 0,
-                                     QTextCodec *outputCodec = nullptr) const;
-
 private:
     void saveSettings();