diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
index cfb3be635fe..99d50876a61 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ void classifyFiles(const QSet<QString> &files, QStringList *headers, QStringList
 }
 
 void indexFindErrors(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
-                     const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
                      const ParseParams params)
 {
     QStringList sources, headers;
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ void indexFindErrors(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
     timer.start();
 
     for (int i = 0, end = files.size(); i < end ; ++i) {
-        if (indexingFuture.isCanceled() || superFuture.isCanceled())
+        if (indexingFuture.isCanceled())
             break;
 
         const QString file = files.at(i);
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ void indexFindErrors(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
 }
 
 void index(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
-           const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
            const ParseParams params)
 {
     QScopedPointer<CppSourceProcessor> sourceProcessor(CppModelManager::createSourceProcessor());
@@ -209,7 +207,7 @@ void index(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
 
     qCDebug(indexerLog) << "About to index" << files.size() << "files.";
     for (int i = 0; i < files.size(); ++i) {
-        if (indexingFuture.isCanceled() || superFuture.isCanceled())
+        if (indexingFuture.isCanceled())
             break;
 
         const QString fileName = files.at(i);
@@ -243,9 +241,7 @@ void index(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
     qCDebug(indexerLog) << "Indexing finished.";
 }
 
-void parse(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
-           const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
-           const ParseParams params)
+void parse(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture, const ParseParams params)
 {
     const QSet<QString> &files = params.sourceFiles;
     if (files.isEmpty())
@@ -254,9 +250,9 @@ void parse(QFutureInterface<void> &indexingFuture,
     indexingFuture.setProgressRange(0, files.size());
 
     if (FindErrorsIndexing)
-        indexFindErrors(indexingFuture, superFuture, params);
+        indexFindErrors(indexingFuture, params);
     else
-        index(indexingFuture, superFuture, params);
+        index(indexingFuture, params);
 
     indexingFuture.setProgressValue(files.size());
     CppModelManager::instance()->finishedRefreshingSourceFiles(files);
@@ -349,9 +345,7 @@ BuiltinIndexingSupport::BuiltinIndexingSupport()
 BuiltinIndexingSupport::~BuiltinIndexingSupport() = default;
 
 QFuture<void> BuiltinIndexingSupport::refreshSourceFiles(
-        const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
-        const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
-        CppModelManager::ProgressNotificationMode mode)
+    const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles, CppModelManager::ProgressNotificationMode mode)
 {
     CppModelManager *mgr = CppModelManager::instance();
 
@@ -361,7 +355,7 @@ QFuture<void> BuiltinIndexingSupport::refreshSourceFiles(
     params.workingCopy = mgr->workingCopy();
     params.sourceFiles = sourceFiles;
 
-    QFuture<void> result = Utils::runAsync(mgr->sharedThreadPool(), parse, superFuture, params);
+    QFuture<void> result = Utils::runAsync(mgr->sharedThreadPool(), parse, params);
 
     if (m_synchronizer.futures().size() > 10) {
         QList<QFuture<void> > futures = m_synchronizer.futures();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.h
index 26e0a22dd3b..9a61d60ec96 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.h
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ public:
     BuiltinIndexingSupport();
     ~BuiltinIndexingSupport() override;
 
-    QFuture<void> refreshSourceFiles(const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
-                                     const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
+    QFuture<void> refreshSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
                                      CppModelManager::ProgressNotificationMode mode) override;
     SymbolSearcher *createSymbolSearcher(const SymbolSearcher::Parameters &parameters,
                                          const QSet<QString> &fileNames) override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppindexingsupport.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppindexingsupport.h
index e3d9eb257e2..1a77dc822c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppindexingsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppindexingsupport.h
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ class CPPTOOLS_EXPORT CppIndexingSupport
 public:
     virtual ~CppIndexingSupport() = 0;
 
-    virtual QFuture<void> refreshSourceFiles(const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
-                                             const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
-                                             CppModelManager::ProgressNotificationMode mode) = 0;
+    virtual QFuture<void> refreshSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
+                                             CppModelManager::ProgressNotificationMode mode)
+        = 0;
     virtual SymbolSearcher *createSymbolSearcher(const SymbolSearcher::Parameters &parameters,
                                                  const QSet<QString> &fileNames) = 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index ca8fe286868..7315b303df8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -929,14 +929,6 @@ static QSet<QString> tooBigFilesRemoved(const QSet<QString> &files, int fileSize
 
 QFuture<void> CppModelManager::updateSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
                                                  ProgressNotificationMode mode)
-{
-    const QFutureInterface<void> dummy;
-    return updateSourceFiles(dummy, sourceFiles, mode);
-}
-
-QFuture<void> CppModelManager::updateSourceFiles(const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
-                                                 const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
-                                                 ProgressNotificationMode mode)
 {
     if (sourceFiles.isEmpty() || !d->m_indexerEnabled)
         return QFuture<void>();
@@ -944,8 +936,8 @@ QFuture<void> CppModelManager::updateSourceFiles(const QFutureInterface<void> &s
     const QSet<QString> filteredFiles = tooBigFilesRemoved(sourceFiles, indexerFileSizeLimitInMb());
 
     if (d->m_indexingSupporter)
-        d->m_indexingSupporter->refreshSourceFiles(superFuture, filteredFiles, mode);
-    return d->m_internalIndexingSupport->refreshSourceFiles(superFuture, filteredFiles, mode);
+        d->m_indexingSupporter->refreshSourceFiles(filteredFiles, mode);
+    return d->m_internalIndexingSupport->refreshSourceFiles(filteredFiles, mode);
 }
 
 QList<ProjectInfo> CppModelManager::projectInfos() const
@@ -1078,25 +1070,23 @@ void CppModelManager::recalculateProjectPartMappings()
     d->m_symbolFinder.clearCache();
 }
 
-void CppModelManager::watchForCanceledProjectIndexer(const QVector<QFuture<void>> &futures,
+void CppModelManager::watchForCanceledProjectIndexer(const QFuture<void> &future,
                                                      ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
 {
-    for (const QFuture<void> &future : futures) {
-        if (future.isCanceled() || future.isFinished())
-            continue;
+    if (future.isCanceled() || future.isFinished())
+        return;
 
-        auto watcher = new QFutureWatcher<void>(this);
-        connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::canceled, this, [this, project, watcher]() {
-            if (d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.contains(project)) // Project not yet removed
-                d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.insert(project, true);
-            watcher->deleteLater();
-        });
-        connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished, this, [this, project, watcher]() {
-            d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.remove(project);
-            watcher->deleteLater();
-        });
-        watcher->setFuture(future);
-    }
+    auto watcher = new QFutureWatcher<void>(this);
+    connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::canceled, this, [this, project, watcher]() {
+        if (d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.contains(project)) // Project not yet removed
+            d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.insert(project, true);
+        watcher->deleteLater();
+    });
+    connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished, this, [this, project, watcher]() {
+        d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.remove(project);
+        watcher->deleteLater();
+    });
+    watcher->setFuture(future);
 }
 
 void CppModelManager::updateCppEditorDocuments(bool projectsUpdated) const
@@ -1128,8 +1118,7 @@ void CppModelManager::updateCppEditorDocuments(bool projectsUpdated) const
     }
 }
 
-QFuture<void> CppModelManager::updateProjectInfo(QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
-                                                 const ProjectInfo &newProjectInfo)
+QFuture<void> CppModelManager::updateProjectInfo(const ProjectInfo &newProjectInfo)
 {
     if (!newProjectInfo.isValid())
         return QFuture<void>();
@@ -1221,12 +1210,12 @@ QFuture<void> CppModelManager::updateProjectInfo(QFutureInterface<void> &futureI
     updateCppEditorDocuments(/*projectsUpdated = */ true);
 
     // Trigger reindexing
-    const QFuture<void> indexingFuture = updateSourceFiles(futureInterface, filesToReindex,
+    const QFuture<void> indexingFuture = updateSourceFiles(filesToReindex,
                                                            ForcedProgressNotification);
     if (!filesToReindex.isEmpty()) {
         d->m_projectToIndexerCanceled.insert(project, false);
     }
-    watchForCanceledProjectIndexer({futureInterface.future(), indexingFuture}, project);
+    watchForCanceledProjectIndexer(indexingFuture, project);
     return indexingFuture;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h
index 4d44e58a0be..eeae9180c66 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.h
@@ -106,17 +106,13 @@ public:
 
     QFuture<void> updateSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
                                     ProgressNotificationMode mode = ReservedProgressNotification);
-    QFuture<void> updateSourceFiles(const QFutureInterface<void> &superFuture,
-                                    const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
-                                    ProgressNotificationMode mode = ReservedProgressNotification);
     void updateCppEditorDocuments(bool projectsUpdated = false) const;
     WorkingCopy workingCopy() const;
     QByteArray codeModelConfiguration() const;
 
     QList<ProjectInfo> projectInfos() const;
     ProjectInfo projectInfo(ProjectExplorer::Project *project) const;
-    QFuture<void> updateProjectInfo(QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
-                                    const ProjectInfo &newProjectInfo);
+    QFuture<void> updateProjectInfo(const ProjectInfo &newProjectInfo);
 
     /// \return The project part with the given project file
     ProjectPart::Ptr projectPartForId(const QString &projectPartId) const override;
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ private:
     void initializeBuiltinModelManagerSupport();
     void delayedGC();
     void recalculateProjectPartMappings();
-    void watchForCanceledProjectIndexer(const QVector<QFuture<void> > &futures,
+    void watchForCanceledProjectIndexer(const QFuture<void> &future,
                                         ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
 
     void replaceSnapshot(const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &newSnapshot);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp
index 78de5f1583e..2b77700cb84 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager_test.cpp
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ void CppToolsPlugin::test_modelmanager_paths_are_clean()
                          {testDataDir.frameworksDir(false), HeaderPathType::Framework}};
     pi.appendProjectPart(part);
 
-    QFutureInterface<void> dummy;
-    mm->updateProjectInfo(dummy, pi);
+    mm->updateProjectInfo(pi);
 
     ProjectExplorer::HeaderPaths headerPaths = mm->headerPaths();
     QCOMPARE(headerPaths.size(), 2);
@@ -223,8 +222,7 @@ void CppToolsPlugin::test_modelmanager_framework_headers()
     part->files << ProjectFile(source, ProjectFile::CXXSource);
     pi.appendProjectPart(part);
 
-    QFutureInterface<void> dummy;
-    mm->updateProjectInfo(dummy, pi).waitForFinished();
+    mm->updateProjectInfo(pi).waitForFinished();
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
 
     QVERIFY(mm->snapshot().contains(source));
@@ -323,8 +321,7 @@ void CppToolsPlugin::test_modelmanager_refresh_several_times()
     part->files.append(ProjectFile(testHeader2, ProjectFile::CXXHeader));
     part->files.append(ProjectFile(testCpp, ProjectFile::CXXSource));
     pi.appendProjectPart(part);
-    QFutureInterface<void> dummy;
-    mm->updateProjectInfo(dummy, pi);
+    mm->updateProjectInfo(pi);
 
     CPlusPlus::Snapshot snapshot;
     QSet<QString> refreshedFiles;
@@ -387,8 +384,7 @@ void CppToolsPlugin::test_modelmanager_refresh_test_for_changes()
 
     // Reindexing triggers a reparsing thread
     helper.resetRefreshedSourceFiles();
-    QFutureInterface<void> dummy;
-    QFuture<void> firstFuture = mm->updateProjectInfo(dummy, pi);
+    QFuture<void> firstFuture = mm->updateProjectInfo(pi);
     QVERIFY(firstFuture.isStarted() || firstFuture.isRunning());
     firstFuture.waitForFinished();
     const QSet<QString> refreshedFiles = helper.waitForRefreshedSourceFiles();
@@ -396,7 +392,7 @@ void CppToolsPlugin::test_modelmanager_refresh_test_for_changes()
     QVERIFY(refreshedFiles.contains(testCpp));
 
     // No reindexing since nothing has changed
-    QFuture<void> subsequentFuture = mm->updateProjectInfo(dummy, pi);
+    QFuture<void> subsequentFuture = mm->updateProjectInfo(pi);
     QVERIFY(subsequentFuture.isCanceled() && subsequentFuture.isFinished());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.cpp
index 89c7d7a2aae..7f1c332c661 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 namespace CppTools {
 namespace Internal {
 
-ProjectInfoGenerator::ProjectInfoGenerator(
-    const QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
-    const ProjectUpdateInfo &projectUpdateInfo)
+ProjectInfoGenerator::ProjectInfoGenerator(const QFutureInterface<ProjectInfo> &futureInterface,
+                                           const ProjectUpdateInfo &projectUpdateInfo)
     : m_futureInterface(futureInterface)
     , m_projectUpdateInfo(projectUpdateInfo)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.h
index 9e484636be5..7e97f1c5ca2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectinfogenerator.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Internal {
 class ProjectInfoGenerator
 {
 public:
-    ProjectInfoGenerator(const QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
+    ProjectInfoGenerator(const QFutureInterface<ProjectInfo> &futureInterface,
                          const ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdateInfo &projectUpdateInfo);
 
     ProjectInfo generate();
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ private:
                                        Utils::LanguageExtensions languageExtensions);
 
 private:
-    const QFutureInterface<void> m_futureInterface;
+    const QFutureInterface<ProjectInfo> m_futureInterface;
     const ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdateInfo &m_projectUpdateInfo;
     bool m_cToolchainMissing = false;
     bool m_cxxToolchainMissing = false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.cpp
index d17c2609302..c56b2666f0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ namespace CppTools {
 
 CppProjectUpdater::CppProjectUpdater()
 {
-    connect(&m_generateFutureWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<void>::finished,
-            this, &CppProjectUpdater::onProjectInfoGenerated);
+    connect(&m_generateFutureWatcher,
+            &QFutureWatcher<ProjectInfo>::finished,
+            this,
+            &CppProjectUpdater::onProjectInfoGenerated);
 }
 
 CppProjectUpdater::~CppProjectUpdater()
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ void CppProjectUpdater::update(const ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdateInfo &project
 {
     // Stop previous update.
     cancelAndWaitForFinished();
-    m_futureInterface = QFutureInterface<void>();
 
     m_projectUpdateInfo = projectUpdateInfo;
 
@@ -60,26 +61,30 @@ void CppProjectUpdater::update(const ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdateInfo &project
             this, &CppProjectUpdater::onToolChainRemoved);
 
     // Run the project info generator in a worker thread and continue if that one is finished.
-    const QFuture<ProjectInfo> future = Utils::runAsync([=]() {
+    m_generateFuture = Utils::runAsync([=](QFutureInterface<ProjectInfo> &futureInterface) {
         ProjectUpdateInfo fullProjectUpdateInfo = projectUpdateInfo;
         if (fullProjectUpdateInfo.rppGenerator)
             fullProjectUpdateInfo.rawProjectParts = fullProjectUpdateInfo.rppGenerator();
-        Internal::ProjectInfoGenerator generator(m_futureInterface, fullProjectUpdateInfo);
-        return generator.generate();
+        Internal::ProjectInfoGenerator generator(futureInterface, fullProjectUpdateInfo);
+        futureInterface.reportResult(generator.generate());
     });
-    m_generateFutureWatcher.setFuture(future);
+    m_generateFutureWatcher.setFuture(m_generateFuture);
 }
 
 void CppProjectUpdater::cancel()
 {
-    disconnect(&m_generateFutureWatcher);
-    m_futureInterface.cancel();
+    m_generateFutureWatcher.setFuture({});
+    m_generateFuture.cancel();
+    m_updateFuture.cancel();
 }
 
 void CppProjectUpdater::cancelAndWaitForFinished()
 {
     cancel();
-    m_futureInterface.waitForFinished();
+    if (m_generateFuture.isRunning())
+        m_generateFuture.waitForFinished();
+    if (m_updateFuture.isRunning())
+        m_updateFuture.waitForFinished();
 }
 
 void CppProjectUpdater::onToolChainRemoved(ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *t)
@@ -96,11 +101,11 @@ void CppProjectUpdater::onProjectInfoGenerated()
     disconnect(ToolChainManager::instance(), &ToolChainManager::toolChainRemoved,
                this, &CppProjectUpdater::onToolChainRemoved);
 
-    if (m_futureInterface.isCanceled())
+    if (m_generateFutureWatcher.isCanceled() || m_generateFutureWatcher.future().resultCount() < 1)
         return;
 
-    QFuture<void> future = CppModelManager::instance()
-            ->updateProjectInfo(m_futureInterface, m_generateFutureWatcher.result());
+    m_updateFuture = CppModelManager::instance()->updateProjectInfo(
+        m_generateFutureWatcher.result());
 }
 
 CppProjectUpdaterFactory::CppProjectUpdaterFactory()
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.h
index 8167b071cf0..62e64a1daea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppprojectupdater.h
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ private:
 private:
     ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdateInfo m_projectUpdateInfo;
 
-    QFutureInterface<void> m_futureInterface;
+    QFuture<ProjectInfo> m_generateFuture;
+    QFuture<void> m_updateFuture;
     QFutureWatcher<ProjectInfo> m_generateFutureWatcher;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/modelmanagertesthelper.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/modelmanagertesthelper.cpp
index 3d5f5cbdc96..08d01c02e06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/modelmanagertesthelper.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/modelmanagertesthelper.cpp
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ ModelManagerTestHelper::Project *ModelManagerTestHelper::createProject(const QSt
 QSet<QString> ModelManagerTestHelper::updateProjectInfo(const CppTools::ProjectInfo &projectInfo)
 {
     resetRefreshedSourceFiles();
-    QFutureInterface<void> dummy;
-    CppModelManager::instance()->updateProjectInfo(dummy, projectInfo).waitForFinished();
+    CppModelManager::instance()->updateProjectInfo(projectInfo).waitForFinished();
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
     return waitForRefreshedSourceFiles();
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/cppprojectinfogenerator-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/cppprojectinfogenerator-test.cpp
index ceb3c8b8aae..98eb8feeaa3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/cppprojectinfogenerator-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/cppprojectinfogenerator-test.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void ProjectInfoGenerator::SetUp()
 
 ProjectInfo ProjectInfoGenerator::generate()
 {
-    QFutureInterface<void> fi;
+    QFutureInterface<ProjectInfo> fi;
     ProjectExplorer::ConcreteToolChain aToolChain;
 
     projectUpdateInfo.rawProjectParts += rawProjectPart;