diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfunctiondecldeflink.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfunctiondecldeflink.cpp
index 72acef58ef6..2283ecc7afd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfunctiondecldeflink.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppfunctiondecldeflink.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 
 #include <utils/proxyaction.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+#include <utils/runextensions.h>
 #include <utils/tooltip/tooltip.h>
 
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <QVarLengthArray>
 
 using namespace CPlusPlus;
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void FunctionDeclDefLinkFinder::startFindLinkAt(
     // handle the rest in a thread
     m_watcher.reset(new QFutureWatcher<QSharedPointer<FunctionDeclDefLink> >());
     connect(m_watcher.data(), SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(onFutureDone()));
-    m_watcher->setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(&findLinkHelper, result, refactoringChanges));
+    m_watcher->setFuture(Utils::runAsync(findLinkHelper, result, refactoringChanges));
 }
 
 FunctionDeclDefLink::FunctionDeclDefLink()
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppuseselectionsupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppuseselectionsupdater.cpp
index 16b3a24a098..446c525f5ab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppuseselectionsupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppuseselectionsupdater.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 #include <cplusplus/TranslationUnit.h>
 
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+#include <utils/runextensions.h>
 
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <QTextBlock>
 #include <QTextCursor>
 #include <QTextEdit>
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void CppUseSelectionsUpdater::handleSymbolCaseAsynchronously(const Document::Ptr
     m_findUsesCursorPosition = m_editorWidget->position();
 
     const Params params = Params(m_editorWidget->textCursor(), document, snapshot);
-    m_findUsesWatcher->setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(&findUses, params));
+    m_findUsesWatcher->setFuture(Utils::runAsync(findUses, params));
 }
 
 void CppUseSelectionsUpdater::handleSymbolCaseSynchronously(const Document::Ptr document,
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp
index 4031b2dac70..272fd9f1287 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentprocessor.cpp
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor::~BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor()
 
 void BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor::run()
 {
-    m_parserFuture = QtConcurrent::run(&runParser,
-                                       parser(),
-                                       CppModelManager::instance()->workingCopy());
+    m_parserFuture = Utils::runAsync(runParser,
+                                     parser(),
+                                     CppModelManager::instance()->workingCopy());
 }
 
 BaseEditorDocumentParser::Ptr BuiltinEditorDocumentProcessor::parser()
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
index e4e8a398234..81a5be27df8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtinindexingsupport.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ QFuture<void> BuiltinIndexingSupport::refreshSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &so
     params.workingCopy = mgr->workingCopy();
     params.sourceFiles = sourceFiles;
 
-    QFuture<void> result = QtConcurrent::run(&parse, params);
+    QFuture<void> result = Utils::runAsync(parse, params);
 
     if (m_synchronizer.futures().size() > 10) {
         QList<QFuture<void> > futures = m_synchronizer.futures();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h
index b4e1cb5d419..e91bab1f579 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 
 #include <cplusplus/TypeOfExpression.h>
 
-#include <QSet>
 #include <QFuture>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QSet>
+#include <QThreadPool>
 
 namespace CppTools {
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
index 713ea84e79e..d8732be1f9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ void CppFindReferences::findAll_helper(SearchResult *search, Symbol *symbol,
     SearchResultWindow::instance()->popup(IOutputPane::ModeSwitch | IOutputPane::WithFocus);
     const WorkingCopy workingCopy = m_modelManager->workingCopy();
     QFuture<Usage> result;
-    result = QtConcurrent::run(&find_helper, workingCopy, context, symbol);
+    result = Utils::runAsync(find_helper, workingCopy, context, symbol);
     createWatcher(result, search);
 
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(result, tr("Searching for Usages"),
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ void CppFindReferences::findMacroUses(const Macro &macro, const QString &replace
     }
 
     QFuture<Usage> result;
-    result = QtConcurrent::run(&findMacroUses_helper, workingCopy, snapshot, macro);
+    result = Utils::runAsync(findMacroUses_helper, workingCopy, snapshot, macro);
     createWatcher(result, search);
 
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(result, tr("Searching for Usages"),
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp
index c1267eb4166..a95c90521ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfoupdater.cpp
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ void SemanticInfoUpdater::updateDetached(const SemanticInfo::Source source)
         return;
     }
 
-    d->m_future = QtConcurrent::run<SemanticInfoUpdaterPrivate, void, const SemanticInfo::Source>
-            (&SemanticInfoUpdaterPrivate::update_helper, d.data(), source);
+    d->m_future = Utils::runAsync(&SemanticInfoUpdaterPrivate::update_helper, d.data(), source);
 }
 
 SemanticInfo SemanticInfoUpdater::semanticInfo() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
index 64e114a0397..1eae1a9b9a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public:
         const QScopedPointer<SymbolSearcher> symbolSearcher(
             indexingSupport->createSymbolSearcher(searchParameters, QSet<QString>() << testFile));
         QFuture<Core::SearchResultItem> search
-            = QtConcurrent::run(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher.data());
+            = Utils::runAsync(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher.data());
         search.waitForFinished();
         ResultDataList results = ResultData::fromSearchResultList(search.results());
         QCOMPARE(results, expectedResults);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
index dd2bb02fe2f..6d88b9deaf7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void SymbolsFindFilter::startSearch(SearchResult *search)
     SymbolSearcher *symbolSearcher = m_manager->indexingSupport()->createSymbolSearcher(parameters, projectFileNames);
     connect(watcher, SIGNAL(finished()),
             symbolSearcher, SLOT(deleteLater()));
-    watcher->setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher));
+    watcher->setFuture(Utils::runAsync(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher));
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(watcher->future(), tr("Searching for Symbol"),
                                                         Core::Constants::TASK_SEARCH);
     connect(progress, SIGNAL(clicked()), search, SLOT(popup()));