diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorwidget.cpp
index 08f7e6dcc1c..f3fd945ae6b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditornew/stateseditorwidget.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ void StatesEditorWidget::reloadQmlSource()
 {
     QString statesListQmlFilePath = qmlSourcesPath() + QStringLiteral("/Main.qml");
     QTC_ASSERT(QFileInfo::exists(statesListQmlFilePath), return );
-    engine()->clearComponentCache();
     setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(statesListQmlFilePath));
 
     if (!rootObject()) {