diff --git a/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp
index 824451242d5..a65babe683b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/changeselectiondialog.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #include <utils/qtcprocess.h>
 #include <utils/theme/theme.h>
 
-#include <vcsbase/vcscommand.h>
-
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QCompleter>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -211,11 +209,16 @@ void ChangeSelectionDialog::recalculateCompletion()
         return;
 
     GitClient *client = GitClient::instance();
-    VcsCommand *command = client->asyncForEachRefCmd(workingDir, {"--format=%(refname:short)"});
-    connect(this, &QObject::destroyed, command, &VcsCommand::abort);
-    connect(command, &VcsCommand::stdOutText, [this](const QString &output) {
-        m_changeModel->setStringList(output.split('\n'));
+    QtcProcess *process = new QtcProcess(this);
+    process->setEnvironment(client->processEnvironment());
+    process->setCommand({client->vcsBinary(), {"for-each-ref", "--format=%(refname:short)"}});
+    process->setWorkingDirectory(workingDir);
+    connect(process, &QtcProcess::done, this, [this, process] {
+        if (process->result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess)
+            m_changeModel->setStringList(process->cleanedStdOut().split('\n'));
+        process->deleteLater();
     });
+    process->start();
 }
 
 void ChangeSelectionDialog::recalculateDetails()
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 10a198fa6db..b1618dd2c4b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -2017,12 +2017,6 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousForEachRefCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStri
     return false;
 }
 
-VcsCommand *GitClient::asyncForEachRefCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList args) const
-{
-    args.push_front("for-each-ref");
-    return vcsExec(workingDirectory, args, nullptr, false, VcsCommand::NoOutput);
-}
-
 bool GitClient::synchronousRemoteCmd(const FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList remoteArgs,
                                      QString *output, QString *errorMessage, bool silent) const
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index ac07e515929..f20b5bc45a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ public:
                            QString *output, QString *errorMessage) const;
     bool synchronousForEachRefCmd(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList args,
                                QString *output, QString *errorMessage = nullptr) const;
-    VcsBase::VcsCommand *asyncForEachRefCmd(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList args) const;
     bool synchronousRemoteCmd(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory, QStringList remoteArgs,
                               QString *output = nullptr, QString *errorMessage = nullptr,
                               bool silent = false) const;