diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h
index a5bff2eefee..8841e844f91 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/abstracttimelinemodel.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE virtual int getEventIdForLocation(const QString &filename, int line, int column) const = 0;
 
 signals:
-    void countChanged();
     void dataAvailable();
     void stateChanged();
     void emptyChanged();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.qml b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.qml
index 7bdadc0a29e..ff7591ea0bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.qml
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.qml
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ Rectangle {
 
     property int singleRowHeight: 30
 
-    property bool dataAvailable: true
     property int eventCount: 0
-    property real progress: 0
 
     property alias selectionLocked : view.selectionLocked
     signal updateLockButton
@@ -88,39 +86,14 @@ Rectangle {
 
     Connections {
         target: qmlProfilerModelProxy
-        onCountChanged: {
-            eventCount = qmlProfilerModelProxy.count();
-            if (eventCount === 0)
-                root.clearAll();
-            if (eventCount > 1) {
-                root.progress = Math.min(1.0,
-                    (qmlProfilerModelProxy.lastTimeMark() -
-                    qmlProfilerModelProxy.traceStartTime()) / root.elapsedTime * 1e-9 );
-            } else {
-                root.progress = 0;
-            }
-        }
         onStateChanged: {
-            switch (qmlProfilerModelProxy.getState()) {
-            case 0: {
+            // Clear if model is empty.
+            if (qmlProfilerModelProxy.getState() === 0)
                 root.clearAll();
-                break;
-            }
-            case 1: {
-                root.dataAvailable = false;
-                break;
-            }
-            case 2: {
-                root.progress = 0.9; // jump to 90%
-                break;
-            }
-            }
         }
         onDataAvailable: {
             view.clearData();
             zoomControl.setRange(0,0);
-            progress = 1.0;
-            dataAvailable = true;
             view.visible = true;
             view.requestPaint();
             zoomControl.setRange(qmlProfilerModelProxy.traceStartTime(),
@@ -142,7 +115,6 @@ Rectangle {
 
     function clearData() {
         view.clearData();
-        dataAvailable = false;
         appKilled = false;
         eventCount = 0;
         hideRangeDetails();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
index df5dfbc20db..9ead0965b4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public:
     QVector <int> partialCountWeights;
     int totalWeight;
     double progress;
+    double previousProgress;
     qint64 estimatedTime;
 
     // file to load
@@ -227,7 +228,11 @@ void QmlProfilerModelManager::modelProxyCountUpdated(int proxyId, qint64 count,
 
     d->progress += d->partialCounts[proxyId] * d->partialCountWeights[proxyId] /
             d->totalWeight;
-    emit progressChanged();
+
+    if (d->progress - d->previousProgress > 0.01) {
+        d->previousProgress = d->progress;
+        emit progressChanged();
+    }
 }
 
 qint64 QmlProfilerModelManager::estimatedProfilingTime() const
@@ -258,7 +263,6 @@ void QmlProfilerModelManager::addQmlEvent(int type,
 
     QTC_ASSERT(state() == QmlProfilerDataState::AcquiringData, /**/);
     d->model->addQmlEvent(type, bindingType, startTime, length, data, location, ndata1, ndata2, ndata3, ndata4, ndata5);
-    emit countChanged();
 }
 
 void QmlProfilerModelManager::addV8Event(int depth, const QString &function, const QString &filename,
@@ -374,11 +378,11 @@ void QmlProfilerModelManager::clear()
     for (int i = 0; i < d->partialCounts.count(); i++)
         d->partialCounts[i] = 0;
     d->progress = 0;
+    d->previousProgress = 0;
     d->model->clear();
     d->v8Model->clear();
     d->traceTime->clear();
 
-    emit countChanged();
     setState(QmlProfilerDataState::Empty);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h
index 8920ec0adeb..1c76756d66a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilermodelmanager.h
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ public:
     qint64 estimatedProfilingTime() const;
 
 signals:
-    void countChanged();
     void error(const QString &error);
     void stateChanged();
     void progressChanged();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.cpp
index 73d20cf7add..4d584ba906d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerpainteventsmodelproxy.cpp
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ void PaintEventsModelProxy::loadData()
     d->computeNesting();
 
     m_modelManager->modelProxyCountUpdated(m_modelId, 1, 1);
-
-    emit countChanged();
 }
 
 /////////////////// QML interface
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerstatewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerstatewidget.cpp
index c6eb7f10380..f7287c4b052 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerstatewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerstatewidget.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ QmlProfilerStateWidget::QmlProfilerStateWidget(QmlProfilerStateManager *stateMan
     // profiler state
     d->m_modelManager = modelManager;
     connect(d->m_modelManager,SIGNAL(stateChanged()), this, SLOT(dataStateChanged()));
-    connect(d->m_modelManager,SIGNAL(countChanged()), this, SLOT(dataStateChanged()));
     connect(d->m_modelManager,SIGNAL(progressChanged()), this, SLOT(dataStateChanged()));
     connect(this, SIGNAL(newTimeEstimation(qint64)), d->m_modelManager, SLOT(newTimeEstimation(qint64)));
     d->m_profilerState = stateManager;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.cpp
index de14ba8d9ab..93441580703 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertimelinemodelproxy.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ void BasicTimelineModel::loadData()
     d->computeRowStarts();
 
     m_modelManager->modelProxyCountUpdated(m_modelId, 1, 1);
-
-    emit countChanged();
 }
 
 void BasicTimelineModel::BasicTimelineModelPrivate::computeNestingContracted()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.cpp
index 17cd1d21b62..03fd7b5bba8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ void TimelineModelAggregator::setModelManager(QmlProfilerModelManager *modelMana
 {
     d->modelManager = modelManager;
     connect(modelManager,SIGNAL(stateChanged()),this,SLOT(dataChanged()));
-    connect(modelManager,SIGNAL(countChanged()),this,SIGNAL(countChanged()));
     connect(modelManager,SIGNAL(dataAvailable()),this,SIGNAL(dataAvailable()));
 
     // external models pushed on top
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ void TimelineModelAggregator::setModelManager(QmlProfilerModelManager *modelMana
 void TimelineModelAggregator::addModel(AbstractTimelineModel *m)
 {
     d->modelList << m;
-    connect(m,SIGNAL(countChanged()),this,SIGNAL(countChanged()));
     connect(m,SIGNAL(emptyChanged()),this,SIGNAL(emptyChanged()));
     connect(m,SIGNAL(expandedChanged()),this,SIGNAL(expandedChanged()));
     connect(m,SIGNAL(stateChanged()),this,SIGNAL(stateChanged()));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.h
index 3151ac96a04..472d047bc3f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelinemodelaggregator.h
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE int correctedCategoryIndexForModel(int modelIndex, int absoluteCategoryIndex) const;
 
 signals:
-    void countChanged();
     void dataAvailable();
     void stateChanged();
     void emptyChanged();