diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index ed5d16bf6ec..f7e9cc1aa64 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ VcsCommand *VcsBaseClientImpl::createCommand(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
 }
 
 void VcsBaseClientImpl::enqueueJob(VcsCommand *cmd, const QStringList &args,
-                                   const FilePath &workingDirectory,
                                    const ExitCodeInterpreter &interpreter) const
 {
-    cmd->addJob({vcsBinary(), args}, vcsTimeoutS(), workingDirectory, interpreter);
+    cmd->addJob({vcsBinary(), args}, vcsTimeoutS(), {}, interpreter);
     cmd->execute();
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ void VcsBaseClient::diff(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &files,
                                          : VcsBaseEditor::getCodec(source);
     VcsCommand *command = createCommand(workingDir, editor);
     command->setCodec(codec);
-    enqueueJob(command, args, workingDir, exitCodeInterpreter(DiffCommand));
+    enqueueJob(command, args, exitCodeInterpreter(DiffCommand));
 }
 
 void VcsBaseClient::log(const FilePath &workingDir,
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
index 6a5f6e46d05..36141b3ef46 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public:
                               JobOutputBindMode mode = NoOutputBind) const;
 
     void enqueueJob(VcsCommand *cmd, const QStringList &args,
-                    const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory = {},
                     const Utils::ExitCodeInterpreter &interpreter = {}) const;
 
     virtual Utils::Environment processEnvironment() const;