diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp
index 56ff5bd098e..3ecf90b7ac7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp
@@ -265,9 +265,11 @@ void GitGrep::writeSettings(QSettings *settings) const
     settings->setValue(GitGrepRef, m_treeLineEdit->text());
 }
 
-QFuture<SearchResultItems> GitGrep::executeSearch(const FileFindParameters &parameters)
+SearchExecutor GitGrep::searchExecutor() const
 {
-    return Utils::asyncRun(runGitGrep, parameters);
+    return [](const FileFindParameters &parameters) {
+        return Utils::asyncRun(runGitGrep, parameters);
+    };
 }
 
 EditorOpener GitGrep::editorOpener() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.h b/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.h
index 1c905f3667d..6539a5adc4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.h
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ public:
     QVariant parameters() const override;
     void readSettings(QSettings *settings) override;
     void writeSettings(QSettings *settings) const override;
-    QFuture<Utils::SearchResultItems> executeSearch(
-        const TextEditor::FileFindParameters &parameters) override;
+    TextEditor::SearchExecutor searchExecutor() const override;
     TextEditor::EditorOpener editorOpener() const override;
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp b/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp
index 61fe860a1db..5782ece0333 100644
--- a/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.cpp
@@ -164,10 +164,11 @@ void FindInFilesSilverSearcher::writeSettings(QSettings *settings) const
     settings->setValue(s_searchOptionsString, m_searchOptionsLineEdit->text());
 }
 
-QFuture<SearchResultItems> FindInFilesSilverSearcher::executeSearch(
-    const FileFindParameters &parameters)
+SearchExecutor FindInFilesSilverSearcher::searchExecutor() const
 {
-    return Utils::asyncRun(runSilverSeacher, parameters);
+    return [](const FileFindParameters &parameters) {
+        return Utils::asyncRun(runSilverSeacher, parameters);
+    };
 }
 
 void FindInFilesSilverSearcher::readSettings(QSettings *settings)
diff --git a/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.h b/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.h
index dcb6873d18d..2905794e56d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.h
+++ b/src/plugins/silversearcher/findinfilessilversearcher.h
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ public:
     QVariant parameters() const override;
     void readSettings(QSettings *settings) override;
     void writeSettings(QSettings *settings) const override;
-    QFuture<Utils::SearchResultItems> executeSearch(
-            const TextEditor::FileFindParameters &parameters) override;
+    TextEditor::SearchExecutor searchExecutor() const override;
 
 private:
     QPointer<Core::IFindSupport> m_currentFindSupport;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index 8d935494f43..c44c78f0768 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -145,11 +145,12 @@ public:
     QVariant parameters() const override { return {}; }
     void readSettings(QSettings * /*settings*/) override {}
     void writeSettings(QSettings * /*settings*/) const override {}
-    QFuture<SearchResultItems> executeSearch(const FileFindParameters &parameters) override
+    SearchExecutor searchExecutor() const override
     {
-        return Utils::findInFiles(parameters.text, parameters.fileContainerProvider(),
-                                  parameters.flags, TextDocument::openedTextDocumentContents());
-
+        return [](const FileFindParameters &parameters) {
+            return Utils::findInFiles(parameters.text, parameters.fileContainerProvider(),
+                                      parameters.flags, TextDocument::openedTextDocumentContents());
+        };
     }
 
 private:
@@ -307,16 +308,18 @@ void BaseFileFind::runNewSearch(const QString &txt, FindFlags findFlags,
     setupSearch(search);
     search->setTextToReplace(txt);
     search->setSearchAgainSupported(true);
+    SearchEngine *searchEngine = currentSearchEngine();
     FileFindParameters parameters;
     parameters.text = txt;
     parameters.flags = findFlags;
     parameters.nameFilters = fileNameFilters();
     parameters.exclusionFilters = fileExclusionFilters();
     parameters.additionalParameters = additionalParameters();
-    parameters.searchEngineParameters = currentSearchEngine()->parameters();
+    parameters.searchEngineParameters = searchEngine->parameters();
     parameters.searchEngineIndex = d->m_currentSearchEngineIndex;
     parameters.fileContainerProvider = fileContainerProvider();
-    parameters.editorOpener = currentSearchEngine()->editorOpener();
+    parameters.editorOpener = searchEngine->editorOpener();
+    parameters.searchExecutor = searchEngine->searchExecutor();
 
     search->setUserData(QVariant::fromValue(parameters));
     connect(search, &SearchResult::activated, this, [this, search](const SearchResultItem &item) {
@@ -594,7 +597,7 @@ FilePaths BaseFileFind::replaceAll(const QString &text, const SearchResultItems
 
 QFuture<SearchResultItems> BaseFileFind::executeSearch(const FileFindParameters &parameters)
 {
-    return d->m_searchEngines[parameters.searchEngineIndex]->executeSearch(parameters);
+    return parameters.searchExecutor(parameters);
 }
 
 namespace Internal {
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
index f52a9983d2c..2d00e2e6279 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class FileFindParameters;
 using FileContainerProvider = std::function<Utils::FileContainer()>;
 using EditorOpener = std::function<Core::IEditor *(const Utils::SearchResultItem &,
                                                    const FileFindParameters &)>;
+using SearchExecutor = std::function<QFuture<Utils::SearchResultItems>(const FileFindParameters &)>;
 
 class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT FileFindParameters
 {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public:
     Utils::FindFlags flags;
     FileContainerProvider fileContainerProvider = {};
     EditorOpener editorOpener = {};
+    SearchExecutor searchExecutor = {};
 };
 
 using ProcessSetupHandler = std::function<void(Utils::Process &)>;
@@ -72,8 +74,7 @@ public:
     virtual QVariant parameters() const = 0;
     virtual void readSettings(QSettings *settings) = 0;
     virtual void writeSettings(QSettings *settings) const = 0;
-    virtual QFuture<Utils::SearchResultItems> executeSearch(
-        const FileFindParameters &parameters) = 0;
+    virtual SearchExecutor searchExecutor() const = 0;
     virtual EditorOpener editorOpener() const { return {}; }
     bool isEnabled() const;
     void setEnabled(bool enabled);