diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.cpp
index 654e975afc3..4953c8e5aba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.cpp
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ LinuxDeviceProcess::LinuxDeviceProcess(const QSharedPointer<const ProjectExplore
     });
 }
 
-void LinuxDeviceProcess::setRcFilesToSource(const QStringList &filePaths)
-{
-    m_rcFilesToSource = filePaths;
-}
-
 QByteArray LinuxDeviceProcess::readAllStandardOutput()
 {
     QByteArray output = SshDeviceProcess::readAllStandardOutput();
@@ -88,7 +83,8 @@ QString LinuxDeviceProcess::fullCommandLine(const Runnable &runnable) const
 {
     CommandLine cmd;
 
-    for (const QString &filePath : rcFilesToSource()) {
+    const QStringList rcFilesToSource = {"/etc/profile", "$HOME/.profile"};
+    for (const QString &filePath : rcFilesToSource) {
         cmd.addArgs({"test", "-f", filePath});
         cmd.addArgs("&&", CommandLine::Raw);
         cmd.addArgs({".", filePath});
@@ -116,11 +112,4 @@ QString LinuxDeviceProcess::fullCommandLine(const Runnable &runnable) const
     return cmd.arguments();
 }
 
-const QStringList LinuxDeviceProcess::rcFilesToSource() const
-{
-    if (!m_rcFilesToSource.isEmpty())
-        return m_rcFilesToSource;
-    return {"/etc/profile", "$HOME/.profile"};
-}
-
 } // namespace RemoteLinux
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.h
index c20cce6188f..2de4ceadf1e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdeviceprocess.h
@@ -40,18 +40,12 @@ public:
     explicit LinuxDeviceProcess(const QSharedPointer<const ProjectExplorer::IDevice> &device,
                                 QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
-    // Files to source before executing the command (if they exist). Overrides the default.
-    void setRcFilesToSource(const QStringList &filePaths);
-
     QByteArray readAllStandardOutput() override;
 
 private:
     QString fullCommandLine(const ProjectExplorer::Runnable &) const override;
     qint64 processId() const override;
 
-    const QStringList rcFilesToSource() const;
-
-    QStringList m_rcFilesToSource;
     QByteArray m_output;
     qint64 m_processId = 0;
     bool m_pidParsed = false;