diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index b01b1473ea1..82dd441cce5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -1331,12 +1331,12 @@ QList<ToolChain *> ClangToolChainFactory::autoDetect(const QList<ToolChain *> &a
 
     const FileName compilerPath = FileName::fromString(Core::ICore::clangExecutable(CLANG_BINDIR));
     if (!compilerPath.isEmpty()) {
-        tcs.append(autoDetectToolchains(compilerPath.parentDir().appendPath(
-                                            HostOsInfo::withExecutableSuffix("clang++")),
+        const FileName clang = compilerPath.parentDir().appendPath(
+                    HostOsInfo::withExecutableSuffix("clang"));
+        tcs.append(autoDetectToolchains(clang,
                                         hostAbi, Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID,
                                         Constants::CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID, alreadyKnown));
-        tcs.append(autoDetectToolchains(compilerPath.parentDir().appendPath(
-                                            HostOsInfo::withExecutableSuffix("clang")),
+        tcs.append(autoDetectToolchains(clang,
                                         hostAbi, Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID,
                                         Constants::CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID, alreadyKnown));
     }