diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/appoutputpane.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/appoutputpane.cpp
index d6644e12553..3a27db85530 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/appoutputpane.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/appoutputpane.cpp
@@ -411,8 +411,15 @@ void AppOutputPane::createNewOutputWindow(RunControl *rc)
             this, &AppOutputPane::appendMessage);
 
     // First look if we can reuse a tab
-    const int tabIndex = Utils::indexOf(m_runControlTabs, [rc](const RunControlTab &tab) {
-        return rc->canReUseOutputPane(tab.runControl);
+    const Runnable thisRunnable = rc->runnable();
+    const int tabIndex = Utils::indexOf(m_runControlTabs, [&](const RunControlTab &tab) {
+        if (!tab.runControl || tab.runControl->isRunning())
+            return false;
+        const Runnable otherRunnable = tab.runControl->runnable();
+        return thisRunnable.executable == otherRunnable.executable
+                && thisRunnable.commandLineArguments == otherRunnable.commandLineArguments
+                && thisRunnable.workingDirectory == otherRunnable.workingDirectory
+                && thisRunnable.environment == otherRunnable.environment;
     });
     if (tabIndex != -1) {
         RunControlTab &tab = m_runControlTabs[tabIndex];
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
index e5732da413a..fec46bded3f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -1445,17 +1445,6 @@ Project *RunControl::project() const
     return d->project.data();
 }
 
-bool RunControl::canReUseOutputPane(const RunControl *other) const
-{
-    if (!other || other->isRunning())
-        return false;
-
-    return d->runnable.executable == other->d->runnable.executable
-        && d->runnable.commandLineArguments == other->d->runnable.commandLineArguments
-        && d->runnable.workingDirectory == other->d->runnable.workingDirectory
-        && d->runnable.environment == other->d->runnable.environment;
-}
-
 /*!
     A handle to the application process.
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
index cb6f2b7e0be..aa31160cc53 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ public:
 
     RunConfiguration *runConfiguration() const;
     Project *project() const;
-    bool canReUseOutputPane(const RunControl *other) const;
 
     Utils::OutputFormatter *outputFormatter() const;
     Core::Id runMode() const;