diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
index a2e887239c5..ef65246fc3b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.cpp
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ SubversionClient::SubversionClient() : VcsBaseClient(new SubversionSettings)
     });
 }
 
-VcsCommand *SubversionClient::createCommitCmd(const QString &repositoryRoot,
-                                              const QStringList &files,
-                                              const QString &commitMessageFile,
-                                              const QStringList &extraOptions) const
+bool SubversionClient::doCommit(const QString &repositoryRoot,
+                                const QStringList &files,
+                                const QString &commitMessageFile,
+                                const QStringList &extraOptions) const
 {
     const QStringList svnExtraOptions =
             QStringList(extraOptions)
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ VcsCommand *SubversionClient::createCommitCmd(const QString &repositoryRoot,
             << QLatin1String("--encoding") << QLatin1String("UTF-8")
             << QLatin1String("--file") << commitMessageFile;
 
-    VcsCommand *cmd = createCommand(repositoryRoot);
-    cmd->addFlags(VcsCommand::ShowStdOut);
     QStringList args(vcsCommandString(CommitCommand));
-    cmd->addJob(vcsBinary(), args << svnExtraOptions << escapeFiles(files));
-    return cmd;
+    SynchronousProcessResponse resp =
+            vcsSynchronousExec(repositoryRoot, args << svnExtraOptions << escapeFiles(files),
+                               VcsCommand::ShowStdOut | VcsCommand::NoFullySync);
+    return resp.result == SynchronousProcessResponse::Finished;
 }
 
 void SubversionClient::commit(const QString &repositoryRoot,
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ void SubversionClient::commit(const QString &repositoryRoot,
     if (Subversion::Constants::debug)
         qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << commitMessageFile << files;
 
-    VcsCommand *cmd = createCommitCmd(repositoryRoot, files, commitMessageFile, extraOptions);
-    cmd->execute();
+    doCommit(repositoryRoot, files, commitMessageFile, extraOptions);
 }
 
 Id SubversionClient::vcsEditorKind(VcsCommandTag cmd) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.h b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.h
index aa45c124da2..00ab1639ee6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionclient.h
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ class SubversionClient : public VcsBase::VcsBaseClient
 public:
     SubversionClient();
 
-    VcsBase::VcsCommand *createCommitCmd(const QString &repositoryRoot,
-                                         const QStringList &files,
-                                         const QString &commitMessageFile,
-                                         const QStringList &extraOptions = QStringList()) const;
+    bool doCommit(const QString &repositoryRoot,
+                  const QStringList &files,
+                  const QString &commitMessageFile,
+                  const QStringList &extraOptions = QStringList()) const;
     void commit(const QString &repositoryRoot,
                 const QStringList &files,
                 const QString &commitMessageFile,
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
index 7aca6cecb99..e9a70d2f9a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
@@ -442,15 +442,10 @@ bool SubversionPlugin::submitEditorAboutToClose()
     bool closeEditor = true;
     if (!fileList.empty()) {
         // get message & commit
-        closeEditor = DocumentManager::saveDocument(editorDocument);
-        if (closeEditor) {
-            VcsCommand *commitCmd = m_client->createCommitCmd(m_commitRepository,
-                                                              fileList,
-                                                              m_commitMessageFileName);
-            QObject::connect(commitCmd, &VcsCommand::finished,
-                             this, [this]() { cleanCommitMessageFile(); });
-            commitCmd->execute();
-        }
+        closeEditor = DocumentManager::saveDocument(editorDocument)
+                && m_client->doCommit(m_commitRepository, fileList, m_commitMessageFileName);
+        if (closeEditor)
+            cleanCommitMessageFile();
     }
     return closeEditor;
 }