diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 357f66f6a5a..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
-** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
-** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
-** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
-** General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation with exceptions as appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT
-** included in the packaging of this file. Please review the following
-** information to ensure the GNU General Public License requirements will
-** be met: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "cmakebuildtarget.h"
-
-using namespace Utils;
-
-namespace CMakeProjectManager {
-
-void CMakeBuildTarget::clear()
-{
-    executable.clear();
-    makeCommand.clear();
-    workingDirectory.clear();
-    sourceDirectory.clear();
-    title.clear();
-    targetType = UtilityType;
-    includeFiles.clear();
-    compilerOptions.clear();
-    macros.clear();
-    files.clear();
-}
-
-} // namespace CMakeProjectManager
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
index 1b3f5fb7002..a22bb804c10 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildtarget.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public:
     QStringList compilerOptions;
     ProjectExplorer::Macros macros;
     QList<Utils::FileName> files;
-
-    void clear();
 };
 
 } // namespace CMakeProjectManager
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakecbpparser.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakecbpparser.cpp
index c83c297ce6c..ca0247f6cb1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakecbpparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakecbpparser.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void CMakeCbpParser::parseBuild()
 
 void CMakeCbpParser::parseBuildTarget()
 {
-    m_buildTarget.clear();
+    m_buildTarget = CMakeBuildTarget();
 
     if (attributes().hasAttribute("title"))
         m_buildTarget.title = attributes().value("title").toString();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.pro b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.pro
index 6f5ca828860..dc4e30223b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.pro
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ SOURCES = builddirmanager.cpp \
     builddirparameters.cpp \
     builddirreader.cpp \
     cmakebuildstep.cpp \
-    cmakebuildtarget.cpp \
     cmakeconfigitem.cpp \
     cmakeproject.cpp \
     cmakeprojectimporter.cpp \
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.qbs
index e8baa388e76..e31c42886a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "cmakebuildsettingswidget.h",
         "cmakebuildstep.cpp",
         "cmakebuildstep.h",
-        "cmakebuildtarget.cpp",
         "cmakebuildtarget.h",
         "cmakecbpparser.cpp",
         "cmakecbpparser.h",