diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsbuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsbuildconfiguration.cpp
index 64d026f9d16..e303da1c9d8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsbuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsbuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -88,13 +88,12 @@ void AutotoolsBuildConfiguration::initialize(const BuildInfo *info)
             configureStep, &ConfigureStep::notifyBuildDirectoryChanged);
 
     // make
-    MakeStep *makeStep = new MakeStep(buildSteps, "all");
+    MakeStep *makeStep = new MakeStep(buildSteps);
     buildSteps->appendStep(makeStep);
 
     // ### Build Steps Clean ###
     BuildStepList *cleanSteps = stepList(BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN);
-    MakeStep *cleanMakeStep = new MakeStep(cleanSteps, "clean");
-    cleanMakeStep->setClean(true);
+    MakeStep *cleanMakeStep = new MakeStep(cleanSteps);
     cleanSteps->appendStep(cleanMakeStep);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.cpp b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.cpp
index 315d235c9bb..f8f3fb2596f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.cpp
@@ -43,27 +43,20 @@ const char MAKE_STEP_ID[] = "AutotoolsProjectManager.MakeStep";
 
 MakeStepFactory::MakeStepFactory()
 {
-    struct Step : public MakeStep
-    {
-        Step(ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *bsl) : MakeStep(bsl)
-        {
-            if (bsl->id() == ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN) {
-                setBuildTarget("clean", true);
-                setClean(true);
-            } else {
-                setBuildTarget("all", true);
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
-    registerStep<Step>(MAKE_STEP_ID);
+    registerStep<MakeStep>(MAKE_STEP_ID);
     setDisplayName(ProjectExplorer::MakeStep::defaultDisplayName());
     setSupportedProjectType(AUTOTOOLS_PROJECT_ID);
 }
 
 // MakeStep
 
-MakeStep::MakeStep(ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *bsl, const QString &buildTarget)
-    : ProjectExplorer::MakeStep(bsl, MAKE_STEP_ID, buildTarget, {"all", "clean"})
+MakeStep::MakeStep(ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *bsl)
+    : ProjectExplorer::MakeStep(bsl, MAKE_STEP_ID, QString(), {"all", "clean"})
 {
+    if (bsl->id() == ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN) {
+        setBuildTarget("clean", true);
+        setClean(true);
+    } else {
+        setBuildTarget("all", true);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.h b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.h
index f738fd10576..77bc2c0be23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makestep.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MakeStep : public ProjectExplorer::MakeStep
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit MakeStep(ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *bsl, const QString &buildTarget = QString());
+    explicit MakeStep(ProjectExplorer::BuildStepList *bsl);
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal