diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
index a7373557ed3..dbd7a450f7e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -441,12 +441,12 @@ void CppEditorWidget::findUsages(QTextCursor cursor)
     // 'this' in cursorInEditor is never used (and must never be used) asynchronously.
     const CppTools::CursorInEditor cursorInEditor{cursor, textDocument()->filePath(), this};
     QPointer<CppEditorWidget> cppEditorWidget = this;
-    refactoringEngine().findUsages(cursorInEditor,
-                                   [=](const CppTools::Usages &usages) {
-                                       if (!cppEditorWidget)
-                                           return;
-                                       findRenameCallback(cppEditorWidget.data(), cursor, usages);
-                                   });
+    d->m_modelManager->findUsages(cursorInEditor,
+                                  [=](const CppTools::Usages &usages) {
+                                      if (!cppEditorWidget)
+                                          return;
+                                      findRenameCallback(cppEditorWidget.data(), cursor, usages);
+                                  });
 }
 
 void CppEditorWidget::renameUsages(const QString &replacement, QTextCursor cursor)
@@ -455,14 +455,14 @@ void CppEditorWidget::renameUsages(const QString &replacement, QTextCursor curso
         cursor = textCursor();
     CppTools::CursorInEditor cursorInEditor{cursor, textDocument()->filePath(), this};
     QPointer<CppEditorWidget> cppEditorWidget = this;
-    refactoringEngine().globalRename(cursorInEditor,
-                                     [=](const CppTools::Usages &usages) {
-                                         if (!cppEditorWidget)
-                                             return;
-                                         findRenameCallback(cppEditorWidget.data(), cursor, usages,
-                                                            true, replacement);
-                                     },
-                                     replacement);
+    d->m_modelManager->globalRename(cursorInEditor,
+                                    [=](const CppTools::Usages &usages) {
+                                        if (!cppEditorWidget)
+                                            return;
+                                        findRenameCallback(cppEditorWidget.data(), cursor, usages,
+                                                           true, replacement);
+                                    },
+                                    replacement);
 }
 
 bool CppEditorWidget::selectBlockUp()
@@ -641,11 +641,11 @@ void CppEditorWidget::renameSymbolUnderCursor()
     };
 
     viewport()->setCursor(Qt::BusyCursor);
-    refactoringEngine().startLocalRenaming(CppTools::CursorInEditor{textCursor(),
-                                                                     textDocument()->filePath(),
-                                                                     this},
-                                            projPart,
-                                            std::move(renameSymbols));
+    d->m_modelManager->startLocalRenaming(CppTools::CursorInEditor{textCursor(),
+                                                                   textDocument()->filePath(),
+                                                                   this},
+                                          projPart,
+                                          std::move(renameSymbols));
 }
 
 void CppEditorWidget::updatePreprocessorButtonTooltip()
@@ -773,11 +773,6 @@ RefactorMarkers CppEditorWidget::refactorMarkersWithoutClangMarkers() const
     return clearedRefactorMarkers;
 }
 
-RefactoringEngineInterface &CppEditorWidget::refactoringEngine() const
-{
-    return *d->m_modelManager;
-}
-
 CppTools::FollowSymbolInterface &CppEditorWidget::followSymbolInterface() const
 {
     return d->m_modelManager->followSymbolInterface();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.h
index e00f5666c78..f141ee22485 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 namespace CppTools {
 class CppEditorOutline;
-class RefactoringEngineInterface;
 class FollowSymbolInterface;
 class SemanticInfo;
 class ProjectPart;
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ private:
     TextEditor::RefactorMarkers refactorMarkersWithoutClangMarkers() const;
 
     CppTools::FollowSymbolInterface &followSymbolInterface() const;
-    CppTools::RefactoringEngineInterface &refactoringEngine() const;
 
     CppTools::ProjectPart *projectPart() const;