diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e383b8fc7f..842a8b2063c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(QmakeProjectManager
   PLUGIN_RECOMMENDS Designer
   SOURCES
     addlibrarywizard.cpp addlibrarywizard.h
-    applicationlauncher.h
     customwidgetwizard/classdefinition.cpp customwidgetwizard/classdefinition.h customwidgetwizard/classdefinition.ui
     customwidgetwizard/classlist.cpp customwidgetwizard/classlist.h
     customwidgetwizard/customwidgetpluginwizardpage.cpp customwidgetwizard/customwidgetpluginwizardpage.h customwidgetwizard/customwidgetpluginwizardpage.ui
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/applicationlauncher.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/applicationlauncher.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ac27b90b1fa..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/applicationlauncher.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +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.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QStringList>
-#include <QProcess>
-
-namespace QmakeProjectManager {
-namespace Internal {
-
-class ConsoleProcess;
-class WinGuiProcess;
-
-class ApplicationLauncher : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-    enum Mode {Console, Gui};
-    ApplicationLauncher(QObject *parent);
-    void setWorkingDirectory(const QString &dir);
-    void setEnvironment(const QStringList &env);
-
-    void start(Mode mode, const QString &program,
-               const QStringList &args = QStringList());
-    bool isRunning() const;
-    qint64 applicationPID() const;
-
-signals:
-    void applicationError(const QString &error);
-    void appendOutput(const QString &error);
-    void processExited(int exitCode);
-
-private:
-    void processStopped();
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    void readWinDebugOutput(const QString &output);
-    void processFinished(int exitCode);
-#else
-    void guiProcessError();
-    void readStandardOutput();
-    void processDone(int, QProcess::ExitStatus);
-#endif
-
-private:
-    QProcess *m_guiProcess;
-    ConsoleProcess *m_consoleProcess;
-    Mode m_currentMode;
-
-    WinGuiProcess *m_winGuiProcess;
-};
-
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace QmakeProjectManager