diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a16f5707f8..a0729bc002b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(CppEditor
     cppeditor_utils.h
     cppeditorconstants.h
     cppeditordocument.cpp cppeditordocument.h
-    cppeditorenums.h
     cppeditoroutline.cpp cppeditoroutline.h
     cppeditorplugin.cpp cppeditorplugin.h
     cppeditorwidget.cpp cppeditorwidget.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.pro b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.pro
index 382be09c13d..134e96c87bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.pro
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ HEADERS += \
     cppeditor_utils.h \
     cppeditorconstants.h \
     cppeditordocument.h \
-    cppeditorenums.h \
     cppeditoroutline.h \
     cppeditorplugin.h \
     cppeditorwidget.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs
index 60346245c43..f2433fb17be 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.qbs
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
         "cppeditorconstants.h",
         "cppeditordocument.cpp",
         "cppeditordocument.h",
-        "cppeditorenums.h",
         "cppeditoroutline.cpp",
         "cppeditoroutline.h",
         "cppeditorplugin.cpp",
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorenums.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorenums.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b11febefc9a..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorenums.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +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
-
-namespace CppEditor {
-namespace Internal {
-
-enum FileType {
-    Header,
-    Source
-};
-
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace CppEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphighlighter.cpp
index 47aae86c0ad..eccb4d2f33b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cpphighlighter.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "cpphighlighter.h"
 
 #include "cppdoxygen.h"
-#include "cppeditorenums.h"
 #include "cpptoolsreuse.h"
 
 #include <texteditor/textdocumentlayout.h>