diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index fad4dc632e1..eb743965b41 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ void CPPEditorWidget::renameSymbolUnderCursor()
         return;
 
     CppEditorSupport *edSup = m_modelManager->cppEditorSupport(editor());
-    updateSemanticInfo(edSup->recalculateSemanticInfo(/* emitSignalWhenFinished = */ false));
+    updateSemanticInfo(edSup->recalculateSemanticInfo());
     abortRename();
 
     QTextCursor c = textCursor();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp
index 5af358eadf7..451ff8eb8da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ bool CppEditorSupport::initialized()
     return m_initialized;
 }
 
-SemanticInfo CppEditorSupport::recalculateSemanticInfo(bool emitSignalWhenFinished)
+SemanticInfo CppEditorSupport::recalculateSemanticInfo()
 {
     m_futureSemanticInfo.cancel();
 
     SemanticInfo::Source source = currentSource(false);
-    recalculateSemanticInfoNow(source, emitSignalWhenFinished);
+    recalculateSemanticInfoNow(source, /*emitSignalWhenFinished=*/ false);
     return m_lastSemanticInfo;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h
index f9ba8762561..278c3a78f43 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ public:
     bool initialized();
 
     /// Retrieve the semantic info, which will get recalculated on the current
-    /// thread if it is outdate.
-    SemanticInfo recalculateSemanticInfo(bool emitSignalWhenFinished = true);
+    /// thread if it is outdate. Will not emit the semanticInfoUpdated() signal.
+    SemanticInfo recalculateSemanticInfo();
 
     CPlusPlus::Document::Ptr lastSemanticInfoDocument() const;