diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.cpp
index 4b967658786..8ff683a7f49 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.cpp
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ DeployConfiguration::DeployConfiguration(Target *target, Core::Id id)
     setDefaultDisplayName(tr("Deploy locally"));
 }
 
-void DeployConfiguration::initialize()
-{
-}
-
 BuildStepList *DeployConfiguration::stepList()
 {
     return &m_stepList;
@@ -197,7 +193,6 @@ DeployConfiguration *DeployConfigurationFactory::create(Target *parent, Core::Id
     DeployConfiguration *dc = m_creator(parent);
     if (!dc)
         return nullptr;
-    dc->initialize();
     for (const DeployStepCreationInfo &info : qAsConst(m_initialSteps)) {
         if (!info.condition || info.condition(parent))
             dc->stepList()->appendStep(info.deployStepId);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.h
index 5cf1ab0dcb1..ea8bd0d6777 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ protected:
 
 public:
     ~DeployConfiguration() override = default;
-    virtual void initialize();
 
     BuildStepList *stepList();
     const BuildStepList *stepList() const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.cpp
index 7993a90e22a..82c68e48e0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.cpp
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ QnxDeployConfiguration::QnxDeployConfiguration(Target *target, Core::Id id)
 {
 }
 
-void QnxDeployConfiguration::initialize()
-{
-    stepList()->appendStep(new DeviceCheckBuildStep(stepList()));
-    stepList()->appendStep(new RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceStep(stepList()));
-    stepList()->appendStep(new GenericDirectUploadStep(stepList()));
-}
-
 NamedWidget *QnxDeployConfiguration::createConfigWidget()
 {
     return new DeploymentDataView(target());
@@ -59,10 +52,14 @@ NamedWidget *QnxDeployConfiguration::createConfigWidget()
 
 QnxDeployConfigurationFactory::QnxDeployConfigurationFactory()
 {
-    registerDeployConfiguration<QnxDeployConfiguration>
+    registerDeployConfiguration<DeployConfiguration>
             (Constants::QNX_QNX_DEPLOYCONFIGURATION_ID);
     setDefaultDisplayName(QnxDeployConfiguration::tr("Deploy to QNX Device"));
     addSupportedTargetDeviceType(QnxDeviceFactory::deviceType());
+
+    addInitialStep(DeviceCheckBuildStep::stepId());
+    addInitialStep(RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceStep::stepId());
+    addInitialStep(GenericDirectUploadStep::stepId());
 }
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.h
index d055daddb6f..baa89b1c032 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdeployconfiguration.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class QnxDeployConfiguration : public ProjectExplorer::DeployConfiguration
 
 public:
     QnxDeployConfiguration(ProjectExplorer::Target *target, Core::Id id);
-    void initialize() override;
     ProjectExplorer::NamedWidget *createConfigWidget() override;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtdeployconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtdeployconfiguration.cpp
index a1693051730..189e9783736 100644
--- a/src/plugins/winrt/winrtdeployconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/winrt/winrtdeployconfiguration.cpp
@@ -39,46 +39,31 @@ using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 namespace WinRt {
 namespace Internal {
 
-struct WinRtAppDeployConfiguration : DeployConfiguration
-{
-    WinRtAppDeployConfiguration(Target *target, Core::Id id) : DeployConfiguration(target, id) {}
-    void initialize() { stepList()->appendStep(new WinRtPackageDeploymentStep(stepList())); }
-};
-
 WinRtAppDeployConfigurationFactory::WinRtAppDeployConfigurationFactory()
 {
-    registerDeployConfiguration<WinRtAppDeployConfiguration>("WinRTAppxDeployConfiguration");
+    registerDeployConfiguration<DeployConfiguration>("WinRTAppxDeployConfiguration");
     setDefaultDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("WinRt::Internal::WinRtDeployConfiguration",
                                                       "Run windeployqt"));
     addSupportedTargetDeviceType(Constants::WINRT_DEVICE_TYPE_LOCAL);
+    addInitialStep(Constants::WINRT_BUILD_STEP_DEPLOY);
 }
 
-struct WinRtPhoneDeployConfiguration : DeployConfiguration
-{
-    WinRtPhoneDeployConfiguration(Target *target, Core::Id id) : DeployConfiguration(target, id) {}
-    void initialize() { stepList()->appendStep(new WinRtPackageDeploymentStep(stepList())); }
-};
-
 WinRtPhoneDeployConfigurationFactory::WinRtPhoneDeployConfigurationFactory()
 {
-    registerDeployConfiguration<WinRtPhoneDeployConfiguration>("WinRTPhoneDeployConfiguration");
+    registerDeployConfiguration<DeployConfiguration>("WinRTPhoneDeployConfiguration");
     setDefaultDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("WinRt::Internal::WinRtDeployConfiguration",
                                                       "Deploy to Windows Phone"));
     addSupportedTargetDeviceType(Constants::WINRT_DEVICE_TYPE_PHONE);
+    addInitialStep(Constants::WINRT_BUILD_STEP_DEPLOY);
 }
 
-struct WinRtEmulatorDeployConfiguration : DeployConfiguration
-{
-    WinRtEmulatorDeployConfiguration(Target *target, Core::Id id) : DeployConfiguration(target, id) {}
-    void initialize() { stepList()->appendStep(new WinRtPackageDeploymentStep(stepList())); }
-};
-
 WinRtEmulatorDeployConfigurationFactory::WinRtEmulatorDeployConfigurationFactory()
 {
-    registerDeployConfiguration<WinRtEmulatorDeployConfiguration>("WinRTEmulatorDeployConfiguration");
+    registerDeployConfiguration<DeployConfiguration>("WinRTEmulatorDeployConfiguration");
     setDefaultDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("WinRt::Internal::WinRtDeployConfiguration",
                                                       "Deploy to Windows Phone Emulator"));
     addSupportedTargetDeviceType(Constants::WINRT_DEVICE_TYPE_EMULATOR);
+    addInitialStep(Constants::WINRT_BUILD_STEP_DEPLOY);
 }
 
 WinRtDeployStepFactory::WinRtDeployStepFactory()