diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindconfigwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindconfigwidget.cpp
index 37c1ad67a58..11352b30885 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindconfigwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindconfigwidget.cpp
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ ValgrindConfigWidget::ValgrindConfigWidget(ValgrindBaseSettings *settings,
 
     connect(m_ui->valgrindExeChooser, &Utils::PathChooser::rawPathChanged,
             m_settings, &ValgrindBaseSettings::setValgrindExecutable);
-    connect(m_settings, &ValgrindBaseSettings::valgrindExecutableChanged,
-            m_ui->valgrindExeChooser, &Utils::PathChooser::setPath);
     connect(m_ui->smcDetectionComboBox, static_cast<void (QComboBox::*)(int)>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged),
             m_settings, &ValgrindBaseSettings::setSelfModifyingCodeDetection);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.cpp
index a494dbae3e1..08e2b627107 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.cpp
@@ -143,10 +143,7 @@ void ValgrindBaseSettings::toMap(QVariantMap &map) const
 
 void ValgrindBaseSettings::setValgrindExecutable(const QString &valgrindExecutable)
 {
-    if (m_valgrindExecutable != valgrindExecutable) {
-        m_valgrindExecutable = valgrindExecutable;
-        emit valgrindExecutableChanged(valgrindExecutable);
-    }
+    m_valgrindExecutable = valgrindExecutable;
 }
 
 void ValgrindBaseSettings::setSelfModifyingCodeDetection(int smcDetection)
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.h b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.h
index b0d62e83172..4ec154158e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindsettings.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public:
     void setSelfModifyingCodeDetection(int);
 
 signals:
-    void valgrindExecutableChanged(const QString &);
     void selfModifyingCodeDetectionChanged(int);
 
 private: