diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
index 5d71c39c64f..72d5ba53cfe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
 #include "qmakeproject.h"
 
 #include <projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/target.h>
+
 #include <resourceeditor/resourcenode.h>
 
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <utils/stringutils.h>
 
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h
index 57f1b7bec84..8c1cddbaeb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/projectnodes.h>
 
 namespace Utils { class FileName; }
-namespace ProjectExplorer { class RunConfiguration; }
 
 namespace QmakeProjectManager {
 class QmakeProFileNode;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
index 0e062cf6114..46fe4470bbd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.cpp
@@ -780,32 +780,6 @@ QList<QmakeProFile *> QmakeProject::allProFiles(const QList<ProjectType> &projec
     return list;
 }
 
-QList<RunConfigurationCreationInfo>
-QmakeProject::runConfigurationCreators(const RunConfigurationFactory *factory,
-                                       const QList<ProjectType> &projectTypes)
-{
-    QList<ProjectType> realTypes = projectTypes;
-    if (realTypes.isEmpty())
-        realTypes = {ProjectType::ApplicationTemplate, ProjectType::ScriptTemplate};
-
-    const QList<QmakeProFile *> files = allProFiles(realTypes);
-    const auto isQtcRunnable = [](const QmakeProFile *f) { return f->isQtcRunnable(); };
-    const bool hasAnyQtcRunnable = Utils::anyOf(files, isQtcRunnable);
-
-    return Utils::transform(files, [&](QmakeProFile *f) {
-        const QString targetName = f->filePath().toString();
-        return RunConfigurationCreationInfo {
-            factory,
-            factory->runConfigurationBaseId(),
-            targetName,
-            QFileInfo(targetName).completeBaseName(),
-            (hasAnyQtcRunnable && !f->isQtcRunnable())
-                    ? RunConfigurationCreationInfo::ManualCreationOnly
-                    : RunConfigurationCreationInfo::AlwaysCreate
-        };
-    });
-}
-
 void QmakeProject::activeTargetWasChanged()
 {
     if (m_activeTarget) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h
index 3036a1d5b58..2b27c3d079f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeproject.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "qmakeparsernodes.h"
 
 #include <projectexplorer/project.h>
-#include <projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h>
 
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QFutureInterface>
@@ -72,10 +71,6 @@ public:
                                       Parsing parse = ExactParse) const;
     QList<QmakeProFile *> applicationProFiles(Parsing parse = ExactParse) const;
 
-    QList<ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationCreationInfo> runConfigurationCreators
-        (const ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationFactory *factory,
-         const QList<ProjectType> &projectTypes = {});
-
     static void notifyChanged(const Utils::FileName &name);
 
     /// \internal