diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp
index 00edf3a1d43..62d7c1265ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericmakestep.cpp
@@ -38,14 +38,10 @@ namespace GenericProjectManager {
 namespace Internal {
 
 const char GENERIC_MS_ID[] = "GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep";
-const char GENERIC_MS_DISPLAY_NAME[] = QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("GenericProjectManager::Internal::GenericMakeStep",
-                                                     "Make");
 
 GenericMakeStep::GenericMakeStep(BuildStepList *parent, const QString &buildTarget)
     : MakeStep(parent, GENERIC_MS_ID, buildTarget, {"all", "clean"})
 {
-    setDefaultDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("GenericProjectManager::Internal::GenericMakeStep",
-                                                      GENERIC_MS_DISPLAY_NAME));
 }
 
 bool GenericMakeStep::init(QList<const BuildStep *> &earlierSteps)
@@ -99,8 +95,7 @@ GenericMakeAllStepFactory::GenericMakeAllStepFactory()
     };
 
     registerStep<Step>(GENERIC_MS_ID);
-    setDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate(
-        "GenericProjectManager::Internal::GenericMakeStep", GENERIC_MS_DISPLAY_NAME));
+    setDisplayName(MakeStep::defaultDisplayName());
     setSupportedProjectType(Constants::GENERICPROJECT_ID);
     setSupportedStepLists({ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_BUILD,
                            ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_DEPLOY});
@@ -122,8 +117,7 @@ GenericMakeCleanStepFactory::GenericMakeCleanStepFactory()
     };
 
     registerStep<Step>(GENERIC_MS_ID);
-    setDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate(
-        "GenericProjectManager::Internal::GenericMakeStep", GENERIC_MS_DISPLAY_NAME));
+    setDisplayName(MakeStep::defaultDisplayName());
     setSupportedProjectType(Constants::GENERICPROJECT_ID);
     setSupportedStepList(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
index 70853ac8f23..82b36f0127c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ MakeStep::MakeStep(BuildStepList *parent,
     : AbstractProcessStep(parent, id),
       m_availableTargets(availableTargets)
 {
+    setDefaultDisplayName(defaultDisplayName());
     if (!buildTarget.isEmpty())
         setBuildTarget(buildTarget, true);
 }
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@ bool MakeStep::isClean() const
     return m_clean;
 }
 
+QString MakeStep::defaultDisplayName()
+{
+    return tr("Make");
+}
+
 void MakeStep::setMakeCommand(const QString &command)
 {
     m_makeCommand = command;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
index c3f63016e4d..df87923e04d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/makestep.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public:
     void setClean(bool clean);
     bool isClean() const;
 
+    static QString defaultDisplayName();
+
 private:
     QVariantMap toMap() const override;
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map) override;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
index c853e5d614f..4bd69c93ef6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakemakestep.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ const char MAKESTEP_BS_ID[] = "Qt4ProjectManager.MakeStep";
 QmakeMakeStep::QmakeMakeStep(BuildStepList *bsl)
     : MakeStep(bsl, MAKESTEP_BS_ID)
 {
-    setDefaultDisplayName(tr("Make", "Qt MakeStep display name."));
     if (bsl->id() == ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN) {
         setClean(true);
         setUserArguments("clean");
@@ -208,5 +207,5 @@ QmakeMakeStepFactory::QmakeMakeStepFactory()
 {
     registerStep<QmakeMakeStep>(MAKESTEP_BS_ID);
     setSupportedProjectType(Constants::QMAKEPROJECT_ID);
-    setDisplayName(tr("Make"));
+    setDisplayName(MakeStep::defaultDisplayName());
 }