diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
index dd8a04c6d9c..1749c6f53b3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ AndroidToolChainConfigWidget::AndroidToolChainConfigWidget(AndroidToolChain *tc)
 
 AndroidToolChainFactory::AndroidToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_ID);
     setDisplayName(tr("Android GCC"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customtoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customtoolchain.cpp
index a23136b9157..b7d38dc7cda 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customtoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customtoolchain.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 CustomToolChainFactory::CustomToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::CUSTOM_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
     setDisplayName(tr("Custom"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
index 5ed2419b08b..4f9388db09c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gcctoolchain.cpp
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ QString GccToolChain::detectVersion() const
 
 GccToolChainFactory::GccToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::GCC_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
     setDisplayName(tr("GCC"));
 }
 
@@ -1106,7 +1105,6 @@ ToolChain *ClangToolChain::clone() const
 ClangToolChainFactory::ClangToolChainFactory()
 {
     setDisplayName(tr("Clang"));
-    setTypeId(Constants::CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
 }
 
 QList<ToolChain *> ClangToolChainFactory::autoDetect()
@@ -1185,7 +1183,6 @@ ToolChain *MingwToolChain::clone() const
 
 MingwToolChainFactory::MingwToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::MINGW_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
     setDisplayName(tr("MinGW"));
 }
 
@@ -1264,7 +1261,6 @@ ToolChain *LinuxIccToolChain::clone() const
 LinuxIccToolChainFactory::LinuxIccToolChainFactory()
 {
     setDisplayName(tr("Linux ICC"));
-    setTypeId(Constants::LINUXICC_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
 }
 
 QList<ToolChain *> LinuxIccToolChainFactory::autoDetect()
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
index 7dd880deb03..a3c139d2beb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ void MsvcToolChainConfigWidget::setFromToolChain()
 
 MsvcToolChainFactory::MsvcToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::MSVC_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
     setDisplayName(tr("MSVC"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
index 0d6d1e67c0c..00435adcd3a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/toolchain.h
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT ToolChainFactory : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    Core::Id typeId() const { return m_typeId; }
     QString displayName() const { return m_displayName; }
 
     virtual QList<ToolChain *> autoDetect();
@@ -195,12 +194,10 @@ public:
     static void autoDetectionToMap(QVariantMap &data, bool detected);
 
 protected:
-    void setTypeId(Core::Id id) { m_typeId = id; }
     void setDisplayName(const QString &name) { m_displayName = name; }
 
 private:
     QString m_displayName;
-    Core::Id m_typeId;
 };
 
 } // namespace ProjectExplorer
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/wincetoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/wincetoolchain.cpp
index f7f0aa11d1a..c85a1a0a453 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/wincetoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/wincetoolchain.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ ToolChain *WinCEToolChain::clone() const
 
 WinCEToolChainFactory::WinCEToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::WINCE_TOOLCHAIN_TYPEID);
     setDisplayName(tr("WinCE"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp
index 36da2c48976..eb126703c9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxtoolchain.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ QStringList QnxToolChain::reinterpretOptions(const QStringList &args) const
 
 QnxToolChainFactory::QnxToolChainFactory()
 {
-    setTypeId(Constants::QNX_TOOLCHAIN_ID);
     setDisplayName(tr("QCC"));
 }