diff --git a/src/libs/utils/filepath.cpp b/src/libs/utils/filepath.cpp
index eda575945ae..a5264d17987 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/filepath.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/filepath.cpp
@@ -710,40 +710,6 @@ FilePaths FilePath::dirEntries(const QStringList &nameFilters,
     return Utils::transform(entryInfoList, &FilePath::fromFileInfo);
 }
 
-FilePaths FilePath::filterEntriesHelper(const FilePath &base,
-                                        const QStringList &entries,
-                                        const QStringList &nameFilters,
-                                        QDir::Filters filters,
-                                        QDir::SortFlags sort)
-{
-    const QList<QRegularExpression> nameRegexps = transform(nameFilters, [](const QString &filter) {
-        QRegularExpression re;
-        re.setPattern(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(filter));
-        QTC_CHECK(re.isValid());
-        return re;
-    });
-
-    const auto nameMatches = [&nameRegexps](const QString &fileName) {
-        for (const QRegularExpression &re : nameRegexps) {
-            const QRegularExpressionMatch match = re.match(fileName);
-            if (match.hasMatch())
-                return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    };
-
-    // FIXME: Handle sort and filters. For now bark on unsupported options.
-    QTC_CHECK(filters == QDir::NoFilter);
-    QTC_CHECK(sort == QDir::NoSort);
-
-    FilePaths result;
-    for (const QString &entry : entries) {
-        if (!nameMatches(entry))
-            continue;
-        result.append(base.pathAppended(entry));
-    }
-    return result;
-}
 
 QList<FilePath> FilePath::dirEntries(QDir::Filters filters) const
 {
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/filepath.h b/src/libs/utils/filepath.h
index d53357057db..6ece9ea162a 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/filepath.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/filepath.h
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ public:
     static void removeDuplicates(QList<FilePath> &files);
     static void sort(QList<FilePath> &files);
 
-    static QList<FilePath> filterEntriesHelper(const FilePath &base,
-                                               const QStringList &entries,
-                                               const QStringList &nameFilters,
-                                               QDir::Filters filters,
-                                               QDir::SortFlags sort);
 private:
     friend class ::tst_fileutils;
     static QString calcRelativePath(const QString &absolutePath, const QString &absoluteAnchorPath);
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
index 54f3c1ddf7b..ff7745761c8 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QOperatingSystemVersion>
-#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <qplatformdefs.h>
diff --git a/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
index eb0508d4b2c..bacbc36204c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QRandomGenerator>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QTextBrowser>
 #include <QToolButton>
 #include <QThread>
@@ -1274,6 +1275,41 @@ FilePath DockerDevice::symLinkTarget(const FilePath &filePath) const
     return output.isEmpty() ? FilePath() : filePath.withNewPath(output);
 }
 
+static FilePaths filterEntriesHelper(const FilePath &base,
+                                     const QStringList &entries,
+                                     const QStringList &nameFilters,
+                                     QDir::Filters filters,
+                                     QDir::SortFlags sort)
+{
+    const QList<QRegularExpression> nameRegexps = transform(nameFilters, [](const QString &filter) {
+        QRegularExpression re;
+        re.setPattern(QRegularExpression::wildcardToRegularExpression(filter));
+        QTC_CHECK(re.isValid());
+        return re;
+    });
+
+    const auto nameMatches = [&nameRegexps](const QString &fileName) {
+        for (const QRegularExpression &re : nameRegexps) {
+            const QRegularExpressionMatch match = re.match(fileName);
+            if (match.hasMatch())
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    };
+
+    // FIXME: Handle sort and filters. For now bark on unsupported options.
+    QTC_CHECK(filters == QDir::NoFilter);
+    QTC_CHECK(sort == QDir::NoSort);
+
+    FilePaths result;
+    for (const QString &entry : entries) {
+        if (!nameMatches(entry))
+            continue;
+        result.append(base.pathAppended(entry));
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 FilePaths DockerDevice::directoryEntries(const FilePath &filePath,
                                          const QStringList &nameFilters,
                                          QDir::Filters filters,
@@ -1290,7 +1326,7 @@ FilePaths DockerDevice::directoryEntries(const FilePath &filePath,
 
     const QString output = d->outputForRunInShell({"ls", {"-1", "-b", "--", filePath.path()}});
     QStringList entries = output.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
-    return FilePath::filterEntriesHelper(filePath, entries, nameFilters, filters, sort);
+    return filterEntriesHelper(filePath, entries, nameFilters, filters, sort);
 }
 
 QByteArray DockerDevice::fileContents(const FilePath &filePath, qint64 limit, qint64 offset) const