diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index 4e56bc6e0f5..e8af138c863 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ void GdbEngine::interruptInferior()
             QTC_ASSERT(dev, notifyInferiorStopFailed(); return);
             DeviceProcessSignalOperation::Ptr signalOperation = dev->signalOperation();
             QTC_ASSERT(signalOperation, notifyInferiorStopFailed(); return);
-            connect(signalOperation.data(), &DeviceProcessSignalOperation::finished,
+            connect(signalOperation.get(), &DeviceProcessSignalOperation::finished,
                     this, [this, signalOperation](const QString &error) {
                         if (error.isEmpty()) {
                             showMessage("Interrupted " + QString::number(inferiorPid()));
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
index 1edd702444d..8ebbb36f753 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QObject>
-#include <QSharedPointer>
 #include <QUrl>
 
 #include <functional>
-#include <memory>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QPixmap;
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT DeviceProcessSignalOperation : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    using Ptr = QSharedPointer<DeviceProcessSignalOperation>;
+    using Ptr = std::shared_ptr<DeviceProcessSignalOperation>;
 
     virtual void killProcess(qint64 pid) = 0;
     virtual void killProcess(const QString &filePath) = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/processlist.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/processlist.cpp
index b707b9b2569..71711b0d517 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/processlist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/processlist.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void ProcessList::killProcess(int row)
 
     const ProcessInfo processInfo = at(row);
     d->signalOperation = d->device->signalOperation();
-    connect(d->signalOperation.data(), &DeviceProcessSignalOperation::finished,
+    connect(d->signalOperation.get(), &DeviceProcessSignalOperation::finished,
             this, &ProcessList::reportDelayedKillStatus);
     d->signalOperation->killProcess(processInfo.processId);
 }