diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.pro b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
index fb8e76952b5..a906d325f31 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ plugin_qmldesigner.depends += plugin_cpptools
 
 plugin_qmljsinspector.subdir = qmljsinspector
 plugin_qmljsinspector.depends += plugin_debugger
-plugin_qmljsinspector.depends += plugin_qmljseditor
+plugin_qmljsinspector.depends += plugin_qmljstools
 
 plugin_mercurial.subdir = mercurial
 plugin_mercurial.depends = plugin_vcsbase
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
index fbab50c1262..8d7a86bef77 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.cpp
@@ -457,12 +457,9 @@ QmlJSTextEditorWidget::QmlJSTextEditorWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     m_modelManager(0),
     m_futureSemanticInfoRevision(0),
     m_contextPane(0),
-    m_updateSelectedElements(false),
     m_findReferences(new FindReferences(this)),
     m_semanticHighlighter(new SemanticHighlighter(this))
 {
-    qRegisterMetaType<QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo>("QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo");
-
     m_semanticInfoUpdater = new SemanticInfoUpdater(this);
     m_semanticInfoUpdater->start();
 
@@ -850,15 +847,6 @@ void QmlJSTextEditorWidget::updateUses()
     m_updateUsesTimer->start();
 }
 
-bool QmlJSTextEditorWidget::updateSelectedElements() const
-{
-    return m_updateSelectedElements;
-}
-
-void QmlJSTextEditorWidget::setUpdateSelectedElements(bool value)
-{
-    m_updateSelectedElements = value;
-}
 
 void QmlJSTextEditorWidget::updateUsesNow()
 {
@@ -977,7 +965,7 @@ protected:
 
 void QmlJSTextEditorWidget::setSelectedElements()
 {
-    if (!m_updateSelectedElements)
+    if (!receivers(SIGNAL(selectedElementsChanged(QList<int>,QString))))
         return;
 
     QTextCursor tc = textCursor();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h
index 058ab759197..6b8bd6b1c5f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ class QMLJSEDITOR_EXPORT QmlJSTextEditorWidget : public TextEditor::BaseTextEdit
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
+    // used e.g. in qmljsprofiler
+    Q_PROPERTY(QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo semanticInfo READ semanticInfo)
+
 public:
     QmlJSTextEditorWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~QmlJSTextEditorWidget();
@@ -105,9 +108,6 @@ public:
     Internal::QmlOutlineModel *outlineModel() const;
     QModelIndex outlineModelIndex();
 
-    bool updateSelectedElements() const;
-    void setUpdateSelectedElements(bool value);
-
     static QVector<QString> highlighterFormatCategories();
 
     TextEditor::IAssistInterface *createAssistInterface(TextEditor::AssistKind assistKind,
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ private:
 
     QmlJS::IContextPane *m_contextPane;
     int m_oldCursorPosition;
-    bool m_updateSelectedElements;
 
     FindReferences *m_findReferences;
     Internal::SemanticHighlighter *m_semanticHighlighter;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/QmlJSInspector.pluginspec.in b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/QmlJSInspector.pluginspec.in
index d1da4351485..98d166e4ee5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/QmlJSInspector.pluginspec.in
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/QmlJSInspector.pluginspec.in
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.</license>
     <url>http://qt.nokia.com</url>
     <dependencyList>
         <dependency name=\"Debugger\" version=\"$$QTCREATOR_VERSION\"/>
-        <dependency name=\"QmlJSEditor\" version=\"$$QTCREATOR_VERSION\"/>
+        <dependency name=\"QmlJSTools\" version=\"$$QTCREATOR_VERSION\"/>
     </dependencyList>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp
index 95049e71b26..dcc07ea023f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.cpp
@@ -193,15 +193,33 @@ void InspectorUi::onEngineStateChanged(Debugger::DebuggerState state)
     m_propertyInspector->reset();
 }
 
+// Get semantic info from QmlJSTextEditorWidget
+// (we use the meta object system here to avoid having to link
+// against qmljseditor)
+QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo getSemanticInfo(QPlainTextEdit *qmlJSTextEdit)
+{
+    QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo info;
+    QTC_ASSERT(QLatin1String(qmlJSTextEdit->metaObject()->className())
+               == QLatin1String("QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget"),
+               return info);
+    QTC_ASSERT(qmlJSTextEdit->metaObject()->indexOfProperty("semanticInfo") != -1, return info);
+
+    info = qmlJSTextEdit->property("semanticInfo").value<QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo>();
+    return info;
+}
+
 void InspectorUi::showDebuggerTooltip(const QPoint &mousePos, TextEditor::ITextEditor *editor,
                                       int cursorPos)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(mousePos);
     if (m_clientProxy && editor->id() == QmlJSEditor::Constants::C_QMLJSEDITOR_ID) {
-        QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget *qmlEditor =
-                static_cast<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget*>(editor->widget());
+        TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *baseTextEditor =
+                static_cast<TextEditor::BaseTextEditor*>(editor);
+        QPlainTextEdit *editWidget = qobject_cast<QPlainTextEdit*>(baseTextEditor->widget());
 
-        QTextCursor tc(qmlEditor->document());
+        QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo semanticInfo = getSemanticInfo(editWidget);
+
+        QTextCursor tc(editWidget->document());
         tc.setPosition(cursorPos);
         tc.movePosition(QTextCursor::StartOfWord);
         tc.movePosition(QTextCursor::EndOfWord, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
@@ -210,13 +228,13 @@ void InspectorUi::showDebuggerTooltip(const QPoint &mousePos, TextEditor::ITextE
         QString query;
         QLatin1Char doubleQuote('"');
 
-        QmlJS::AST::Node *qmlNode = qmlEditor->semanticInfo().astNodeAt(cursorPos);
+        QmlJS::AST::Node *qmlNode = semanticInfo.astNodeAt(cursorPos);
         if (!qmlNode)
             return;
 
         QmlDebugObjectReference ref;
         if (QmlJS::AST::Node *node
-                = qmlEditor->semanticInfo().declaringMemberNoProperties(cursorPos)) {
+                = semanticInfo.declaringMemberNoProperties(cursorPos)) {
             if (QmlJS::AST::UiObjectMember *objMember = node->uiObjectMemberCast()) {
                 ref = m_clientProxy->objectReferenceForLocation(
                             objMember->firstSourceLocation().startLine,
@@ -727,11 +745,14 @@ QmlDebugObjectReference InspectorUi::objectReferenceForLocation(const QString &f
     if (textEditor && m_clientProxy && textEditor->id() == QmlJSEditor::Constants::C_QMLJSEDITOR_ID) {
         if (cursorPosition == -1)
             cursorPosition = textEditor->position();
-        QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget *qmlEditor =
-                static_cast<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget*>(textEditor->widget());
+        TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *baseTextEditor =
+                static_cast<TextEditor::BaseTextEditor*>(editor);
+        QPlainTextEdit *editWidget = qobject_cast<QPlainTextEdit*>(baseTextEditor->widget());
+
+        QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo semanticInfo = getSemanticInfo(editWidget);
 
         if (QmlJS::AST::Node *node
-                = qmlEditor->semanticInfo().declaringMemberNoProperties(cursorPosition)) {
+                = semanticInfo.declaringMemberNoProperties(cursorPosition)) {
             if (QmlJS::AST::UiObjectMember *objMember = node->uiObjectMemberCast()) {
                 return m_clientProxy->objectReferenceForLocation(
                             objMember->firstSourceLocation().startLine,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.pro b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.pro
index c50cc52088b..f82d39c8106 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.pro
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ RESOURCES += qmljsinspector.qrc
 
 include(../../qtcreatorplugin.pri)
 include(../../libs/qmljsdebugclient/qmljsdebugclient.pri)
+include(../../libs/qmleditorwidgets/qmleditorwidgets.pri)
 
 include(../../plugins/debugger/debugger.pri)
-include(../../plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditor.pri)
+include(../../plugins/qmljstools/qmljstools.pri)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.qbs b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.qbs
index 08e742744bf..f5dc9516dce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljsinspector.qbs
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ QtcPlugin {
 
     Depends { name: "qt"; submodules: ['widgets'] }
     Depends { name: "Core" }
-    Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlProjectManager" }
-    Depends { name: "TextEditor" }
     Depends { name: "Debugger" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlJS" }
-    Depends { name: "QmlJSEditor" }
-    Depends { name: "symbianutils" }
     Depends { name: "LanguageUtils" }
+    Depends { name: "TextEditor" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlJS" }
+    Depends { name: "QmlJSTools" }
     Depends { name: "QmlEditorWidgets" }
     Depends { name: "QmlJSDebugClient" }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.cpp
index 0496e30b485..657c860618e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 
 #include "qmljsinspectorconstants.h"
 #include <qmljseditor/qmljseditorconstants.h>
-#include <qmljseditor/qmljseditor.h>
 #include <qmljs/qmljsdelta.h>
 #include <qmljs/parser/qmljsast_p.h>
 #include <extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h>
@@ -54,6 +53,8 @@
 
 #include <debugger/debuggerconstants.h>
 
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+
 #include <QDebug>
 
 using namespace QmlJS;
@@ -142,29 +143,34 @@ QmlJS::ModelManagerInterface *QmlJSLiveTextPreview::modelManager()
 
 void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::associateEditor(Core::IEditor *editor)
 {
+    using namespace TextEditor;
     if (editor->id() == QmlJSEditor::Constants::C_QMLJSEDITOR_ID) {
-        QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget* qmljsEditor = qobject_cast<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget*>(editor->widget());
-        if (qmljsEditor && !m_editors.contains(qmljsEditor)) {
-            qmljsEditor->setUpdateSelectedElements(true);
-            m_editors << qmljsEditor;
-            connect(qmljsEditor,
-                    SIGNAL(selectedElementsChanged(QList<int>,QString)),
-                    SLOT(changeSelectedElements(QList<int>,QString)));
+        QTC_ASSERT(QLatin1String(editor->widget()->metaObject()->className()) ==
+                   QLatin1String("QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget"),
+                   return);
+
+        BaseTextEditorWidget *editWidget = qobject_cast<BaseTextEditorWidget*>(editor->widget());
+        QTC_ASSERT(editWidget, return);
+
+        if (!m_editors.contains(editWidget)) {
+            m_editors << editWidget;
+            if (m_clientProxy.data())
+                connect(editWidget, SIGNAL(selectedElementsChanged(QList<int>,QString)),
+                        SLOT(changeSelectedElements(QList<int>,QString)));
         }
     }
 }
 
 void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::unassociateEditor(Core::IEditor *oldEditor)
 {
+    using namespace TextEditor;
     if (oldEditor && oldEditor->id() == QmlJSEditor::Constants::C_QMLJSEDITOR_ID) {
-        QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget* qmljsEditor = qobject_cast<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget*>(oldEditor->widget());
-        if (qmljsEditor && m_editors.contains(qmljsEditor)) {
-            m_editors.removeOne(qmljsEditor);
-            qmljsEditor->setUpdateSelectedElements(false);
-            disconnect(qmljsEditor,
-                       SIGNAL(selectedElementsChanged(QList<int>,QString)),
-                       this,
-                       SLOT(changeSelectedElements(QList<int>,QString)));
+        BaseTextEditorWidget *editWidget = qobject_cast<BaseTextEditorWidget*>(oldEditor->widget());
+        QTC_ASSERT(editWidget, return);
+
+        if (m_editors.contains(editWidget)) {
+            m_editors.removeOne(editWidget);
+            disconnect(editWidget, 0, this, 0);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -593,7 +599,7 @@ void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::documentChanged(QmlJS::Document::Ptr doc)
 
 void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::showExperimentalWarning()
 {
-    foreach (QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
+    foreach (QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
         if (editor) {
             Core::InfoBarEntry info(
                     Constants::INFO_EXPERIMENTAL,
@@ -624,7 +630,7 @@ void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::showSyncWarning(UnsyncronizableChangeType unsyncroniz
 
     errorMessage.append(tr("You can continue debugging, but behavior can be unexpected."));
 
-    foreach (QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
+    foreach (QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
         if (editor)
             editor.data()->editorDocument()->infoBar()->addInfo(Core::InfoBarEntry(
                     QLatin1String(Constants::INFO_OUT_OF_SYNC), errorMessage));
@@ -632,7 +638,7 @@ void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::showSyncWarning(UnsyncronizableChangeType unsyncroniz
 
 void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::reloadQmlViewer()
 {
-    foreach (QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
+    foreach (QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
         if (editor)
             editor.data()->editorDocument()->infoBar()->removeInfo(Constants::INFO_OUT_OF_SYNC);
     emit reloadQmlViewerRequested();
@@ -640,7 +646,7 @@ void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::reloadQmlViewer()
 
 void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::disableLivePreview()
 {
-    foreach (QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
+    foreach (QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> editor, m_editors)
         if (editor)
             editor.data()->editorDocument()->infoBar()->removeInfo(Constants::INFO_OUT_OF_SYNC);
     emit disableLivePreviewRequested();
@@ -671,15 +677,15 @@ void QmlJSLiveTextPreview::setClientProxy(ClientProxy *clientProxy)
         connect(m_clientProxy.data(), SIGNAL(objectTreeUpdated()),
                    SLOT(updateDebugIds()));
 
-        foreach (const QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> &qmlEditor, m_editors) {
-            if (qmlEditor)
-                qmlEditor.data()->setUpdateSelectedElements(true);
-        }
+        foreach (QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> editWidget, m_editors)
+            if (editWidget)
+                connect(editWidget.data(), SIGNAL(selectedElementsChanged(QList<int>,QString)),
+                        this, SLOT(changeSelectedElements(QList<int>,QString)));
     } else {
-        foreach (const QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> &qmlEditor, m_editors) {
-            if (qmlEditor)
-                qmlEditor.data()->setUpdateSelectedElements(false);
-        }
+        foreach (QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> editWidget, m_editors)
+            if (editWidget)
+                disconnect(editWidget.data(), SIGNAL(selectedElementsChanged(QList<int>,QString)),
+                           this, SLOT(changeSelectedElements(QList<int>,QString)));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.h b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.h
index 6ada1e56ade..d6a50ffb059 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljsinspector/qmljslivetextpreview.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QWeakPointer>
+#include <texteditor/basetexteditor.h>
 
 #include <qmljs/parser/qmljsastfwd_p.h>
 #include <qmljs/qmljsdocument.h>
@@ -50,10 +51,6 @@ namespace QmlJS {
     class ModelManagerInterface;
 }
 
-namespace QmlJSEditor {
-    class QmlJSTextEditorWidget;
-}
-
 namespace QmlJSInspector {
 namespace Internal {
 
@@ -115,7 +112,7 @@ private:
     QmlJS::Document::Ptr m_initialDoc; //the document that was loaded by the server
     QString m_filename;
 
-    QList<QWeakPointer<QmlJSEditor::QmlJSTextEditorWidget> > m_editors;
+    QList<QWeakPointer<TextEditor::BaseTextEditorWidget> > m_editors;
 
     bool m_applyChangesToQmlInspector;
     QmlJS::Document::Ptr m_docWithUnappliedChanges;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp
index ea67158e796..d5e71b54258 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "qmljstoolsconstants.h"
 #include "qmljsplugindumper.h"
 #include "qmljsfindexportedcpptypes.h"
+#include "qmljssemanticinfo.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ ModelManager::ModelManager(QObject *parent):
 
     qRegisterMetaType<QmlJS::Document::Ptr>("QmlJS::Document::Ptr");
     qRegisterMetaType<QmlJS::LibraryInfo>("QmlJS::LibraryInfo");
+    qRegisterMetaType<QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo>("QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo");
 
     loadQmlTypeDescriptions();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljssemanticinfo.h b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljssemanticinfo.h
index 2a38f7bc836..86eefee6662 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljssemanticinfo.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljssemanticinfo.h
@@ -101,4 +101,6 @@ private:
 
 } // namespace QmlJSTools
 
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QmlJSTools::SemanticInfo)
+
 #endif // QMLJSSEMANTICINFO_H