diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildconfiguration.cpp
index f03552af102..7992cb744aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimbuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "nimproject.h"
 #include "nimbuildconfiguration.h"
 #include "nimcompilerbuildstep.h"
-#include "nimcompilercleanstep.h"
 #include "nimproject.h"
 
 #include "../nimconstants.h"
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ void NimBuildConfiguration::initialize(const BuildInfo &info)
     // Add clean step
     {
         BuildStepList *cleanSteps = stepList(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN);
-        cleanSteps->appendStep(new NimCompilerCleanStep(cleanSteps));
+        cleanSteps->appendStep(Constants::C_NIMCOMPILERCLEANSTEP_ID);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp
index b3bcf955b4b..5efcd81532b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsbuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void QbsBuildConfiguration::initialize(const BuildInfo &info)
     buildSteps->appendStep(bs);
 
     BuildStepList *cleanSteps = stepList(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_CLEAN);
-    cleanSteps->appendStep(new QbsCleanStep(cleanSteps));
+    cleanSteps->appendStep(Constants::QBS_CLEANSTEP_ID);
 
     emit qbsConfigurationChanged();
 }