diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
index eebf3c0f8d1..229dbfab13b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceserverproxy.cpp
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ NodeInstanceServerProxy::NodeInstanceServerProxy(NodeInstanceView *nodeInstanceV
    m_localServer->listen(socketToken);
    m_localServer->setMaxPendingConnections(3);
 
-   PuppetCreator puppetCreator(kit, project, QString(), nodeInstanceView->model());
+   PuppetCreator puppetCreator(kit, project, nodeInstanceView->model());
    puppetCreator.setQrcMappingString(qrcMappingString());
 
-   puppetCreator.createPuppetExecutableIfMissing();
+   puppetCreator.createQml2PuppetExecutableIfMissing();
 
    m_qmlPuppetEditorProcess = puppetCreator.createPuppetProcess("editormode",
                                                               socketToken,
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
index 6937ece5c4a..090d3ae2e1f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.cpp
@@ -167,11 +167,9 @@ QString PuppetCreator::getStyleConfigFileName() const
 
 PuppetCreator::PuppetCreator(ProjectExplorer::Kit *kit,
                              ProjectExplorer::Project *project,
-                             const QString &qtCreatorVersion,
                              const Model *model)
 
-    : m_qtCreatorVersion(qtCreatorVersion)
-    ,m_kit(kit)
+    : m_kit(kit)
     ,m_availablePuppetType(FallbackPuppet)
     ,m_model(model)
 #ifndef QMLDESIGNER_TEST
@@ -185,11 +183,6 @@ PuppetCreator::~PuppetCreator()
 {
 }
 
-void PuppetCreator::createPuppetExecutableIfMissing()
-{
-    createQml2PuppetExecutableIfMissing();
-}
-
 QProcess *PuppetCreator::createPuppetProcess(const QString &puppetMode,
                                              const QString &socketToken,
                                              QObject *handlerObject,
@@ -345,7 +338,7 @@ void PuppetCreator::createQml2PuppetExecutableIfMissing()
         // check if there was an already failing try to get the UserSpacePuppet
         // -> imagine as result a FallbackPuppet and nothing will happen again
         if (m_qml2PuppetForKitPuppetHash.value(m_kit->id(), UserSpacePuppet) == UserSpacePuppet ) {
-            if (checkQml2PuppetIsReady()) {
+            if (checkPuppetIsReady(qml2PuppetPath(UserSpacePuppet))) {
                 m_availablePuppetType = UserSpacePuppet;
             } else {
                 if (m_kit->isValid()) {
@@ -521,11 +514,6 @@ QString PuppetCreator::qmakeCommand() const
     return QString();
 }
 
-QString PuppetCreator::compileLog() const
-{
-    return m_compileLog;
-}
-
 void PuppetCreator::setQrcMappingString(const QString qrcMapping)
 {
     m_qrcMapping = qrcMapping;
@@ -569,6 +557,7 @@ bool PuppetCreator::startBuildProcess(const QString &buildDirectoryPath,
 
     qCInfo(puppetBuild) << Q_FUNC_INFO;
     qCInfo(puppetBuild) << m_compileLog;
+    m_compileLog.clear();
 
     if (process.exitStatus() == QProcess::NormalExit && process.exitCode() == 0)
         return true;
@@ -586,11 +575,6 @@ QString PuppetCreator::qml2PuppetProjectFile()
     return puppetSourceDirectoryPath() + QStringLiteral("/qml2puppet/qml2puppet.pro");
 }
 
-QString PuppetCreator::qmlPuppetProjectFile()
-{
-    return puppetSourceDirectoryPath() + QStringLiteral("/qmlpuppet/qmlpuppet.pro");
-}
-
 bool PuppetCreator::checkPuppetIsReady(const QString &puppetPath) const
 {
     QFileInfo puppetFileInfo(puppetPath);
@@ -603,11 +587,6 @@ bool PuppetCreator::checkPuppetIsReady(const QString &puppetPath) const
     return false;
 }
 
-bool PuppetCreator::checkQml2PuppetIsReady() const
-{
-    return checkPuppetIsReady(qml2PuppetPath(UserSpacePuppet));
-}
-
 static bool nonEarlyQt5Version(const QtSupport::QtVersionNumber &currentQtVersionNumber)
 {
     return currentQtVersionNumber >= QtSupport::QtVersionNumber(5, 2, 0) || currentQtVersionNumber < QtSupport::QtVersionNumber(5, 0, 0);
@@ -623,20 +602,4 @@ bool PuppetCreator::qtIsSupported() const
             && currentQtVersion->type() == QLatin1String(QtSupport::Constants::DESKTOPQT);
 }
 
-bool PuppetCreator::checkPuppetVersion(const QString &qmlPuppetPath)
-{
-
-    QProcess qmlPuppetVersionProcess;
-    qmlPuppetVersionProcess.start(qmlPuppetPath, {"--version"});
-    qmlPuppetVersionProcess.waitForReadyRead(6000);
-
-    QByteArray versionString = qmlPuppetVersionProcess.readAll();
-
-    bool canConvert;
-    unsigned int versionNumber = versionString.toUInt(&canConvert);
-
-    return canConvert && versionNumber == 2;
-
-}
-
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h
index c8a93cc52e8..18b0c1a7ea2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/puppetcreator.h
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ public:
 
     PuppetCreator(ProjectExplorer::Kit *kit,
                   ProjectExplorer::Project *project,
-                  const QString &qtCreatorVersion,
                   const Model *model);
 
     ~PuppetCreator();
 
-    void createPuppetExecutableIfMissing();
+    void createQml2PuppetExecutableIfMissing();
 
     QProcess *createPuppetProcess(const QString &puppetMode,
                                   const QString &socketToken,
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ public:
                                   const char *outputSlot,
                                   const char *finishSlot) const;
 
-    QString compileLog() const;
-
     void setQrcMappingString(const QString qrcMapping);
 
     static QString defaultPuppetToplevelBuildDirectory();
@@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ public:
 protected:
     bool build(const QString &qmlPuppetProjectFilePath) const;
 
-    void createQml2PuppetExecutableIfMissing();
 
     QString qmlPuppetToplevelBuildDirectory() const;
     QString qmlPuppetFallbackDirectory() const;
@@ -87,12 +83,9 @@ protected:
                            PuppetBuildProgressDialog *progressDialog = nullptr) const;
     static QString puppetSourceDirectoryPath();
     static QString qml2PuppetProjectFile();
-    static QString qmlPuppetProjectFile();
 
     bool checkPuppetIsReady(const QString &puppetPath) const;
-    bool checkQml2PuppetIsReady() const;
     bool qtIsSupported() const;
-    static bool checkPuppetVersion(const QString &qmlPuppetPath);
     QProcess *puppetProcess(const QString &puppetPath,
                             const QString &workingDirectory,
                             const QString &puppetMode,
@@ -114,7 +107,6 @@ protected:
     QString getStyleConfigFileName() const;
 
 private:
-    QString m_qtCreatorVersion;
     mutable QString m_compileLog;
     ProjectExplorer::Kit *m_kit = nullptr;
     PuppetType m_availablePuppetType;