diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
index 4a1e03d031d..99eb12d63ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ QString RunConfigurationFactory::decoratedTargetName(const QString &targetName,
 QList<RunConfigurationCreationInfo>
 RunConfigurationFactory::availableCreators(Target *target) const
 {
-    const QList<BuildTargetInfo> buildTargets = target->buildSystem()->applicationTargets();
+    auto *bs = target->buildSystem();
+    const auto buildTargets = bs ? bs->applicationTargets() : QList<BuildTargetInfo>{};
     const bool hasAnyQtcRunnable = Utils::anyOf(buildTargets,
                                             Utils::equal(&BuildTargetInfo::isQtcRunnable, true));
     return Utils::transform(buildTargets, [&](const BuildTargetInfo &ti) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp
index 8612a047775..2ed984f4cbb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ ModelManagerInterface::ProjectInfo ModelManager::defaultProjectInfoForProject(
         // For an IDE things are a bit more complicated because source files might be edited,
         // and the directory of the executable might be outdated.
         // Here we try to get the directory of the executable, adding all targets
-        const auto appTargets = activeTarget->buildSystem()->applicationTargets();
+        auto *bs = activeTarget->buildSystem();
+        const auto appTargets = bs ? bs->applicationTargets() : QList<BuildTargetInfo>{};
         for (const auto &target : appTargets) {
             if (target.targetFilePath.isEmpty())
                 continue;