diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp
index 16ccc27370c..986c0e56688 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.cpp
@@ -68,26 +68,14 @@ TextStyle categoryForTextStyle(int style)
     return C_TEXT;
 }
 
-Highlighter::Highlighter(const QString &definitionFilesPath)
-    : m_repository(new KSyntaxHighlighting::Repository())
+Highlighter::Highlighter()
 {
-    m_repository->addCustomSearchPath(definitionFilesPath);
-    const Utils::FilePath dir = Core::ICore::resourcePath("generic-highlighter/syntax");
-    if (dir.exists())
-        m_repository->addCustomSearchPath(dir.parentDir().path());
-    m_repository->reload();
-
     setTextFormatCategories(QMetaEnum::fromType<KSyntaxHighlighting::Theme::TextStyle>().keyCount(),
                             &categoryForTextStyle);
 }
 
 Highlighter::~Highlighter() = default;
 
-void Highlighter::setDefinitionName(const QString &name)
-{
-    KSyntaxHighlighting::AbstractHighlighter::setDefinition(m_repository->definitionForName(name));
-}
-
 static bool isOpeningParenthesis(QChar c)
 {
     return c == QLatin1Char('{') || c == QLatin1Char('[') || c == QLatin1Char('(');
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.h
index 3d493420697..751b8e2fcfc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighter.h
@@ -17,18 +17,13 @@ class Highlighter : public SyntaxHighlighter, public KSyntaxHighlighting::Abstra
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_INTERFACES(KSyntaxHighlighting::AbstractHighlighter)
 public:
-    Highlighter(const QString &definitionFilesPath);
+    Highlighter();
     ~Highlighter() override;
 
-    void setDefinitionName(const QString &name) override;
-
 protected:
     void highlightBlock(const QString &text) override;
     void applyFormat(int offset, int length, const KSyntaxHighlighting::Format &format) override;
     void applyFolding(int offset, int length, KSyntaxHighlighting::FoldingRegion region) override;
-
-private:
-    std::unique_ptr<KSyntaxHighlighting::Repository> m_repository;
 };
 
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.cpp
index f8c8e8a42e1..88e04af262f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.cpp
@@ -258,12 +258,7 @@ QFuture<QTextDocument *> highlightCode(const QString &code, const QString &mimeT
         return promise->future();
     }
 
-    auto definition = definitions.first();
-
-    const QString definitionFilesPath
-        = TextEditorSettings::highlighterSettings().definitionFilesPath().toUrlishString();
-
-    Highlighter *highlighter = new Highlighter(definitionFilesPath);
+    Highlighter *highlighter = new Highlighter;
     QObject::connect(highlighter, &Highlighter::finished, document, [document, promise]() {
         promise->addResult(document);
         promise->finish();
@@ -275,7 +270,7 @@ QFuture<QTextDocument *> highlightCode(const QString &code, const QString &mimeT
     });
     watcher->setFuture(promise->future());
 
-    highlighter->setDefinition(definition);
+    highlighter->setDefinition(definitions.first());
     highlighter->setParent(document);
     highlighter->setFontSettings(TextEditorSettings::fontSettings());
     highlighter->setMimeType(mimeType);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.h
index 53ca2ad2297..001fbeb9cfb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/highlighterhelper.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "texteditor_global.h"
-
 #include <KSyntaxHighlighting/Definition>
 
 #include <QFuture>
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
index 39bb084465c..eca2cb3803c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/syntaxhighlighter.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public:
     void setExtraFormats(const QTextBlock &block, const QList<QTextLayout::FormatRange> &formats);
     virtual void setLanguageFeaturesFlags(unsigned int /*flags*/) {}; // needed for CppHighlighting
     virtual void setEnabled(bool /*enabled*/) {}; // needed for DiffAndLogHighlighter
-    virtual void setDefinitionName(const QString & /*definitionName*/) {} // needed for Highlighter
 
     bool syntaxHighlighterUpToDate() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index 61b75bf3952..f3b56c3e231 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -3987,10 +3987,8 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::configureGenericHighlighter(
         q->setCodeFoldingSupported(false);
     }
 
-    const QString definitionFilesPath
-        = TextEditorSettings::highlighterSettings().definitionFilesPath().toUrlishString();
-    m_document->resetSyntaxHighlighter([definitionFilesPath, definition] {
-        auto highlighter = new Highlighter(definitionFilesPath);
+    m_document->resetSyntaxHighlighter([definition] {
+        auto highlighter = new Highlighter;
         highlighter->setDefinition(definition);
         return highlighter;
     });