diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.cpp b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.cpp
index fcf839cc55c..0dc8c12b57d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ MakefileParserThread::MakefileParserThread(ProjectExplorer::BuildSystem *bs)
     : m_parser(bs->projectFilePath().toString()),
       m_guard(bs->guardParsingRun())
 {
-    connect(&m_parser, &MakefileParser::status, this, &MakefileParserThread::status);
     connect(this, &QThread::finished, this, &MakefileParserThread::done, Qt::QueuedConnection);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.h b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.h
index 2e9608461f8..d87e6e48a83 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/makefileparserthread.h
@@ -98,14 +98,6 @@ public:
     void cancel();
 
 signals:
-    /**
-     * Is emitted periodically during parsing the Makefile.am files
-     * and the sub directories. \p status provides a translated
-     * string, that can be shown to indicate the current state
-     * of the parsing.
-     */
-    void status(const QString &status);
-
     /**
       * Similar to finished, but emitted from MakefileParserThread thread, i.e. from the
       * thread where the MakefileParserThread lives in, not the tread that it creates.