diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolruncontrol.cpp
index 38d5494f887..707ccccfa3e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolruncontrol.cpp
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void ClangToolRunControl::analyzeNextFile()
 
 void ClangToolRunControl::onRunnerFinishedWithSuccess(const QString &filePath)
 {
-    const QString logFilePath = qobject_cast<ClangToolRunner *>(sender())->actualLogFile();
+    const QString logFilePath = qobject_cast<ClangToolRunner *>(sender())->logFilePath();
     qCDebug(LOG) << "onRunnerFinishedWithSuccess:" << logFilePath;
 
     QString errorMessage;
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void ClangToolRunControl::onRunnerFinishedWithFailure(const QString &errorMessag
                            << errorMessage << '\n' << errorDetails;
 
     // Even in the error case the log file was created, so clean it up here, too.
-    QFile::remove(qobject_cast<ClangToolRunner *>(sender())->actualLogFile());
+    QFile::remove(qobject_cast<ClangToolRunner *>(sender())->logFilePath());
 
     ++m_filesNotAnalyzed;
     m_success = false;
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp
index 61646d18722..f66f14a23e7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.cpp
@@ -105,11 +105,6 @@ bool ClangToolRunner::run(const QString &filePath, const QStringList &compilerOp
     return true;
 }
 
-QString ClangToolRunner::filePath() const
-{
-    return m_filePath;
-}
-
 void ClangToolRunner::onProcessStarted()
 {
     emit started();
@@ -171,15 +166,5 @@ QString ClangToolRunner::processCommandlineAndOutput() const
                                      QString::fromLocal8Bit(m_processOutput)));
 }
 
-QString ClangToolRunner::actualLogFile() const
-{
-    if (QFileInfo(m_logFile).size() == 0) {
-        // Current clang-cl ignores -o, always putting the log file into the working directory.
-        return m_clangLogFileDir + QLatin1Char('/') + QFileInfo(m_filePath).completeBaseName()
-                + QLatin1String(".plist");
-    }
-    return m_logFile;
-}
-
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace ClangTools
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.h b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.h
index 04865dc3465..01585a8ca77 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtoolrunner.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ public:
     //   (2) -o output-file
     bool run(const QString &filePath, const QStringList &compilerOptions = QStringList());
 
-    QString filePath() const;
-    QString actualLogFile() const;
+    QString filePath() const { return m_filePath; }
+    QString logFilePath() const { return m_logFile; }
 
 signals:
     void started();