diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 261403ce8c5..83bdeaf6ccb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 add_qtc_plugin(AutotoolsProjectManager
   PLUGIN_CLASS AutotoolsProjectPlugin
-  PLUGIN_DEPENDS Core CppEditor ProjectExplorer QtSupport
+  PLUGIN_DEPENDS Core ProjectExplorer QtSupport
   SOURCES
     autogenstep.cpp autogenstep.h
     autoreconfstep.cpp autoreconfstep.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsprojectmanager.qbs
index d9da0c1af9d..960a718c310 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/autotoolsprojectmanager/autotoolsprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
 
     Depends { name: "Core" }
     Depends { name: "ProjectExplorer" }
-    Depends { name: "CppEditor" }
     Depends { name: "QtSupport" }
 
     files: [