diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
index 9260e0069ee..43c908a6445 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmltaskmanager.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void QmlTaskManager::updateSemanticMessagesNow()
         // abort any update that's going on already, and remove old codemodel warnings
         m_messageCollector.cancel();
         removeAllTasks(true);
-        buildSystem->buildTarget(Constants::QMLLINT_BUILD_TARGET);
+        buildSystem->buildNamedTarget(Constants::QMLLINT_BUILD_TARGET);
         return;
     }