diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.cpp
index c328837628c..dc235804145 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 class AbstractPackagingStepPrivate
 {
 public:
-    BuildConfiguration *currentBuildConfiguration = nullptr;
     QString cachedPackageFilePath;
     QString cachedPackageDirectory;
     bool deploymentDataModified = false;
@@ -54,9 +53,6 @@ AbstractPackagingStep::AbstractPackagingStep(BuildStepList *bsl, Core::Id id)
     : BuildStep(bsl, id)
 {
     d = new Internal::AbstractPackagingStepPrivate;
-    connect(target(), &Target::activeBuildConfigurationChanged,
-            this, &AbstractPackagingStep::handleBuildConfigurationChanged);
-    handleBuildConfigurationChanged();
 
     connect(target(), &Target::deploymentDataChanged,
             this, &AbstractPackagingStep::setDeploymentDataModified);
@@ -71,18 +67,6 @@ AbstractPackagingStep::~AbstractPackagingStep()
     delete d;
 }
 
-void AbstractPackagingStep::handleBuildConfigurationChanged()
-{
-    if (d->currentBuildConfiguration)
-        disconnect(d->currentBuildConfiguration, nullptr, this, nullptr);
-    d->currentBuildConfiguration = buildConfiguration();
-    if (d->currentBuildConfiguration) {
-        connect(d->currentBuildConfiguration, &BuildConfiguration::buildDirectoryChanged,
-                this, &AbstractPackagingStep::packageFilePathChanged);
-    }
-    emit packageFilePathChanged();
-}
-
 QString AbstractPackagingStep::cachedPackageFilePath() const
 {
     return d->cachedPackageFilePath;
@@ -102,8 +86,7 @@ QString AbstractPackagingStep::cachedPackageDirectory() const
 
 QString AbstractPackagingStep::packageDirectory() const
 {
-    return d->currentBuildConfiguration
-            ? d->currentBuildConfiguration->buildDirectory().toString() : QString();
+    return buildConfiguration()->buildDirectory().toString();
 }
 
 bool AbstractPackagingStep::isPackagingNeeded() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.h
index d792e2e8709..616c76d921e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/abstractpackagingstep.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public:
     bool init() override;
 
 signals:
-    void packageFilePathChanged();
     void unmodifyDeploymentData();
 
 protected:
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ protected:
     virtual bool isPackagingNeeded() const;
 
 private:
-    void handleBuildConfigurationChanged();
     void setDeploymentDataUnmodified();
     void setDeploymentDataModified();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp
index 26ac446028c..b46f5ba79d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ TarPackageCreationStep::TarPackageCreationStep(BuildStepList *bsl)
     m_incrementalDeploymentAspect = addAspect<BaseBoolAspect>();
     m_incrementalDeploymentAspect->setLabel(tr("Package modified files only"));
     m_incrementalDeploymentAspect->setSettingsKey(IncrementalDeploymentKey);
+
+    setSummaryUpdater([this] {
+        QString path = packageFilePath();
+        if (path.isEmpty())
+            return QString("<font color=\"red\">" + tr("Tarball creation not possible.")
+                           + "</font>");
+        return QString("<b>" + tr("Create tarball:") + "</b> " + path);
+    });
 }
 
 bool TarPackageCreationStep::init()
@@ -344,29 +352,6 @@ bool TarPackageCreationStep::runImpl()
     return success;
 }
 
-BuildStepConfigWidget *TarPackageCreationStep::createConfigWidget()
-{
-    auto widget = BuildStep::createConfigWidget();
-
-    auto updateSummary = [this, widget] {
-        QString path = packageFilePath();
-        if (path.isEmpty()) {
-            widget->setSummaryText("<font color=\"red\">"
-                              + tr("Tarball creation not possible.")
-                              + "</font>");
-        } else {
-            widget->setSummaryText("<b>" + tr("Create tarball:") + "</b> " + path);
-        }
-    };
-
-    connect(this, &AbstractPackagingStep::packageFilePathChanged,
-            this, updateSummary);
-
-    updateSummary();
-
-    return widget;
-}
-
 bool TarPackageCreationStep::fromMap(const QVariantMap &map)
 {
     if (!AbstractPackagingStep::fromMap(map))
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h
index 1d359032bdf..fca28eae67e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/tarpackagecreationstep.h
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ private:
     void addNeededDeploymentFiles(const ProjectExplorer::DeployableFile &deployable,
                                   const ProjectExplorer::Kit *kit);
 
-    ProjectExplorer::BuildStepConfigWidget *createConfigWidget() override;
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map) override;
     QVariantMap toMap() const override;