diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h
index 843a3d96f36..da6eac43d40 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinux_constants.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ namespace Constants {
 
 const char GenericLinuxOsType[] = "GenericLinuxOsType";
 
+const char DeployToGenericLinux[] = "DeployToGenericLinux";
+
 const char CheckForFreeDiskSpaceId[] = "RemoteLinux.CheckForFreeDiskSpaceStep";
 const char DirectUploadStepId[] = "RemoteLinux.DirectUploadStep";
 const char MakeInstallStepId[] = "RemoteLinux.MakeInstall";
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.cpp
index ed8f0d0d9bb..78bccaa4c1b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.cpp
@@ -43,19 +43,11 @@
 using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 
 namespace RemoteLinux {
-
-using namespace Internal;
-
-Utils::Id genericDeployConfigurationId()
-{
-    return "DeployToGenericLinux";
-}
-
 namespace Internal {
 
 RemoteLinuxDeployConfigurationFactory::RemoteLinuxDeployConfigurationFactory()
 {
-    setConfigBaseId(genericDeployConfigurationId());
+    setConfigBaseId(RemoteLinux::Constants::DeployToGenericLinux);
     addSupportedTargetDeviceType(RemoteLinux::Constants::GenericLinuxOsType);
     setDefaultDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("RemoteLinux",
                                                       "Deploy to Remote Linux Host"));
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.h
index 264d28e1e40..3a4c803d219 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdeployconfiguration.h
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/deployconfiguration.h>
 
 namespace RemoteLinux {
-
-Utils::Id genericDeployConfigurationId();
-
 namespace Internal {
 
 class RemoteLinuxDeployConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::DeployConfigurationFactory
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp
index 4affcd2aef4..bb15ed1ee4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxplugin.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
     {
         registerStep<Step>(Step::stepId());
         setDisplayName(Step::displayName());
-        setSupportedConfiguration(genericDeployConfigurationId());
+        setSupportedConfiguration(RemoteLinux::Constants::DeployToGenericLinux);
         setSupportedStepList(ProjectExplorer::Constants::BUILDSTEPS_DEPLOY);
     }
 };