diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
index 0582fb4d3aa..ba4acf1f519 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abi.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QtEndian>
-#include <QFile>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -1168,9 +1167,6 @@ Abis Abi::abisOfBinary(const Utils::FilePath &path)
             && getUint8(data, 6) == '>' && getUint8(data, 7) == 0x0a) {
         // We got an ar file: possibly a static lib for ELF, PE or Mach-O
 
-        QFile f(path.toString());
-        const bool canRead = f.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
-
         data = data.mid(8); // Cut of ar file magic
         quint64 offset = 8;
 
@@ -1196,14 +1192,8 @@ Abis Abi::abisOfBinary(const Utils::FilePath &path)
             if (!tmp.isEmpty() && tmp.at(0).binaryFormat() != MachOFormat)
                 break;
 
-            if (!canRead) {
-                // FIXME: Implement remote
-                QTC_ASSERT(!path.needsDevice(), return {});
-            }
-
             offset += (offset % 2); // ar is 2 byte aligned
-            f.seek(offset);
-            data = f.read(1024);
+            data = path.fileContents(1024, offset);
         }
     } else {
         tmp = abiOf(data);