diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
index cf57ee39730..e60d8464687 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <utils/qtcprocess.h>
 
+#include <QDateTime>
+#include <QHash>
+#include <QPair>
 #include <QSettings>
 
 using namespace Utils;
@@ -356,11 +359,12 @@ static QVersionNumber getClangdVersion(const FilePath &clangdFilePath)
 
 QVersionNumber ClangdSettings::clangdVersion(const FilePath &clangdFilePath)
 {
+    static QHash<Utils::FilePath, QPair<QDateTime, QVersionNumber>> versionCache;
     const QDateTime timeStamp = clangdFilePath.lastModified();
-    const auto it = m_versionCache.find(clangdFilePath);
-    if (it == m_versionCache.end()) {
+    const auto it = versionCache.find(clangdFilePath);
+    if (it == versionCache.end()) {
         const QVersionNumber version = getClangdVersion(clangdFilePath);
-        m_versionCache.insert(clangdFilePath, qMakePair(timeStamp, version));
+        versionCache.insert(clangdFilePath, qMakePair(timeStamp, version));
         return version;
     }
     if (it->first != timeStamp) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h
index 2f3de7dd6bc..7d3ecb27fae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettings.h
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
 
-#include <QDateTime>
-#include <QHash>
 #include <QObject>
-#include <QPair>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QVersionNumber>
 
@@ -150,7 +147,6 @@ private:
     void saveSettings();
 
     Data m_data;
-    static inline QHash<Utils::FilePath, QPair<QDateTime, QVersionNumber>> m_versionCache;
 };
 
 inline bool operator==(const ClangdSettings::Data &s1, const ClangdSettings::Data &s2)