diff --git a/src/plugins/analyzerbase/ianalyzertool.h b/src/plugins/analyzerbase/ianalyzertool.h
index 4702c2acb9f..8d1b528309b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analyzerbase/ianalyzertool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/analyzerbase/ianalyzertool.h
@@ -119,10 +119,6 @@ public:
     virtual AnalyzerRunControl *createRunControl(const AnalyzerStartParameters &sp,
         ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *runConfiguration = 0) = 0;
 
-    /// Returns true if the tool can be run
-    virtual bool canRun(ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *runConfiguration,
-                        ProjectExplorer::RunMode mode) const = 0;
-
     virtual void startTool(StartMode mode) = 0;
 
     /// Called when tools gets selected.
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrolfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrolfactory.cpp
index 407fd0c88c6..55de88fd32f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrolfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerruncontrolfactory.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,9 @@ QmlProfilerRunControlFactory::QmlProfilerRunControlFactory(QObject *parent) :
 
 bool QmlProfilerRunControlFactory::canRun(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration, RunMode mode) const
 {
-    if (mode != QmlProfilerRunMode)
-        return false;
-    IAnalyzerTool *tool = AnalyzerManager::toolFromRunMode(mode);
-    if (tool)
-        return tool->canRun(runConfiguration, mode);
-    return false;
+    return mode == QmlProfilerRunMode
+            && (qobject_cast<QmlProjectManager::QmlProjectRunConfiguration *>(runConfiguration)
+                || qobject_cast<LocalApplicationRunConfiguration *>(runConfiguration));
 }
 
 static AnalyzerStartParameters createQmlProfilerStartParameters(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
index 1620ab6a70c..758729090da 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.cpp
@@ -266,14 +266,6 @@ AnalyzerRunControl *QmlProfilerTool::createRunControl(const AnalyzerStartParamet
     return engine;
 }
 
-bool QmlProfilerTool::canRun(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration, RunMode mode) const
-{
-    if (qobject_cast<QmlProjectRunConfiguration *>(runConfiguration)
-            || qobject_cast<LocalApplicationRunConfiguration *>(runConfiguration))
-        return mode == runMode();
-    return false;
-}
-
 static QString sysroot(RunConfiguration *runConfig)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(runConfig, return QString());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h
index 91d06845589..5a3989e0e1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertool.h
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ public:
     Analyzer::AnalyzerRunControl *createRunControl(const Analyzer::AnalyzerStartParameters &sp,
         ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *runConfiguration = 0);
 
-    bool canRun(ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *runConfiguration,
-                ProjectExplorer::RunMode mode) const;
-
     QWidget *createWidgets();
     void startTool(Analyzer::StartMode mode);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.cpp
index 2f276fecc94..078f55797b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.cpp
@@ -524,11 +524,6 @@ RunMode CallgrindTool::runMode() const
     return CallgrindRunMode;
 }
 
-bool CallgrindTool::canRun(RunConfiguration *, RunMode mode) const
-{
-    return mode == CallgrindRunMode;
-}
-
 QString CallgrindTool::displayName() const
 {
     return tr("Valgrind Function Profiler");
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.h b/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.h
index 01475604f13..14a5b201fb7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrindtool.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ public:
     QString displayName() const;
     QString description() const;
     ToolMode toolMode() const;
-    bool canRun(ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *, ProjectExplorer::RunMode mode) const;
 
     void extensionsInitialized();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.cpp
index 87d33bba1a2..644c947e159 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.cpp
@@ -286,11 +286,6 @@ RunMode MemcheckTool::runMode() const
     return MemcheckRunMode;
 }
 
-bool MemcheckTool::canRun(RunConfiguration *, RunMode mode) const
-{
-    return mode == MemcheckRunMode;
-}
-
 QString MemcheckTool::displayName() const
 {
     return tr("Valgrind Memory Analyzer");
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.h b/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.h
index 82d5b443ca1..550ea520e0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.h
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/memchecktool.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public:
     ProjectExplorer::RunMode runMode() const;
     QString displayName() const;
     QString description() const;
-    bool canRun(ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *, ProjectExplorer::RunMode mode) const;
 
     // Create the valgrind settings (for all valgrind tools)
     Analyzer::AbstractAnalyzerSubConfig *createGlobalSettings();
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindruncontrolfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindruncontrolfactory.cpp
index 6d16d1663fa..e1b8efcab02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindruncontrolfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindruncontrolfactory.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,8 @@ ValgrindRunControlFactory::ValgrindRunControlFactory(QObject *parent) :
 
 bool ValgrindRunControlFactory::canRun(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration, RunMode mode) const
 {
-    if (mode != CallgrindRunMode && mode != MemcheckRunMode)
-        return false;
-    IAnalyzerTool *tool = AnalyzerManager::toolFromRunMode(mode);
-    if (tool)
-        return tool->canRun(runConfiguration, mode);
-    return false;
+    Q_UNUSED(runConfiguration);
+    return mode == CallgrindRunMode || mode == MemcheckRunMode;
 }
 
 static AnalyzerStartParameters createValgrindStartParameters(RunConfiguration *runConfiguration)