diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f29daa6c84f..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
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-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
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-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
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-****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "highlightdefinitionmetadata.h"
-
-using namespace TextEditor;
-using namespace Internal;
-
-const QLatin1String HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kPriority("priority");
-const QLatin1String HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kName("name");
-const QLatin1String HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kExtensions("extensions");
-const QLatin1String HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kMimeType("mimetype");
-const QLatin1String HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kVersion("version");
-const QLatin1String HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kUrl("url");
-
-HighlightDefinitionMetaData::HighlightDefinitionMetaData() : priority(0)
-{}
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.h
index ed2309be212..a641fa5df2b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #ifndef HIGHLIGHTDEFINITIONMETADATA_H
 #define HIGHLIGHTDEFINITIONMETADATA_H
 
-#include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QUrl>
 
@@ -40,14 +39,7 @@ namespace Internal {
 class HighlightDefinitionMetaData
 {
 public:
-    HighlightDefinitionMetaData();
-
-    static const QLatin1String kPriority;
-    static const QLatin1String kName;
-    static const QLatin1String kExtensions;
-    static const QLatin1String kMimeType;
-    static const QLatin1String kVersion;
-    static const QLatin1String kUrl;
+    HighlightDefinitionMetaData() : priority(0) {}
 
 public:
     int priority;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/manager.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/manager.cpp
index 167256f1e7f..109b667387a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/manager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/generichighlighter/manager.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
 using namespace TextEditor;
 using namespace Internal;
 
+const char kPriority[] = "priority";
+const char kName[] = "name";
+const char kExtensions[] = "extensions";
+const char kMimeType[] = "mimetype";
+const char kVersion[] = "version";
+const char kUrl[] = "url";
+
 Manager::Manager() :
     m_isDownloadingDefinitionsSpec(false),
     m_hasQueuedRegistration(false)
@@ -360,14 +367,13 @@ QSharedPointer<HighlightDefinitionMetaData> Manager::parseMetadata(const QFileIn
 
             metaData->fileName = fileInfo.fileName();
             metaData->id = fileInfo.absoluteFilePath();
-            metaData->name = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kName).toString();
-            metaData->version = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kVersion).toString();
-            metaData->priority = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kPriority).toString()
-                                  .toInt();
-            metaData->patterns = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kExtensions)
+            metaData->name = atts.value(QLatin1String(kName)).toString();
+            metaData->version = atts.value(QLatin1String(kVersion)).toString();
+            metaData->priority = atts.value(QLatin1String(kPriority)).toString().toInt();
+            metaData->patterns = atts.value(QLatin1String(kExtensions))
                                   .toString().split(kSemiColon, QString::SkipEmptyParts);
 
-            QStringList mimeTypes = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kMimeType).
+            QStringList mimeTypes = atts.value(QLatin1String(kMimeType)).
                                     toString().split(kSemiColon, QString::SkipEmptyParts);
             if (mimeTypes.isEmpty()) {
                 // There are definitions which do not specify a MIME type, but specify file
@@ -400,9 +406,9 @@ QList<HighlightDefinitionMetaData> Manager::parseAvailableDefinitionsList(QIODev
             const QXmlStreamAttributes &atts = reader.attributes();
 
             HighlightDefinitionMetaData metaData;
-            metaData.name = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kName).toString();
-            metaData.version = atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kVersion).toString();
-            QString url(atts.value(HighlightDefinitionMetaData::kUrl).toString());
+            metaData.name = atts.value(QLatin1String(kName)).toString();
+            metaData.version = atts.value(QLatin1String(kVersion)).toString();
+            QString url = atts.value(QLatin1String(kUrl)).toString();
             metaData.url = QUrl(url);
             const int slash = url.lastIndexOf(kSlash);
             if (slash != -1)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
index a5193ff8620..eaca9ab8d9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.pro
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ SOURCES += texteditorplugin.cpp \
     generichighlighter/highlightersettingspage.cpp \
     generichighlighter/highlightersettings.cpp \
     generichighlighter/managedefinitionsdialog.cpp \
-    generichighlighter/highlightdefinitionmetadata.cpp \
     generichighlighter/definitiondownloader.cpp \
     refactoringchanges.cpp \
     refactoroverlay.cpp \
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.qbs b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.qbs
index 9792f6a884f..6998dbf478e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.qbs
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "highlightdefinition.h",
             "highlightdefinitionhandler.cpp",
             "highlightdefinitionhandler.h",
-            "highlightdefinitionmetadata.cpp",
             "highlightdefinitionmetadata.h",
             "highlighter.cpp",
             "highlighter.h",