diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.cpp
index 2693271b5c8..57cad839463 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "../project.h"
 #include "../projectexplorer.h"
+#include "../customwizard/customwizardpreprocessor.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/messagemanager.h>
@@ -201,6 +202,51 @@ QHash<QString, QVariant> JsonWizard::variables() const
     return result;
 }
 
+QString JsonWizard::processText(Utils::MacroExpander *expander, const QString &input,
+                                QString *errorMessage)
+{
+    errorMessage->clear();
+
+    if (input.isEmpty())
+        return input;
+
+    // Recursively expand macros:
+    QString in = input;
+    QString oldIn;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5 && in != oldIn; ++i) {
+        oldIn = in;
+        in = expander->expand(oldIn);
+    }
+
+    QString out;
+    if (!Internal::customWizardPreprocess(in, &out, errorMessage))
+        return QString();
+
+    // Expand \n, \t and handle line continuation:
+    QString result;
+    result.reserve(out.count());
+    bool isEscaped = false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < out.count(); ++i) {
+        const QChar c = out.at(i);
+
+        if (isEscaped) {
+            if (c == QLatin1Char('n'))
+                result.append(QLatin1Char('\n'));
+            else if (c == QLatin1Char('t'))
+                result.append(QLatin1Char('\t'));
+            else if (c != QLatin1Char('\n'))
+                result.append(c);
+            isEscaped = false;
+        } else {
+            if (c == QLatin1Char('\\'))
+                isEscaped = true;
+            else
+                result.append(c);
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
 void JsonWizard::accept()
 {
     auto page = qobject_cast<Utils::WizardPage *>(currentPage());
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.h
index 7809879b9f4..cbbddaefa5e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizard.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ public:
 
     QHash<QString, QVariant> variables() const override;
 
+    static QString processText(Utils::MacroExpander *expander, const QString &input,
+                               QString *errorMessage);
+
 signals:
     void preGenerateFiles(); // emitted before files are generated (can happen several times!)
     void postGenerateFiles(const JsonWizard::GeneratorFiles &files); // emitted after commitToFileList was called.
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfilegenerator.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfilegenerator.cpp
index f2822ba859c..b6d2526ed84 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfilegenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardfilegenerator.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "jsonwizardfilegenerator.h"
 
-#include "../customwizard/customwizardpreprocessor.h"
 #include "../projectexplorer.h"
 #include "jsonwizard.h"
 #include "jsonwizardfactory.h"
@@ -48,51 +47,6 @@
 namespace ProjectExplorer {
 namespace Internal {
 
-static QString processTextFileContents(Utils::MacroExpander *expander,
-                                       const QString &input, QString *errorMessage)
-{
-    errorMessage->clear();
-
-    if (input.isEmpty())
-        return input;
-
-    // Recursively expand macros:
-    QString in = input;
-    QString oldIn;
-    for (int i = 0; i < 5 && in != oldIn; ++i) {
-        oldIn = in;
-        in = expander->expand(oldIn);
-    }
-
-    QString out;
-    if (!customWizardPreprocess(in, &out, errorMessage))
-        return QString();
-
-    // Expand \n, \t and handle line continuation:
-    QString result;
-    result.reserve(out.count());
-    bool isEscaped = false;
-    for (int i = 0; i < out.count(); ++i) {
-        const QChar c = out.at(i);
-
-        if (isEscaped) {
-            if (c == QLatin1Char('n'))
-                result.append(QLatin1Char('\n'));
-            else if (c == QLatin1Char('t'))
-                result.append(QLatin1Char('\t'));
-            else if (c != QLatin1Char('\n'))
-                result.append(c);
-            isEscaped = false;
-        } else {
-            if (c == QLatin1Char('\\'))
-                isEscaped = true;
-            else
-                result.append(c);
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 bool JsonWizardFileGenerator::setup(const QVariant &data, QString *errorMessage)
 {
     QVariantList list = JsonWizardFactory::objectOrList(data, errorMessage);
@@ -210,7 +164,8 @@ Core::GeneratedFiles JsonWizardFileGenerator::fileList(Utils::MacroExpander *exp
                 });
                 nested.registerExtraResolver([expander](QString n, QString *ret) { return expander->resolveMacro(n, ret); });
 
-                gf.setContents(processTextFileContents(&nested, QString::fromUtf8(reader.data()), errorMessage));
+                gf.setContents(JsonWizard::processText(&nested, QString::fromUtf8(reader.data()),
+                                                       errorMessage));
                 if (!errorMessage->isEmpty()) {
                     *errorMessage = QCoreApplication::translate("ProjectExplorer::JsonWizard", "When processing \"%1\":<br>%2")
                             .arg(sourcePath, *errorMessage);