diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.cpp
index 963d827ae1a..e736556f437 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.cpp
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ QList<ITestConfiguration *> TestTreeModel::getTestsForFile(const Utils::FilePath
     return result;
 }
 
-QList<TestTreeItem *> TestTreeModel::testItemsByName(TestTreeItem *root, const QString &testName)
+static QList<TestTreeItem *> testItemsByName(TestTreeItem *root, const QString &testName)
 {
     QList<TestTreeItem *> result;
 
-    root->forFirstLevelChildItems([&testName, &result, this](TestTreeItem *node) {
+    root->forFirstLevelChildItems([&testName, &result](TestTreeItem *node) {
         if (node->type() == TestTreeItem::TestSuite || node->type() == TestTreeItem::TestCase) {
             if (node->name() == testName) {
                 result << node;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ QList<TestTreeItem *> TestTreeModel::testItemsByName(const QString &testName)
 {
     QList<TestTreeItem *> result;
     for (TestTreeItem *frameworkRoot : frameworkRootNodes())
-        result << testItemsByName(frameworkRoot, testName);
+        result << Autotest::testItemsByName(frameworkRoot, testName);
 
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.h b/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.h
index 2d2735405e9..ad5261e597e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testtreemodel.h
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ private:
     void revalidateCheckState(ITestTreeItem *item);
     void setupParsingConnections();
     void filterAndInsert(TestTreeItem *item, TestTreeItem *root, bool groupingEnabled);
-    QList<TestTreeItem *> testItemsByName(TestTreeItem *root, const QString &testName);
     void onTargetChanged(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
     void onBuildSystemTestsUpdated();
     const QList<TestTreeItem *> frameworkRootNodes() const;