diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
index 83db3d6919e..f60db85ac05 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 #include <projectexplorer/projectmanager.h>
 
 #include <utils/algorithm.h>
+#include <utils/asynctask.h>
 #include <utils/hostosinfo.h>
 #include <utils/infobar.h>
 #include <utils/layoutbuilder.h>
 #include <utils/parameteraction.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <utils/qtcprocess.h>
-#include <utils/runextensions.h>
 #include <utils/temporarydirectory.h>
 
 #include <vcsbase/basevcseditorfactory.h>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ private:
     CommandResult runCleartool(const FilePath &workingDir, const QStringList &arguments,
                                VcsBase::RunFlags flags = VcsBase::RunFlags::None,
                                QTextCodec *codec = nullptr, int timeoutMultiplier = 1) const;
-    static void sync(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList files);
+    static void sync(QPromise<void> &promise, QStringList files);
 
     void history(const FilePath &workingDir,
                  const QStringList &file = {},
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ bool ClearCasePluginPrivate::vcsOpen(const FilePath &workingDir, const QString &
 
     if (!m_settings.disableIndexer &&
             (fi.isWritable() || vcsStatus(absPath).status == FileStatus::Unknown))
-        runAsync(sync, QStringList(absPath)).waitForFinished();
+        Utils::asyncRun(sync, QStringList(absPath)).waitForFinished();
     if (vcsStatus(absPath).status == FileStatus::CheckedOut) {
         QMessageBox::information(ICore::dialogParent(), Tr::tr("ClearCase Checkout"),
                                  Tr::tr("File is already checked out."));
@@ -2129,7 +2129,8 @@ void ClearCasePluginPrivate::updateIndex()
         return;
     m_checkInAllAction->setEnabled(false);
     m_statusMap->clear();
-    QFuture<void> result = runAsync(sync, transform(project->files(Project::SourceFiles), &FilePath::toString));
+    QFuture<void> result = Utils::asyncRun(sync, transform(project->files(Project::SourceFiles),
+                                                           &FilePath::toString));
     if (!m_settings.disableIndexer)
         ProgressManager::addTask(result, Tr::tr("Updating ClearCase Index"), ClearCase::Constants::TASK_INDEX);
 }
@@ -2261,7 +2262,7 @@ void ClearCasePluginPrivate::syncSlot()
     FilePath topLevel = state.topLevel();
     if (topLevel != state.currentProjectTopLevel())
         return;
-    runAsync(sync, QStringList());
+    Utils::asyncRun(sync, QStringList()); // TODO: make use of returned QFuture
 }
 
 void ClearCasePluginPrivate::closing()
@@ -2271,12 +2272,12 @@ void ClearCasePluginPrivate::closing()
     disconnect(qApp, &QApplication::applicationStateChanged, nullptr, nullptr);
 }
 
-void ClearCasePluginPrivate::sync(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList files)
+void ClearCasePluginPrivate::sync(QPromise<void> &promise, QStringList files)
 {
     ClearCasePluginPrivate *plugin = ClearCasePluginPrivate::instance();
     ClearCaseSync ccSync(plugin->m_statusMap);
     connect(&ccSync, &ClearCaseSync::updateStreamAndView, plugin, &ClearCasePluginPrivate::updateStreamAndView);
-    ccSync.run(future, files);
+    ccSync.run(promise, files);
 }
 
 QString ClearCasePluginPrivate::displayName() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.cpp b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.cpp
index 388ce1a8c18..90dad2b988c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 #include <utils/qtcprocess.h>
 
+#include <QPromise>
+
 #ifdef WITH_TESTS
 #include <QTest>
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
@@ -22,8 +24,7 @@ using namespace Utils;
 
 namespace ClearCase::Internal {
 
-static void runProcess(QFutureInterface<void> &future,
-                       const ClearCaseSettings &settings,
+static void runProcess(QPromise<void> &promise, const ClearCaseSettings &settings,
                        const QStringList &args,
                        std::function<void(const QString &buffer, int processed)> processLine)
 {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ static void runProcess(QFutureInterface<void> &future,
 
     int processed = 0;
     QString buffer;
-    while (process.waitForReadyRead() && !future.isCanceled()) {
+    while (process.waitForReadyRead() && !promise.isCanceled()) {
         buffer += QString::fromLocal8Bit(process.readAllRawStandardOutput());
         int index = buffer.indexOf('\n');
         while (index != -1) {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ void ClearCaseSync::updateStatusForNotManagedFiles(const QStringList &files)
     }
 }
 
-void ClearCaseSync::syncSnapshotView(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList &files,
+void ClearCaseSync::syncSnapshotView(QPromise<void> &promise, QStringList &files,
                                      const ClearCaseSettings &settings)
 {
     const QString view = ClearCasePlugin::viewData().name;
@@ -167,18 +168,18 @@ void ClearCaseSync::syncSnapshotView(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList
 
     // adding 1 for initial sync in which total is not accurate, to prevent finishing
     // (we don't want it to become green)
-    future.setProgressRange(0, totalFileCount + 1);
+    promise.setProgressRange(0, totalFileCount + 1);
 
     int totalProcessed = 0;
-    runProcess(future, settings, args, [&](const QString &buffer, int processed) {
+    runProcess(promise, settings, args, [&](const QString &buffer, int processed) {
         processCleartoolLsLine(viewRootDir, buffer);
-        future.setProgressValue(qMin(totalFileCount, processed));
+        promise.setProgressValue(qMin(totalFileCount, processed));
         totalProcessed = processed;
     });
 
-    if (!future.isCanceled()) {
+    if (!promise.isCanceled()) {
         updateStatusForNotManagedFiles(files);
-        future.setProgressValue(totalFileCount + 1);
+        promise.setProgressValue(totalFileCount + 1);
         if (!hot)
             updateTotalFilesCount(view, settings, totalProcessed);
     }
@@ -193,21 +194,20 @@ void ClearCaseSync::processCleartoolLscheckoutLine(const QString &buffer)
 ///
 /// Update the file status for dynamic views.
 ///
-void ClearCaseSync::syncDynamicView(QFutureInterface<void> &future,
-                                    const ClearCaseSettings& settings)
+void ClearCaseSync::syncDynamicView(QPromise<void> &promise, const ClearCaseSettings& settings)
 {
     // Always invalidate status for all files
     invalidateStatusAllFiles();
 
     const QStringList args({"lscheckout", "-avobs", "-me", "-cview", "-s"});
 
-    runProcess(future, settings, args, [&](const QString &buffer, int processed) {
+    runProcess(promise, settings, args, [&](const QString &buffer, int processed) {
         processCleartoolLscheckoutLine(buffer);
-        future.setProgressValue(processed);
+        promise.setProgressValue(processed);
     });
 }
 
-void ClearCaseSync::run(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList &files)
+void ClearCaseSync::run(QPromise<void> &promise, QStringList &files)
 {
     ClearCaseSettings settings = ClearCasePlugin::settings();
     if (settings.disableIndexer)
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ void ClearCaseSync::run(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList &files)
         emit updateStreamAndView();
 
     if (ClearCasePlugin::viewData().isDynamic)
-        syncDynamicView(future, settings);
+        syncDynamicView(promise, settings);
     else
-        syncSnapshotView(future, files, settings);
+        syncSnapshotView(promise, files, settings);
 }
 
 #ifdef WITH_TESTS
diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.h b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.h
index a008dabb600..c2862d9d404 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcasesync.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QDir;
 template <typename T>
 class QFutureInterface;
+template <typename T>
+class QPromise;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace ClearCase::Internal {
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ class ClearCaseSync : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit ClearCaseSync(QSharedPointer<StatusMap> statusMap);
-    void run(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList &files);
+    void run(QPromise<void> &promise, QStringList &files);
 
     QStringList updateStatusHotFiles(const QString &viewRoot, int &total);
     void invalidateStatus(const QDir &viewRootDir, const QStringList &files);
@@ -28,9 +30,8 @@ public:
                                const int processed);
     void updateStatusForNotManagedFiles(const QStringList &files);
 
-    void syncDynamicView(QFutureInterface<void> &future,
-                         const ClearCaseSettings &settings);
-    void syncSnapshotView(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QStringList &files,
+    void syncDynamicView(QPromise<void> &promise, const ClearCaseSettings &settings);
+    void syncSnapshotView(QPromise<void> &promise, QStringList &files,
                           const ClearCaseSettings &settings);
 
     void processCleartoolLscheckoutLine(const QString &buffer);
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp
index 6baa635080d..9d4aeec6980 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitgrep.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <vcsbase/vcsbaseconstants.h>
 
 #include <utils/algorithm.h>
+#include <utils/asynctask.h>
 #include <utils/environment.h>
 #include <utils/fancylineedit.h>
 #include <utils/filesearch.h>
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public:
 
 class GitGrepRunner
 {
-    using FutureInterfaceType = QFutureInterface<FileSearchResultList>;
+    using PromiseType = QPromise<FileSearchResultList>;
 
 public:
     GitGrepRunner(const TextEditor::FileFindParameters &parameters)
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-    void read(FutureInterfaceType &fi, const QString &text)
+    void read(PromiseType &fi, const QString &text)
     {
         FileSearchResultList resultList;
         QString t = text;
@@ -124,10 +125,10 @@ public:
         while (!stream.atEnd() && !fi.isCanceled())
             processLine(stream.readLine(), &resultList);
         if (!resultList.isEmpty() && !fi.isCanceled())
-            fi.reportResult(resultList);
+            fi.addResult(resultList);
     }
 
-    void operator()(FutureInterfaceType &fi)
+    void operator()(PromiseType &promise)
     {
         QStringList arguments = {
             "-c", "color.grep.match=bold red",
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ public:
         process.setEnvironment(m_environment);
         process.setCommand({m_vcsBinary, arguments});
         process.setWorkingDirectory(m_directory);
-        process.setStdOutCallback([this, &fi](const QString &text) { read(fi, text); });
+        process.setStdOutCallback([this, &promise](const QString &text) { read(promise, text); });
         process.start();
         process.waitForFinished();
 
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ public:
         case ProcessResult::TerminatedAbnormally:
         case ProcessResult::StartFailed:
         case ProcessResult::Hang:
-            fi.reportCanceled();
+            promise.future().cancel();
             break;
         case ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess:
         case ProcessResult::FinishedWithError:
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ void GitGrep::writeSettings(QSettings *settings) const
 QFuture<FileSearchResultList> GitGrep::executeSearch(const TextEditor::FileFindParameters &parameters,
         TextEditor::BaseFileFind * /*baseFileFind*/)
 {
-    return Utils::runAsync(GitGrepRunner(parameters));
+    return Utils::asyncRun(GitGrepRunner(parameters));
 }
 
 IEditor *GitGrep::openEditor(const SearchResultItem &item,
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
index 23755d98751..8cc483cbf74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/iversioncontrol.h>
 #include <coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.h>
+#include <utils/asynctask.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
-#include <utils/runextensions.h>
 #include <vcsbase/submitfilemodel.h>
 #include <vcsbase/vcsoutputwindow.h>
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void GitSubmitEditor::updateFileModel()
         return;
     w->setUpdateInProgress(true);
     // TODO: Check if fetch works OK from separate thread, refactor otherwise
-    m_fetchWatcher.setFuture(Utils::runAsync(&CommitDataFetchResult::fetch,
+    m_fetchWatcher.setFuture(Utils::asyncRun(&CommitDataFetchResult::fetch,
                                              m_commitType, m_workingDirectory));
     Core::ProgressManager::addTask(m_fetchWatcher.future(), Tr::tr("Refreshing Commit Data"),
                                    TASK_UPDATE_COMMIT);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/cleandialog.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/cleandialog.cpp
index bc5ddafe66d..487c7c7e1eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/cleandialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/cleandialog.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/progressmanager/progressmanager.h>
 
+#include <utils/asynctask.h>
 #include <utils/layoutbuilder.h>
-#include <utils/runextensions.h>
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QCheckBox>
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ enum { nameColumn, columnCount };
 enum { fileNameRole = Qt::UserRole, isDirectoryRole = Qt::UserRole + 1 };
 
 // Helper for recursively removing files.
-static void removeFileRecursion(QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
-                                const QFileInfo &f, QString *errorMessage)
+static void removeFileRecursion(QPromise<void> &promise, const QFileInfo &f,
+                                QString *errorMessage)
 {
-    if (futureInterface.isCanceled())
+    if (promise.isCanceled())
         return;
     // The version control system might list files/directory in arbitrary
     // order, causing files to be removed from parent directories.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void removeFileRecursion(QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
         const QDir dir(f.absoluteFilePath());
         const QList<QFileInfo> infos = dir.entryInfoList(QDir::AllEntries|QDir::NoDotAndDotDot|QDir::Hidden);
         for (const QFileInfo &fi : infos)
-            removeFileRecursion(futureInterface, fi, errorMessage);
+            removeFileRecursion(promise, fi, errorMessage);
         QDir parent = f.absoluteDir();
         if (!parent.rmdir(f.fileName()))
             errorMessage->append(Tr::tr("The directory %1 could not be deleted.")
@@ -67,18 +67,19 @@ static void removeFileRecursion(QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
 }
 
 // Cleaning files in the background
-static void runCleanFiles(QFutureInterface<void> &futureInterface,
-                          const FilePath &repository, const QStringList &files,
+static void runCleanFiles(QPromise<void> &promise, const FilePath &repository,
+                          const QStringList &files,
                           const std::function<void(const QString&)> &errorHandler)
 {
     QString errorMessage;
-    futureInterface.setProgressRange(0, files.size());
-    futureInterface.setProgressValue(0);
+    promise.setProgressRange(0, files.size());
+    promise.setProgressValue(0);
+    int fileIndex = 0;
     for (const QString &name : files) {
-        removeFileRecursion(futureInterface, QFileInfo(name), &errorMessage);
-        if (futureInterface.isCanceled())
+        removeFileRecursion(promise, QFileInfo(name), &errorMessage);
+        if (promise.isCanceled())
             break;
-        futureInterface.setProgressValue(futureInterface.progressValue() + 1);
+        promise.setProgressValue(++fileIndex);
     }
     if (!errorMessage.isEmpty()) {
         // Format and emit error.
@@ -258,8 +259,8 @@ bool CleanDialog::promptToDelete()
         return false;
 
     // Remove in background
-    QFuture<void> task = runAsync(Internal::runCleanFiles, d->m_workingDirectory,
-                                  selectedFiles, Internal::handleError);
+    QFuture<void> task = Utils::asyncRun(Internal::runCleanFiles, d->m_workingDirectory,
+                                         selectedFiles, Internal::handleError);
 
     const QString taskName = Tr::tr("Cleaning \"%1\"").arg(d->m_workingDirectory.toUserOutput());
     Core::ProgressManager::addTask(task, taskName, "VcsBase.cleanRepository");