diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp
index 4e65b3f2d51..94d71028bcc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public:
     QmlProfilerTraceViewPrivate(QmlProfilerTraceView *qq) : q(qq) {}
     QmlProfilerTraceView *q;
 
-    QmlProfilerStateManager *m_profilerState;
     QmlProfilerTool *m_profilerTool;
     QmlProfilerViewManager *m_viewContainer;
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public:
     Timeline::TimelineZoomControl *m_zoomControl;
 };
 
-QmlProfilerTraceView::QmlProfilerTraceView(QWidget *parent, QmlProfilerTool *profilerTool, QmlProfilerViewManager *container, QmlProfilerModelManager *modelManager, QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState)
+QmlProfilerTraceView::QmlProfilerTraceView(QWidget *parent, QmlProfilerTool *profilerTool, QmlProfilerViewManager *container, QmlProfilerModelManager *modelManager)
     : QWidget(parent), d(new QmlProfilerTraceViewPrivate(this))
 {
     setObjectName(QLatin1String("QML Profiler"));
@@ -141,9 +140,6 @@ QmlProfilerTraceView::QmlProfilerTraceView(QWidget *parent, QmlProfilerTool *pro
 
     // Connect this last so that it's executed after the models have updated their data.
     connect(modelManager->qmlModel(), SIGNAL(changed()), d->m_modelProxy, SIGNAL(stateChanged()));
-    connect(d->m_modelManager, SIGNAL(stateChanged()), this, SLOT(profilerDataModelStateChanged()));
-
-    d->m_profilerState = profilerState;
 
     // Minimum height: 5 rows of 20 pixels + scrollbar of 50 pixels + 20 pixels margin
     setMinimumHeight(170);
@@ -308,23 +304,6 @@ void QmlProfilerTraceView::showContextMenu(QPoint position)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Profiler State
-void QmlProfilerTraceView::profilerDataModelStateChanged()
-{
-    switch (d->m_modelManager->state()) {
-        case QmlProfilerDataState::Empty: break;
-        case QmlProfilerDataState::ClearingData:
-            d->m_mainView->hide();
-        break;
-        case QmlProfilerDataState::AcquiringData: break;
-        case QmlProfilerDataState::ProcessingData: break;
-        case QmlProfilerDataState::Done:
-            d->m_mainView->show();
-        break;
-    default:
-        break;
-    }
-}
 
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace QmlProfiler
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h
index 41a5bbc2cc1..b70de78e947 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilertraceview.h
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class QmlProfilerTraceView : public QWidget
 public:
     explicit QmlProfilerTraceView(QWidget *parent, QmlProfilerTool *profilerTool,
                                   QmlProfilerViewManager *container,
-                                  QmlProfilerModelManager *modelManager,
-                                  QmlProfilerStateManager *profilerState);
+                                  QmlProfilerModelManager *modelManager);
     ~QmlProfilerTraceView();
 
     bool hasValidSelection() const;
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ public slots:
 
 private slots:
     void updateCursorPosition();
-    void profilerDataModelStateChanged();
 
 protected:
     virtual void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerviewmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerviewmanager.cpp
index 234e81e97f6..d5100209ed3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerviewmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qmlprofilerviewmanager.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ void QmlProfilerViewManager::createViews()
     d->traceView = new QmlProfilerTraceView(mw,
                                             d->profilerTool,
                                             this,
-                                            d->profilerModelManager,
-                                            d->profilerState);
+                                            d->profilerModelManager);
     d->traceView->setWindowTitle(tr("Timeline"));
     connect(d->traceView, SIGNAL(gotoSourceLocation(QString,int,int)),
             this, SIGNAL(gotoSourceLocation(QString,int,int)));