diff --git a/src/plugins/designer/designerxmleditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/designer/designerxmleditorwidget.cpp
index 62f8c8b1442..f5ea3d4e73a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/designer/designerxmleditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/designer/designerxmleditorwidget.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ DesignerXmlEditorWidget::DesignerXmlEditorWidget(QDesignerFormWindowInterface *f
     m_designerEditor(new FormWindowEditor(this))
 {
     setReadOnly(true);
-    configure(baseTextDocument()->mimeType());
+    configureMimeType(baseTextDocument()->mimeType());
 }
 
 TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *DesignerXmlEditorWidget::createEditor()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/bardescriptoreditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/bardescriptoreditorwidget.cpp
index 70ed4977164..4553b6c5c08 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/bardescriptoreditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/bardescriptoreditorwidget.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void BarDescriptorEditorWidget::initSourcePage()
     addWidget(m_xmlSourceWidget);
 
     TextEditor::TextEditorSettings::initializeEditor(m_xmlSourceWidget);
-    m_xmlSourceWidget->configure(QLatin1String(Constants::QNX_BAR_DESCRIPTOR_MIME_TYPE));
+    m_xmlSourceWidget->configureMimeType(QLatin1String(Constants::QNX_BAR_DESCRIPTOR_MIME_TYPE));
 }
 
 void BarDescriptorEditorWidget::initPanelSize(ProjectExplorer::PanelsWidget *panelsWidget)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index e75fdb554be..faab7a196f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -6933,6 +6933,11 @@ BaseTextEditorWidget *BaseTextEditor::editorWidget() const
     return d->m_editorWidget;
 }
 
+void BaseTextEditorWidget::configureMimeType(const QString &mimeType)
+{
+    configureMimeType(MimeDatabase::findByType(mimeType));
+}
+
 void BaseTextEditorWidget::configureMimeType(const MimeType &mimeType)
 {
     Highlighter *highlighter = new Highlighter();
@@ -6981,6 +6986,22 @@ bool BaseTextEditorWidget::isMissingSyntaxDefinition() const
     return d->m_isMissingSyntaxDefinition;
 }
 
+void BaseTextEditorWidget::acceptMissingSyntaxDefinitionInfo()
+{
+    ICore::showOptionsDialog(Constants::TEXT_EDITOR_SETTINGS_CATEGORY,
+                             Constants::TEXT_EDITOR_HIGHLIGHTER_SETTINGS,
+                             this);
+}
+
+void BaseTextEditorWidget::configureMimeType()
+{
+    MimeType mimeType;
+    if (baseTextDocument())
+        mimeType = MimeDatabase::findByFile(baseTextDocument()->filePath());
+    configureMimeType(mimeType);
+}
+
+
 } // namespace TextEditor
 
 #include "basetexteditor.moc"
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
index dc47e72cf18..ebcc3329e8d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.h
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ public slots:
 
     /// Abort code assistant if it is running.
     void abortAssist();
+
+    void acceptMissingSyntaxDefinitionInfo();
+
+    void configureMimeType(const QString &mimeType);
     void configureMimeType(const Core::MimeType &mimeType);
 
 signals:
@@ -581,6 +585,8 @@ protected slots:
     virtual void slotUpdateBlockNotify(const QTextBlock &);
     virtual void slotCodeStyleSettingsChanged(const QVariant &);
 
+    void configureMimeType();
+
 private slots:
     void updateTabStops();
     void applyFontSettingsDelayed();
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
index 5ed412f2129..b1f90cf4904 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ void PlainTextEditorWidget::ctor()
     baseTextDocument()->setMimeType(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_TEXTEDITOR_MIMETYPE_TEXT));
 
     connect(baseTextDocument(), SIGNAL(filePathChanged(QString,QString)),
-            this, SLOT(configure()));
-    connect(Manager::instance(), SIGNAL(mimeTypesRegistered()), this, SLOT(configure()));
+            this, SLOT(configureMimeType()));
+    connect(Manager::instance(), SIGNAL(mimeTypesRegistered()), this, SLOT(configureMimeType()));
 }
 
 IEditor *PlainTextEditor::duplicate()
@@ -99,26 +99,6 @@ IEditor *PlainTextEditor::duplicate()
     return newWidget->editor();
 }
 
-void PlainTextEditorWidget::configure()
-{
-    MimeType mimeType;
-    if (baseTextDocument())
-        mimeType = MimeDatabase::findByFile(baseTextDocument()->filePath());
-    configureMimeType(mimeType);
-}
-
-void PlainTextEditorWidget::configure(const QString &mimeType)
-{
-    configureMimeType(MimeDatabase::findByType(mimeType));
-}
-
-void PlainTextEditorWidget::acceptMissingSyntaxDefinitionInfo()
-{
-    ICore::showOptionsDialog(Constants::TEXT_EDITOR_SETTINGS_CATEGORY,
-                             Constants::TEXT_EDITOR_HIGHLIGHTER_SETTINGS,
-                             this);
-}
-
 PlainTextDocument::PlainTextDocument()
 {
     setId(Core::Constants::K_DEFAULT_TEXT_EDITOR_ID);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
index c2db546ca56..a6bdd4ae063 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ public:
     PlainTextEditorWidget(PlainTextDocument *doc, QWidget *parent = 0);
     PlainTextEditorWidget(PlainTextEditorWidget *other);
 
-    void configure(const QString& mimeType);
-
-private slots:
-    void configure();
-    void acceptMissingSyntaxDefinitionInfo();
-
 protected:
     virtual BaseTextEditor *createEditor() { return new PlainTextEditor(this); }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
index 69b5ca1ad80..4bc7d9c85aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void PlainTextEditorFactory::updateEditorInfoBar(Core::IEditor *editor)
         BaseTextDocument *file = qobject_cast<BaseTextDocument *>(editor->document());
         if (!file)
             return;
-        PlainTextEditorWidget *textEditor = static_cast<PlainTextEditorWidget *>(editorEditable->editorWidget());
+        BaseTextEditorWidget *textEditor = editorEditable->editorWidget();
         Core::Id infoSyntaxDefinition(Constants::INFO_SYNTAX_DEFINITION);
         Core::InfoBar *infoBar = file->infoBar();
         if (!textEditor->isMissingSyntaxDefinition()) {