diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
index 74edfd3dd34..def2e06702b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
@@ -725,17 +725,6 @@ FilePath findRepositoryForFile(const FilePath &fileOrDir, const QString &checkFi
     return {};
 }
 
-// Is SSH prompt configured?
-QString sshPrompt()
-{
-    return Internal::VcsPlugin::instance()->settings().sshPasswordPrompt.value();
-}
-
-bool isSshPromptConfigured()
-{
-    return !sshPrompt().isEmpty();
-}
-
 static const char SOURCE_PROPERTY[] = "qtcreator_source";
 
 void setSource(IDocument *document, const QString &source)
@@ -749,14 +738,15 @@ QString source(IDocument *document)
     return document->property(SOURCE_PROPERTY).toString();
 }
 
-void setProcessEnvironment(Environment *e, bool forceCLocale, const QString &sshPromptBinary)
+void setProcessEnvironment(Environment *e, bool forceCLocale)
 {
     if (forceCLocale) {
         e->set("LANG", "C");
         e->set("LANGUAGE", "C");
     }
-    if (!sshPromptBinary.isEmpty())
-        e->set("SSH_ASKPASS", sshPromptBinary);
+    const QString prompt = Internal::VcsPlugin::instance()->settings().sshPasswordPrompt.value();
+    if (!prompt.isEmpty())
+        e->set("SSH_ASKPASS", prompt);
 }
 
 } // namespace VcsBase
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h
index 03f70603df1..7a035b82a5e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.h
@@ -126,18 +126,12 @@ private:
 VCSBASE_EXPORT Utils::FilePath findRepositoryForFile(const Utils::FilePath &fileOrDir,
                                                      const QString &checkFile);
 
-// Returns SSH prompt configured in settings.
-VCSBASE_EXPORT QString sshPrompt();
-// Returns whether an SSH prompt is configured.
-VCSBASE_EXPORT bool isSshPromptConfigured();
-
 // Set up the environment for a version control command line call.
 // Sets up SSH graphical password prompting (note that the latter
 // requires a terminal-less process) and sets LANG to 'C' to force English
 // (suppress LOCALE warnings/parse commands output) if desired.
 VCSBASE_EXPORT void setProcessEnvironment(Utils::Environment *e,
-                                          bool forceCLocale,
-                                          const QString &sshPasswordPrompt = sshPrompt());
+                                          bool forceCLocale);
 // Sets the source of editor contents, can be directory or file.
 VCSBASE_EXPORT void setSource(Core::IDocument *document, const QString &source);
 // Returns the source of editor contents.
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.cpp
index 1bd49cdafea..e2d8ed77950 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ VcsCommand::VcsCommand(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Environment &envi
 
     VcsOutputWindow::setRepository(workingDirectory.toString());
     setDisableUnixTerminal();
-    m_sshPrompt = VcsBase::sshPrompt();
 
     connect(this, &VcsCommand::started, this, [this] {
         if (flags() & ExpectRepoChanges)
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ VcsCommand::VcsCommand(const FilePath &workingDirectory, const Environment &envi
 Environment VcsCommand::environment() const
 {
     Environment env = ShellCommand::environment();
-    VcsBase::setProcessEnvironment(&env, flags() & ForceCLocale, m_sshPrompt);
+    VcsBase::setProcessEnvironment(&env, flags() & ForceCLocale);
     return env;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.h
index ebb3e271fd1..a59eba10680 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcscommand.h
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ private:
     void emitRepositoryChanged(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory);
 
     QPointer<Core::FutureProgress> m_progress;
-    QString m_sshPrompt;
     bool m_preventRepositoryChanged;
 };