diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfixitoperation.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfixitoperation.cpp
index a05d1898870..b303a755e51 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfixitoperation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfixitoperation.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static FileToFixits fixitsPerFile(const QList<ClangFixIt> &fixIts)
 
 void ClangFixItOperation::perform()
 {
-    const TextEditor::RefactoringFileFactory refactoringChanges;
+    const TextEditor::PlainRefactoringFileFactory refactoringChanges;
     const FileToFixits fileToFixIts = fixitsPerFile(fixIts);
 
     for (auto i = fileToFixIts.cbegin(), end = fileToFixIts.cend(); i != end; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/documentquickfixfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/documentquickfixfactory.cpp
index e737b3af6e7..41a570126f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/documentquickfixfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/documentquickfixfactory.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static Range toRange(const QTextDocument *doc, DiagnosticRange locations)
 
 void ClangToolQuickFixOperation::perform()
 {
-    TextEditor::RefactoringFileFactory changes;
+    TextEditor::PlainRefactoringFileFactory changes;
     QMap<QString, TextEditor::RefactoringFilePtr> refactoringFiles;
 
     for (const ExplainingStep &step : m_diagnostic.explainingSteps) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index 2ed1177388f..2aa13841f96 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ void CppModelManager::renameIncludes(const FilePath &oldFilePath, const FilePath
     if (oldFilePath.absolutePath() != newFilePath.absolutePath())
         return;
 
-    const TextEditor::RefactoringFileFactory changes;
+    const TextEditor::PlainRefactoringFileFactory changes;
 
     QString oldFileName = oldFilePath.fileName();
     QString newFileName = newFilePath.fileName();
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
index 49779f16462..912bb622281 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ void Client::log(const QString &message) const
 
 TextEditor::RefactoringFilePtr Client::createRefactoringFile(const FilePath &filePath) const
 {
-    return TextEditor::RefactoringFileFactory().file(filePath);
+    return TextEditor::PlainRefactoringFileFactory().file(filePath);
 }
 
 void Client::setCompletionResultsLimit(int limit)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index b6ef9b4ff5a..399e275fe4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ FilePaths BaseFileFind::replaceAll(const QString &text, const SearchResultItems
     if (items.isEmpty())
         return {};
 
-    RefactoringFileFactory refactoring;
+    PlainRefactoringFileFactory refactoring;
 
     QHash<FilePath, SearchResultItems> changes;
     for (const SearchResultItem &item : items)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
index 8287ee09c17..88a2366a8d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ using namespace Utils;
 
 namespace TextEditor {
 
-RefactoringFileFactory::~RefactoringFileFactory() = default;
-
-RefactoringFilePtr RefactoringFileFactory::file(const FilePath &filePath) const
-{
-    return RefactoringFilePtr(new RefactoringFile(filePath));
-}
-
 RefactoringFile::RefactoringFile(QTextDocument *document, const FilePath &filePath)
     : m_filePath(filePath)
     , m_document(document)
@@ -474,4 +467,11 @@ RefactoringSelections RefactoringFile::rangesToSelections(QTextDocument *documen
     return selections;
 }
 
+RefactoringFileFactory::~RefactoringFileFactory() = default;
+
+RefactoringFilePtr PlainRefactoringFileFactory::file(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const
+{
+    return RefactoringFilePtr(new RefactoringFile(filePath));
+}
+
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
index 43e3524a2d3..5d270b2f652 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.h
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ class QTextDocument;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 namespace TextEditor {
-class TextDocument;
-class TextEditorWidget;
+class PlainRefactoringFileFactory;
 class RefactoringFile;
 using RefactoringFilePtr = QSharedPointer<RefactoringFile>;
-class RefactoringFileFactory;
 using RefactoringSelections = QVector<QPair<QTextCursor, QTextCursor>>;
+class TextDocument;
+class TextEditorWidget;
 
 // ### listen to the m_editor::destroyed signal?
 class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT RefactoringFile
@@ -103,17 +103,20 @@ protected:
     bool m_appliedOnce = false;
     bool m_formattingEnabled = false;
 
-    friend class RefactoringFileFactory; // access to constructor
+    friend class PlainRefactoringFileFactory; // access to constructor
 };
 
 class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT RefactoringFileFactory
 {
 public:
     virtual ~RefactoringFileFactory();
+    virtual RefactoringFilePtr file(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const = 0;
+};
 
-    // TODO: Make pure virtual and introduce dedicated subclass for generic refactoring,
-    //       so no one instantiates this one by mistake.
-    virtual RefactoringFilePtr file(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const;
+class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT PlainRefactoringFileFactory final : public RefactoringFileFactory
+{
+public:
+    RefactoringFilePtr file(const Utils::FilePath &filePath) const override;
 };
 
 } // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
index 4276c81ad71..be0d1a95774 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ bool TextDocument::applyChangeSet(const ChangeSet &changeSet)
 {
     if (changeSet.isEmpty())
         return true;
-    RefactoringFileFactory changes;
+    PlainRefactoringFileFactory changes;
     const RefactoringFilePtr file = changes.file(filePath());
     file->setChangeSet(changeSet);
     return file->apply();