diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index 92ec095fd9a..7435d00b264 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void BaseFileFind::runSearch(SearchResult *search)
     connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcherBase::finished, search, [watcher, search]() {
         search->finishSearch(watcher->isCanceled());
     });
-    QFuture<SearchResultItems> future = executeSearch(parameters);
+    QFuture<SearchResultItems> future = parameters.searchExecutor(parameters);
     watcher->setFuture(future);
     d->m_futureSynchronizer.addFuture(future);
     FutureProgress *progress = ProgressManager::addTask(future,
@@ -592,11 +592,6 @@ FilePaths BaseFileFind::replaceAll(const QString &text, const SearchResultItems
     return changes.keys();
 }
 
-QFuture<SearchResultItems> BaseFileFind::executeSearch(const FileFindParameters &parameters)
-{
-    return parameters.searchExecutor(parameters);
-}
-
 namespace Internal {
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
index 02c8a78ad74..58a51263cae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ protected:
     virtual QString label() const = 0; // see Core::SearchResultWindow::startNewSearch
     virtual QString toolTip() const = 0; // see Core::SearchResultWindow::startNewSearch,
                                          // add %1 placeholder where the find flags should be put
-    QFuture<Utils::SearchResultItems> executeSearch(const FileFindParameters &parameters);
 
     void writeCommonSettings(QSettings *settings);
     void readCommonSettings(QSettings *settings, const QString &defaultFilter, const QString &defaultExclusionFilter);