diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
index 80f5164958d..6b72eeb6d19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/buildsystem.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ void BuildSystem::setRootProjectNode(std::unique_ptr<ProjectNode> &&root)
 void BuildSystem::emitBuildSystemUpdated()
 {
     emit updated();
-    emit target()->buildSystemUpdated(this);
 }
 
 void BuildSystem::setExtraData(const QString &buildKey, Utils::Id dataKey, const QVariant &data)
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/target.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/target.h
index e7818f9578e..220f40d4847 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/target.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/target.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ signals:
     // FIXME: Check all uses of all the following signals, plus the associated getters.
     // Likely most of them should refer to the BC counterpart instead (which might not currently exist).
     void parsingFinished(bool);
-    void buildSystemUpdated(ProjectExplorer::BuildSystem *bs);
 
     void removedRunConfiguration(ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *rc);
     void addedRunConfiguration(ProjectExplorer::RunConfiguration *rc);