diff --git a/src/plugins/docker/dockersettings.cpp b/src/plugins/docker/dockersettings.cpp
index fc28988e3ed..f9c615ed0ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/docker/dockersettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/docker/dockersettings.cpp
@@ -82,14 +82,9 @@ void DockerSettings::updateImageList()
 {
     QtcProcess process;
     process.setCommand({"docker", {"search", imageListFilter.value()}});
-
-    connect(&process, &QtcProcess::finished, this, [&process, this] {
-        const QString data = QString::fromUtf8(process.readAllStandardOutput());
-        imageList.setValue(data);
-    });
-
     process.start();
     process.waitForFinished();
+    imageList.setValue(process.cleanedStdOut());
 }
 
 void DockerSettings::readSettings(const QSettings *settings)