diff --git a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtool.cpp b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtool.cpp
index 2a25de2930a..b719ab6fd00 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangtools/clangtool.cpp
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ DiagnosticItem *ClangTool::diagnosticItem(const QModelIndex &index) const
 
 void ClangTool::showOutputPane()
 {
-    ProjectExplorerPlugin::showOutputPaneForRunControl(m_runControl);
+    m_runControl->showOutputPane();
 }
 
 void ClangTool::reset()
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 3914c805952..e9bd1b51205 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -2501,11 +2501,6 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::startRunControl(RunControl *runControl)
     dd->startRunControl(runControl);
 }
 
-void ProjectExplorerPlugin::showOutputPaneForRunControl(RunControl *runControl)
-{
-    appOutputPane().showOutputPaneForRunControl(runControl);
-}
-
 static HandleIncludeGuards canTryToRenameIncludeGuards(const Node *node)
 {
     return node->asFileNode() && node->asFileNode()->fileType() == FileType::Header
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
index aebb14f8d25..e35dd4442b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.h
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ public:
     static const QList<CustomParserSettings> customParsers();
 
     static void startRunControl(RunControl *runControl);
-    static void showOutputPaneForRunControl(RunControl *runControl);
 
     static Utils::FilePairs renameFiles(
         const QList<std::pair<Node *, Utils::FilePath>> &nodesAndNewFilePaths);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
index 9a0893737c8..faffb2e0811 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
@@ -701,6 +701,11 @@ QUrl RunControl::workerChannel() const
     return d->workerChannel;
 }
 
+void RunControl::showOutputPane()
+{
+    appOutputPane().showOutputPaneForRunControl(this);
+}
+
 void RunControlPrivate::continueStart()
 {
     checkState(RunControlState::Starting);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
index 3c3cd34ae8d..da5a3716634 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ public:
     void requestWorkerChannel();
     QUrl workerChannel() const;
 
+    void showOutputPane();
+
 signals:
     void appendMessage(const QString &msg, Utils::OutputFormat format);
     void aboutToStart();