diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
index 23acd90bc84..81d74813e26 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static IDevice::Ptr createDeviceFromInfo(const CreateAvdInfo &info)
     const Id deviceId = AndroidDevice::idFromAvdInfo(info);
     dev->setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, deviceId);
     dev->setMachineType(IDevice::Emulator);
-    dev->displayName.setValue(info.name);
+    dev->setDisplayName(info.name);
     dev->setDeviceState(IDevice::DeviceConnected);
     dev->setAvdPath(avdFilePath() / (info.name + ".avd"));
     dev->setExtraData(Constants::AndroidAvdName, info.name);
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ AndroidDevice::AndroidDevice()
 {
     setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, Constants::ANDROID_DEVICE_ID);
     setType(Constants::ANDROID_DEVICE_TYPE);
-    displayName.setDefaultValue(Tr::tr("Run on Android"));
+    setDefaultDisplayName(Tr::tr("Run on Android"));
     setDisplayType(Tr::tr("Android"));
     setMachineType(IDevice::Hardware);
     setOsType(OsType::OsTypeOtherUnix);
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void handleDevicesListChange(const QString &serialNumber)
         } else {
             AndroidDevice *newDev = new AndroidDevice();
             newDev->setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, id);
-            newDev->displayName.setValue(displayName);
+            newDev->setDisplayName(displayName);
             newDev->setMachineType(IDevice::Hardware);
             newDev->setDeviceState(state);
 
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static void handleAvdListChange(const AndroidDeviceInfoList &avdList)
 
         AndroidDevice *newDev = new AndroidDevice;
         newDev->setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, deviceId);
-        newDev->displayName.setValue(displayName);
+        newDev->setDisplayName(displayName);
         newDev->setMachineType(item.type);
         newDev->setDeviceState(item.state);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/baremetal/baremetaldeviceconfigurationwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/baremetal/baremetaldeviceconfigurationwizard.cpp
index b716bb37de4..ffab5d60ba1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/baremetal/baremetaldeviceconfigurationwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/baremetal/baremetaldeviceconfigurationwizard.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr BareMetalDeviceConfigurationWizard::device() const
 {
     const auto dev = BareMetalDevice::create();
     dev->setupId(ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ManuallyAdded, Utils::Id());
-    dev->displayName.setDefaultValue(m_setupPage->configurationName());
+    dev->setDefaultDisplayName(m_setupPage->configurationName());
     dev->setType(Constants::BareMetalOsType);
     dev->setMachineType(ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Hardware);
     dev->setDebugServerProviderId(m_setupPage->debugServerProviderId());
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/device-detection/devicedetector.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/device-detection/devicedetector.cpp
index 03402904bd8..70f60003cf5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/device-detection/devicedetector.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/device-detection/devicedetector.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void DeviceDetector::handleDeviceEvent(QdbDeviceTracker::DeviceEventType eventTy
         const QString name = Tr::tr("Boot to Qt device %1").arg(serial);
         QdbDevice::Ptr device = QdbDevice::create();
         device->setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, deviceId);
-        device->displayName.setValue(name);
+        device->setDisplayName(name);
         device->setType(Qdb::Constants::QdbLinuxOsType);
         device->setMachineType(IDevice::Hardware);
         device->setExtraData(ProjectExplorer::Constants::SUPPORTS_RSYNC, true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
index b40b7ca98f1..18b4649fe9d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/boot2qt/qdbdevice.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public:
     {
         QdbDevice::Ptr device = QdbDevice::create();
 
-        device->displayName.setValue(settingsPage.deviceName());
+        device->setDisplayName(settingsPage.deviceName());
         device->setupId(ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ManuallyAdded, Utils::Id());
         device->setType(Constants::QdbLinuxOsType);
         device->setMachineType(ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Hardware);
diff --git a/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
index f3039170f42..359ca9aa4af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/docker/dockerdevice.cpp
@@ -1001,8 +1001,8 @@ void DockerDevice::fromMap(const Store &map)
     // This is the only place where we can correctly set the default name.
     // Only here do we know the image id and the repo reliably, no matter
     // where or how we were created.
-    if (displayName.value() == displayName.defaultValue()) {
-        displayName.setDefaultValue(
+    if (displayName() == defaultDisplayName()) {
+        setDefaultDisplayName(
             Tr::tr("Docker Image \"%1\" (%2)").arg(repoAndTag()).arg(imageId.value()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosdevice.cpp
index 14ffa9c26bf..c114385eca1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosdevice.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ IosDevice::IosDevice(CtorHelper)
     : m_lastPort(Constants::IOS_DEVICE_PORT_START)
 {
     setType(Constants::IOS_DEVICE_TYPE);
-    displayName.setDefaultValue(IosDevice::name());
+    setDefaultDisplayName(IosDevice::name());
     setDisplayType(Tr::tr("iOS"));
     setMachineType(IDevice::Hardware);
     setOsType(Utils::OsTypeMac);
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void IosDeviceManager::deviceConnected(const QString &uid, const QString &name)
     if (!dev) {
         auto newDev = new IosDevice(uid);
         if (!name.isNull())
-            newDev->displayName.setValue(name);
+            newDev->setDisplayName(name);
         qCDebug(detectLog) << "adding ios device " << uid;
         devManager->addDevice(IDevice::ConstPtr(newDev));
     } else if (dev->deviceState() != IDevice::DeviceConnected &&
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ void IosDeviceManager::deviceInfo(const QString &uid,
     }
     if (!skipUpdate) {
         if (info.contains(kDeviceName))
-            newDev->displayName.setValue(info.value(kDeviceName));
+            newDev->setDisplayName(info.value(kDeviceName));
         newDev->m_extraInfo = info;
         newDev->m_handler = handler;
         qCDebug(detectLog) << "updated info of ios device " << uid;
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iossimulator.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iossimulator.cpp
index 67a51788f6d..13877d9c143 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iossimulator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iossimulator.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ IosSimulator::IosSimulator(Id id)
     setType(Constants::IOS_SIMULATOR_TYPE);
     setMachineType(IDevice::Emulator);
     setOsType(Utils::OsTypeMac);
-    displayName.setDefaultValue(Tr::tr("iOS Simulator"));
+    setDefaultDisplayName(Tr::tr("iOS Simulator"));
     setDisplayType(Tr::tr("iOS Simulator"));
     setDeviceState(DeviceStateUnknown);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/mcusupport/mcusupportdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/mcusupport/mcusupportdevice.cpp
index cae42c5529e..9e3118cab6a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mcusupport/mcusupportdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mcusupport/mcusupportdevice.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ McuSupportDevice::McuSupportDevice()
     setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, Constants::DEVICE_ID);
     setType(Constants::DEVICE_TYPE);
     const QString displayNameAndType = Tr::tr("MCU Device");
-    displayName.setDefaultValue(displayNameAndType);
+    setDefaultDisplayName(displayNameAndType);
     setDisplayType(displayNameAndType);
     setDeviceState(IDevice::DeviceStateUnknown);
     setMachineType(IDevice::Hardware);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
index 74f5b87173f..417d143a6e2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/desktopdevice.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ DesktopDevice::DesktopDevice()
 
     setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, DESKTOP_DEVICE_ID);
     setType(DESKTOP_DEVICE_TYPE);
-    displayName.setDefaultValue(Tr::tr("Local PC"));
+    setDefaultDisplayName(Tr::tr("Local PC"));
     setDisplayType(Tr::tr("Desktop"));
 
     setDeviceState(IDevice::DeviceStateUnknown);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp
index adce395456c..50864bef432 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicemanager.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void DeviceManager::addDevice(const IDevice::ConstPtr &_device)
     }
 
     // TODO: make it thread safe?
-    device->displayName.setValue(Utils::makeUniquelyNumbered(device->displayName(), names));
+    device->setDisplayName(Utils::makeUniquelyNumbered(device->displayName(), names));
 
     const int pos = d->indexForId(device->id());
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ void ProjectExplorerTest::testDeviceManager()
     TestDeviceFactory factory;
 
     TestDevice::Ptr dev = IDevice::Ptr(new TestDevice);
-    dev->displayName.setValue(QLatin1String("blubbdiblubbfurz!"));
+    dev->setDisplayName(QLatin1String("blubbdiblubbfurz!"));
     QVERIFY(dev->isAutoDetected());
     QCOMPARE(dev->deviceState(), IDevice::DeviceStateUnknown);
     QCOMPARE(dev->type(), TestDevice::testTypeId());
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void ProjectExplorerTest::testDeviceManager()
     TestDevice::Ptr dev3 = IDevice::Ptr(new TestDevice);
     QVERIFY(dev->id() != dev3->id());
 
-    dev3->displayName.setValue(dev->displayName());
+    dev3->setDisplayName(dev->displayName());
     mgr->addDevice(dev3);
     QCOMPARE(mgr->deviceAt(mgr->deviceCount() - 1)->displayName(),
              QString(dev3->displayName() + QLatin1Char('2')));
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicesettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicesettingspage.cpp
index 9695af16563..5fc55dff9a0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicesettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/devicesettingspage.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void DeviceSettingsWidget::currentDeviceChanged(int index)
     }
 
     Layouting::Column item{Layouting::noMargin};
-    device->displayName.addToLayout(item);
+    device->addDisplayNameToLayout(item);
     QWidget *newEdit = item.emerge();
     QLayoutItem *oldItem = m_generalFormLayout->replaceWidget(m_deviceNameEditWidget, newEdit);
     QTC_CHECK(oldItem);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
index d64d0714210..d7d5e33d042 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ public:
     QList<IDevice::DeviceAction> deviceActions;
     Store extraData;
     IDevice::OpenTerminal openTerminal;
+
+    Utils::StringAspect displayName;
+    Utils::FilePathAspect debugServerPath;
+    Utils::FilePathAspect qmlRunCommand;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
@@ -155,12 +159,9 @@ IDevice::IDevice()
 {
     setAutoApply(false);
 
-    displayName.setSettingsKey(DisplayNameKey);
-    displayName.setDisplayStyle(StringAspect::DisplayStyle::LineEditDisplay);
-
-    debugServerPath.setSettingsKey(DebugServerKey);
-
-    qmlRunCommand.setSettingsKey(QmlRuntimeKey);
+    registerAspect(&d->displayName);
+    d->displayName.setSettingsKey(DisplayNameKey);
+    d->displayName.setDisplayStyle(StringAspect::DisplayStyle::LineEditDisplay);
 
     auto validateDisplayName = [](const QString &old,
                                   const QString &newValue) -> expected_str<void> {
@@ -176,9 +177,9 @@ IDevice::IDevice()
         return {};
     };
 
-    displayName.setValidationFunction(
+    d->displayName.setValidationFunction(
         [this, validateDisplayName](FancyLineEdit *edit, QString *errorMsg) -> bool {
-            auto result = validateDisplayName(displayName.value(), edit->text());
+            auto result = validateDisplayName(d->displayName.value(), edit->text());
             if (result)
                 return true;
 
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ IDevice::IDevice()
             return false;
         });
 
-    displayName.setValueAcceptor(
+    d->displayName.setValueAcceptor(
         [validateDisplayName](const QString &old,
                               const QString &newValue) -> std::optional<QString> {
             if (!validateDisplayName(old, newValue))
@@ -196,6 +197,12 @@ IDevice::IDevice()
 
             return newValue;
         });
+
+    registerAspect(&d->debugServerPath);
+    d->debugServerPath.setSettingsKey(DebugServerKey);
+
+    registerAspect(&d->qmlRunCommand);
+    d->qmlRunCommand.setSettingsKey(QmlRuntimeKey);
 }
 
 IDevice::~IDevice() = default;
@@ -253,6 +260,26 @@ FilePath IDevice::filePath(const QString &pathOnDevice) const
     return FilePath::fromParts(u"device", id().toString(), pathOnDevice);
 }
 
+FilePath IDevice::debugServerPath() const
+{
+    return d->debugServerPath();
+}
+
+void IDevice::setDebugServerPath(const FilePath &path)
+{
+    d->debugServerPath.setValue(path);
+}
+
+FilePath IDevice::qmlRunCommand() const
+{
+    return d->qmlRunCommand();
+}
+
+void IDevice::setQmlRunCommand(const FilePath &path)
+{
+    d->qmlRunCommand.setValue(path);
+}
+
 bool IDevice::handlesFile(const FilePath &filePath) const
 {
     if (filePath.scheme() == u"device" && filePath.host() == id().toString())
@@ -566,6 +593,31 @@ IDevice::Ptr IDevice::clone() const
     return device;
 }
 
+QString IDevice::displayName() const
+{
+    return d->displayName();
+}
+
+void IDevice::setDisplayName(const QString &name)
+{
+    d->displayName.setValue(name);
+}
+
+QString IDevice::defaultDisplayName() const
+{
+    return d->displayName.defaultValue();
+}
+
+void IDevice::setDefaultDisplayName(const QString &name)
+{
+    d->displayName.setDefaultValue(name);
+}
+
+void IDevice::addDisplayNameToLayout(Layouting::Layout &layout) const
+{
+    d->displayName.addToLayout(layout);
+}
+
 QString IDevice::deviceStateToString() const
 {
     switch (d->deviceState) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
index 62e39840e41..323abfd340f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevice.h
@@ -100,7 +100,13 @@ public:
 
     virtual Ptr clone() const;
 
-    Utils::StringAspect displayName{this};
+    QString displayName() const;
+    void setDisplayName(const QString &name);
+
+    QString defaultDisplayName() const;
+    void setDefaultDisplayName(const QString &name);
+
+    void addDisplayNameToLayout(Layouting::Layout &layout) const;
 
     // Provide some information on the device suitable for formated
     // output, e.g. in tool tips. Get a list of name value pairs.
@@ -173,8 +179,11 @@ public:
     virtual Utils::FilePath rootPath() const;
     virtual Utils::FilePath filePath(const QString &pathOnDevice) const;
 
-    Utils::FilePathAspect debugServerPath{this};
-    Utils::FilePathAspect qmlRunCommand{this};
+    Utils::FilePath debugServerPath() const;
+    void setDebugServerPath(const Utils::FilePath &path);
+
+    Utils::FilePath qmlRunCommand() const;
+    void setQmlRunCommand(const Utils::FilePath &path);
 
     void setExtraData(Utils::Id kind, const QVariant &data);
     QVariant extraData(Utils::Id kind) const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevicefactory.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevicefactory.cpp
index ac80ccbb883..b095bf33792 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevicefactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/devicesupport/idevicefactory.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ IDevice::Ptr IDeviceFactory::construct() const
 
     IDevice::Ptr device = m_constructor();
     QTC_ASSERT(device, return {});
-    device->displayName.setDefaultValue(displayName());
+    device->setDisplayName(displayName());
     return device;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevice.cpp
index 3b253245924..bcef9fc51bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdevice.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
     QnxDevice()
     {
         setDisplayType(Tr::tr("QNX"));
-        displayName.setDefaultValue(Tr::tr("QNX Device"));
+        setDefaultDisplayName(Tr::tr("QNX Device"));
         setOsType(OsTypeOtherUnix);
         setupId(IDevice::ManuallyAdded);
         setType(Constants::QNX_QNX_OS_TYPE);
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp
index 23d25bfe8d5..f89767de0a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/genericlinuxdeviceconfigurationwidget.cpp
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::keyFileEditingFinished()
 
 void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::gdbServerEditingFinished()
 {
-    device()->debugServerPath.setValue(m_gdbServerLineEdit->filePath());
+    device()->setDebugServerPath(m_gdbServerLineEdit->filePath());
 }
 
 void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::qmlRuntimeEditingFinished()
 {
-    device()->qmlRunCommand.setValue(m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit->filePath());
+    device()->setQmlRunCommand(m_qmlRuntimeLineEdit->filePath());
 }
 
 void GenericLinuxDeviceConfigurationWidget::handleFreePortsChanged()
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index 032bb85516a..7b281f240aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ LinuxDevice::LinuxDevice()
     setFileAccess(&d->m_fileAccess);
     setDisplayType(Tr::tr("Remote Linux"));
     setOsType(OsTypeLinux);
-    displayName.setDefaultValue(Tr::tr("Remote Linux Device"));
+    setDefaultDisplayName(Tr::tr("Remote Linux Device"));
 
     setupId(IDevice::ManuallyAdded, Utils::Id());
     setType(Constants::GenericLinuxOsType);
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshdevicewizard.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshdevicewizard.cpp
index b24de479533..1bea0cfa950 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshdevicewizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/sshdevicewizard.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private:
                && !m_userNameLineEdit->text().trimmed().isEmpty();
     }
     bool validatePage() final {
-        m_device->displayName.setValue(m_nameLineEdit->text().trimmed());
+        m_device->setDisplayName(m_nameLineEdit->text().trimmed());
         SshParameters sshParams = m_device->sshParameters();
         sshParams.setHost(m_hostNameLineEdit->text().trimmed());
         sshParams.setUserName(m_userNameLineEdit->text().trimmed());
diff --git a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblydevice.cpp b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblydevice.cpp
index 90c789d2f42..2c0dce51655 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblydevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/webassembly/webassemblydevice.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
         setupId(IDevice::AutoDetected, Constants::WEBASSEMBLY_DEVICE_DEVICE_ID);
         setType(Constants::WEBASSEMBLY_DEVICE_TYPE);
         const QString displayNameAndType = Tr::tr("Web Browser");
-        displayName.setDefaultValue(displayNameAndType);
+        setDefaultDisplayName(displayNameAndType);
         setDisplayType(displayNameAndType);
         setDeviceState(IDevice::DeviceStateUnknown);
         setMachineType(IDevice::Hardware);