diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
index 6164f2e54a8..8c06b9354cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void RefactoringFile::doFormatting()
         ICodeStylePreferencesFactory * const factory
             = TextEditorSettings::codeStyleFactory(indenterId());
         indenterOwner.reset(factory ? factory->createIndenter(document)
-                                    : new TextIndenter(document));
+                                    : new PlainTextIndenter(document));
         indenter = indenterOwner.get();
         tabSettings = TabSettings::settingsForFile(filePath());
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
index 320eef4b6f1..025720a9d3f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class TextDocumentPrivate
 {
 public:
     TextDocumentPrivate()
-        : m_indenter(new TextIndenter(&m_document))
+        : m_indenter(new PlainTextIndenter(&m_document))
     {
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.cpp
index 8ffbca4534d..0026c184f09 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <QTextDocument>
 #include <QTextCursor>
 
-using namespace TextEditor;
+namespace TextEditor {
 
 TextIndenter::TextIndenter(QTextDocument *doc)
     : Indenter(doc)
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ int TextIndenter::indentFor(const QTextBlock &block,
     return tabSettings.indentationColumn(previousText);
 }
 
-void TextIndenter::autoIndent(const QTextCursor &cursor,
-                              const TabSettings &tabSettings,
-                              int cursorPositionInEditor)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(cursor);
-    Q_UNUSED(tabSettings);
-    Q_UNUSED(cursorPositionInEditor);
-}
-
 IndentationForBlock TextIndenter::indentationForBlocks(const QVector<QTextBlock> &blocks,
                                                        const TabSettings &tabSettings,
                                                        int /*cursorPositionInEditor*/)
@@ -135,3 +126,14 @@ std::optional<TabSettings> TextIndenter::tabSettings() const
 {
     return std::optional<TabSettings>();
 }
+
+void PlainTextIndenter::autoIndent(const QTextCursor &cursor,
+                              const TabSettings &tabSettings,
+                              int cursorPositionInEditor)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(cursor);
+    Q_UNUSED(tabSettings);
+    Q_UNUSED(cursorPositionInEditor);
+}
+
+} // namespace TextEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.h
index 7198fbbc6fc..03b6f5d75c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/textindenter.h
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ public:
                   const TabSettings &tabSettings,
                   int cursorPositionInEditor = -1) override;
 
-    void autoIndent(const QTextCursor &cursor,
-                    const TabSettings &tabSettings,
-                    int cursorPositionInEditor = -1) override;
-
     IndentationForBlock indentationForBlocks(const QVector<QTextBlock> &blocks,
                                              const TabSettings &tabSettings,
                                              int cursorPositionInEditor = -1) override;
@@ -49,4 +45,14 @@ public:
     std::optional<TabSettings> tabSettings() const override;
 };
 
+class TEXTEDITOR_EXPORT PlainTextIndenter : public TextIndenter
+{
+public:
+    using TextIndenter::TextIndenter;
+
+    void autoIndent(const QTextCursor &cursor,
+                    const TabSettings &tabSettings,
+                    int cursorPositionInEditor = -1) override;
+};
+
 } // namespace TextEditor