diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp
index be9cb716865..f2900a22158 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevicetester.cpp
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ using namespace Utils;
 namespace RemoteLinux {
 namespace Internal {
 
-struct TransferStorage
-{
-    bool useGenericCopy = false;
-};
-
 class GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate
 {
 public:
@@ -43,8 +38,7 @@ public:
     GroupItem echoTask(const QString &contents) const;
     GroupItem unameTask() const;
     GroupItem gathererTask() const;
-    GroupItem transferTask(FileTransferMethod method,
-                           const Storage<TransferStorage> &storage) const;
+    GroupItem transferTask(FileTransferMethod method) const;
     GroupItem transferTasks() const;
     GroupItem commandTasks() const;
 
@@ -192,8 +186,7 @@ GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::gathererTask() const
     };
 }
 
-GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::transferTask(FileTransferMethod method,
-                                           const Storage<TransferStorage> &storage) const
+GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::transferTask(FileTransferMethod method) const
 {
     const auto onSetup = [this, method](FileTransfer &transfer) {
         emit q->progressMessage(Tr::tr("Checking whether \"%1\" works...")
@@ -201,7 +194,7 @@ GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::transferTask(FileTransferMethod metho
         transfer.setTransferMethod(method);
         transfer.setTestDevice(m_device);
     };
-    const auto onDone = [this, method, storage](const FileTransfer &transfer, DoneWith result) {
+    const auto onDone = [this, method](const FileTransfer &transfer, DoneWith result) {
         const QString methodName = FileTransfer::transferMethodName(method);
         if (result == DoneWith::Success) {
             emit q->progressMessage(Tr::tr("\"%1\" is functional.\n").arg(methodName));
@@ -209,8 +202,6 @@ GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::transferTask(FileTransferMethod metho
                 m_device->setExtraData(Constants::SUPPORTS_RSYNC, true);
             else if (method == FileTransferMethod::Sftp)
                 m_device->setExtraData(Constants::SUPPORTS_SFTP, true);
-            else
-                storage->useGenericCopy = true;
             return;
         }
         const ProcessResultData resultData = transfer.resultData();
@@ -251,13 +242,11 @@ GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::transferTask(FileTransferMethod metho
 
 GroupItem GenericLinuxDeviceTesterPrivate::transferTasks() const
 {
-    Storage<TransferStorage> storage;
     return Group {
         continueOnSuccess,
-        storage,
-        transferTask(FileTransferMethod::GenericCopy, storage),
-        transferTask(FileTransferMethod::Sftp, storage),
-        transferTask(FileTransferMethod::Rsync, storage),
+        transferTask(FileTransferMethod::GenericCopy),
+        transferTask(FileTransferMethod::Sftp),
+        transferTask(FileTransferMethod::Rsync),
         onGroupDone([this] {
             emit q->errorMessage(Tr::tr("Deployment to this device will not work out of the box.")
                                  + "\n");