diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
index a61c2eea32d..7090bfabc41 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.cpp
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ void NimbleBuildSystem::updateProject()
     const FilePath projectDir = projectDirectory();
     const FilePath nimble = Nim::nimblePathFromKit(kit());
 
-    m_metadata = parseMetadata(nimble.toString(), projectDir.toString());
-    const FilePath binDir = projectDir.pathAppended(m_metadata.binDir);
+    const NimbleMetadata metadata = parseMetadata(nimble.toString(), projectDir.toString());
+    const FilePath binDir = projectDir.pathAppended(metadata.binDir);
     const FilePath srcDir = projectDir.pathAppended("src");
 
-    QList<BuildTargetInfo> targets = Utils::transform(m_metadata.bin, [&](const QString &bin){
+    QList<BuildTargetInfo> targets = Utils::transform(metadata.bin, [&](const QString &bin){
         BuildTargetInfo info = {};
         info.displayName = bin;
         info.targetFilePath = binDir.pathAppended(bin);
@@ -187,11 +187,6 @@ std::vector<NimbleTask> NimbleBuildSystem::tasks() const
     return m_tasks;
 }
 
-NimbleMetadata NimbleBuildSystem::metadata() const
-{
-    return m_metadata;
-}
-
 void NimbleBuildSystem::saveSettings()
 {
     // only handles nimble specific settings - NimProjectScanner handles general settings
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.h b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.h
index 5ab88a00907..7a81687ec70 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/project/nimblebuildsystem.h
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public:
     NimbleBuildSystem(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
 
     std::vector<NimbleTask> tasks() const;
-    NimbleMetadata metadata() const;
 
 signals:
     void tasksChanged();
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ private:
 
     void triggerParsing() final;
 
-    NimbleMetadata m_metadata;
     std::vector<NimbleTask> m_tasks;
 
     NimProjectScanner m_projectScanner;