diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.cpp
index 048adbb0334..d5455942e8f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.cpp
@@ -334,10 +334,4 @@ QFuture<void> CppIndexingSupport::refreshSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &source
     return result;
 }
 
-SymbolSearcher *CppIndexingSupport::createSymbolSearcher(
-    const SymbolSearcher::Parameters &parameters, const QSet<QString> &fileNames)
-{
-    return new SymbolSearcher(parameters, fileNames);
-}
-
 } // namespace CppEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.h
index abf9311787d..584632a4f00 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppindexingsupport.h
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ public:
 
     QFuture<void> refreshSourceFiles(const QSet<QString> &sourceFiles,
                                      CppModelManager::ProgressNotificationMode mode);
-    SymbolSearcher *createSymbolSearcher(const SymbolSearcher::Parameters &parameters,
-                                         const QSet<QString> &fileNames);
 private:
     Utils::FutureSynchronizer m_synchronizer;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsearcher_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
index d55d7777a09..9f700d99726 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ public:
         QVERIFY(succeededSoFar());
         QVERIFY(parseFiles(testFile));
 
-        CppIndexingSupport *indexingSupport = m_modelManager->indexingSupport();
         const QScopedPointer<SymbolSearcher> symbolSearcher(
-            indexingSupport->createSymbolSearcher(searchParameters, QSet<QString>{testFile}));
+            new SymbolSearcher(searchParameters, QSet<QString>{testFile}));
         QFuture<Core::SearchResultItem> search
             = Utils::runAsync(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher.data());
         search.waitForFinished();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsfindfilter.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
index 4beaa83d64c..7114beb5ab7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/symbolsfindfilter.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void SymbolsFindFilter::startSearch(SearchResult *search)
     connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcherBase::finished, this, [this, watcher] { finish(watcher); });
     connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcherBase::resultsReadyAt, this, [this, watcher]
             (int begin, int end) { addResults(watcher, begin, end); });
-    SymbolSearcher *symbolSearcher = m_manager->indexingSupport()->createSymbolSearcher(parameters, projectFileNames);
+    SymbolSearcher *symbolSearcher = new SymbolSearcher(parameters, projectFileNames);
     connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcherBase::finished,
             symbolSearcher, &QObject::deleteLater);
     watcher->setFuture(Utils::runAsync(m_manager->sharedThreadPool(),