diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index afc73cbb9df..3e2a55dfe54 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ add_qtc_plugin(MesonProjectManager
   mesonactionsmanager/mesonactionsmanager.cpp
   settings/tools/toolsmodel.cpp
   settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.h
-  settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.ui
   settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.cpp
   settings/tools/toolssettingspage.cpp
   settings/tools/toolssettingspage.h
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
index 1749a697bb9..bc7e9361947 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/mesonprojectmanager.qbs
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ Project {
             "settings/tools/toolssettingspage.h",
             "settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.cpp",
             "settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.h",
-            "settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.ui",
             "settings/tools/tooltreeitem.cpp",
             "settings/tools/tooltreeitem.h",
             "versionhelper.h",
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolsmodel.h b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolsmodel.h
index 29d5d720efd..0e13a234f28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolsmodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolsmodel.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "exewrappers/mesontools.h"
-#include "toolssettingspage.h"
 
 #include <utils/treemodel.h>
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.cpp
index 65bee591d53..e7bda909709 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.cpp
@@ -5,47 +5,80 @@
 
 #include "toolsmodel.h"
 #include "tooltreeitem.h"
-#include "ui_toolssettingswidget.h"
 
-namespace MesonProjectManager {
-namespace Internal {
+#include <utils/detailswidget.h>
+#include <utils/layoutbuilder.h>
+
+#include <QHeaderView>
+#include <QPushButton>
+#include <QTreeView>
+
+using namespace Utils;
+
+namespace MesonProjectManager::Internal {
 
 ToolsSettingsWidget::ToolsSettingsWidget()
     : Core::IOptionsPageWidget()
-    , ui(new Ui::ToolsSettingsWidget)
 {
-    ui->setupUi(this);
-    ui->mesonDetails->setState(Utils::DetailsWidget::NoSummary);
-    ui->mesonDetails->setVisible(false);
+    m_mesonList = new QTreeView;
+    m_mesonList->setModel(&m_model);
+    m_mesonList->expandAll();
+    m_mesonList->header()->setSectionResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
+    m_mesonList->header()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::Stretch);
+
     m_itemSettings = new ToolItemSettings;
-    ui->mesonDetails->setWidget(m_itemSettings);
 
-    ui->mesonList->setModel(&m_model);
-    ui->mesonList->expandAll();
-    ui->mesonList->header()->setSectionResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
-    ui->mesonList->header()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::Stretch);
+    m_mesonDetails = new DetailsWidget;
+    m_mesonDetails->setState(DetailsWidget::NoSummary);
+    m_mesonDetails->setVisible(false);
+    m_mesonDetails->setWidget(m_itemSettings);
 
-    connect(ui->mesonList->selectionModel(),
-            &QItemSelectionModel::currentChanged,
-            this,
-            &ToolsSettingsWidget::currentMesonToolChanged);
+    auto addButton = new QPushButton(tr("Add"));
+
+    m_cloneButton = new QPushButton(tr("Clone"));
+    m_cloneButton->setEnabled(false);
+
+    m_removeButton = new QPushButton(tr("Remove"));
+    m_removeButton->setEnabled(false);
+
+    auto makeDefaultButton = new QPushButton(tr("Make Default"));
+    makeDefaultButton->setEnabled(false);
+    makeDefaultButton->setVisible(false);
+    makeDefaultButton->setToolTip(tr("Set as the default Meson executable to use "
+                                     "when creating a new kit or when no value is set."));
+
+    using namespace Layouting;
+
+    Row {
+        Column {
+            m_mesonList,
+            m_mesonDetails
+        },
+        Column {
+            addButton,
+            m_cloneButton,
+            m_removeButton,
+            makeDefaultButton,
+            st
+        }
+    }.attachTo(this);
+
+    connect(m_mesonList->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::currentChanged,
+            this, &ToolsSettingsWidget::currentMesonToolChanged);
     connect(m_itemSettings, &ToolItemSettings::applyChanges, &m_model, &ToolsModel::updateItem);
 
-    connect(ui->addButton, &QPushButton::clicked, &m_model, QOverload<>::of(&ToolsModel::addMesonTool));
-    connect(ui->cloneButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ToolsSettingsWidget::cloneMesonTool);
-    connect(ui->removeButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ToolsSettingsWidget::removeMesonTool);
+    connect(addButton, &QPushButton::clicked, &m_model, QOverload<>::of(&ToolsModel::addMesonTool));
+    connect(m_cloneButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ToolsSettingsWidget::cloneMesonTool);
+    connect(m_removeButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ToolsSettingsWidget::removeMesonTool);
 }
 
-ToolsSettingsWidget::~ToolsSettingsWidget()
-{
-    delete ui;
-}
+ToolsSettingsWidget::~ToolsSettingsWidget() = default;
 
 void ToolsSettingsWidget::cloneMesonTool()
 {
     if (m_currentItem) {
         auto newItem = m_model.cloneMesonTool(m_currentItem);
-        ui->mesonList->setCurrentIndex(newItem->index());
+        m_mesonList->setCurrentIndex(newItem->index());
     }
 }
 
@@ -60,9 +93,9 @@ void ToolsSettingsWidget::currentMesonToolChanged(const QModelIndex &newCurrent)
 {
     m_currentItem = m_model.mesoneToolTreeItem(newCurrent);
     m_itemSettings->load(m_currentItem);
-    ui->mesonDetails->setVisible(m_currentItem);
-    ui->cloneButton->setEnabled(m_currentItem);
-    ui->removeButton->setEnabled(m_currentItem && !m_currentItem->isAutoDetected());
+    m_mesonDetails->setVisible(m_currentItem);
+    m_cloneButton->setEnabled(m_currentItem);
+    m_removeButton->setEnabled(m_currentItem && !m_currentItem->isAutoDetected());
 }
 
 void ToolsSettingsWidget::apply()
@@ -70,5 +103,4 @@ void ToolsSettingsWidget::apply()
     m_model.apply();
 }
 
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace MesonProjectManager
+} // MesonProjectManager::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.h b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.h
index d68c9a7eeb6..f6ef2f28d6f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.h
@@ -3,19 +3,16 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "exewrappers/mesonwrapper.h"
 #include "toolitemsettings.h"
 #include "toolsmodel.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/dialogs/ioptionspage.h>
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QTabWidget>
 
-namespace MesonProjectManager {
-namespace Internal {
+namespace Utils { class DetailsWidget; }
 
-namespace Ui { class ToolsSettingsWidget; }
+namespace MesonProjectManager::Internal {
 
 class ToolTreeItem;
 class ToolsSettingsWidget final : public Core::IOptionsPageWidget
@@ -31,11 +28,15 @@ private:
     void cloneMesonTool();
     void removeMesonTool();
     void currentMesonToolChanged(const QModelIndex &newCurrent);
-    Ui::ToolsSettingsWidget *ui;
+
     ToolsModel m_model;
     ToolItemSettings *m_itemSettings;
     ToolTreeItem *m_currentItem = nullptr;
+
+    QTreeView *m_mesonList;
+    Utils::DetailsWidget *m_mesonDetails;
+    QPushButton *m_cloneButton;
+    QPushButton *m_removeButton;
 };
 
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace MesonProjectManager
+} // MesonProjectManager::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.ui b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.ui
deleted file mode 100644
index 137bfced8f3..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/settings/tools/toolssettingswidget.ui
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<ui version="4.0">
- <class>MesonProjectManager::Internal::ToolsSettingsWidget</class>
- <widget class="QWidget" name="MesonProjectManager::Internal::ToolSettingsWidget">
-  <property name="geometry">
-   <rect>
-    <x>0</x>
-    <y>0</y>
-    <width>625</width>
-    <height>349</height>
-   </rect>
-  </property>
-  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-   <item>
-    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QTreeView" name="mesonList"/>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="Utils::DetailsWidget" name="mesonDetails" native="true"/>
-     </item>
-    </layout>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QPushButton" name="addButton">
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>Add</string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QPushButton" name="cloneButton">
-       <property name="enabled">
-        <bool>false</bool>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>Clone</string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QPushButton" name="removeButton">
-       <property name="enabled">
-        <bool>false</bool>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>Remove</string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QPushButton" name="makeDefaultButton">
-       <property name="enabled">
-        <bool>false</bool>
-       </property>
-       <property name="toolTip">
-        <string>Set as the default Meson executable to use when creating a new kit or when no value is set.</string>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>Make Default</string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
-       <property name="orientation">
-        <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-       </property>
-       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-        <size>
-         <width>20</width>
-         <height>40</height>
-        </size>
-       </property>
-      </spacer>
-     </item>
-    </layout>
-   </item>
-  </layout>
- </widget>
- <customwidgets>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>Utils::DetailsWidget</class>
-   <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header location="global">utils/detailswidget.h</header>
-   <container>1</container>
-  </customwidget>
- </customwidgets>
- <resources/>
- <connections/>
-</ui>