diff --git a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp
index 914c6f705f0..ebe7ff44753 100644
--- a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.cpp
@@ -332,11 +332,7 @@ CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem(Target *target)
             this, &CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::updateDeploymentData);
 }
 
-CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::~CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem()
-{
-    m_parserWatcher.cancel();
-    m_parserWatcher.waitForFinished();
-}
+CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::~CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem() = default;
 
 void CompilationDatabaseBuildSystem::triggerParsing()
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h
index 25561f5aac1..2b8faec0208 100644
--- a/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h
+++ b/src/plugins/compilationdatabaseprojectmanager/compilationdatabaseproject.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <utils/filesystemwatcher.h>
 
-#include <QFutureWatcher>
-
 namespace ProjectExplorer {
 class Kit;
 class ProjectUpdater;
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ public:
     void updateDeploymentData();
     void buildTreeAndProjectParts();
 
-    QFutureWatcher<void> m_parserWatcher;
     std::unique_ptr<ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdater> m_cppCodeModelUpdater;
     MimeBinaryCache m_mimeBinaryCache;
     QByteArray m_projectFileHash;