diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
index f57cf8c2312f3a5db68df0c38e5a3df5bee0b5e6..4323de80c7006620e182134b413eeeafd587316c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ PlainTextEditorFactory::PlainTextEditorFactory(QObject *parent)
     addMimeType(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_TEXTEDITOR_MIMETYPE_TEXT));
 
     new TextEditorActionHandler(this,
-        TextEditor::Constants::C_TEXTEDITOR,
+        Core::Constants::K_DEFAULT_TEXT_EDITOR_ID,
         TextEditorActionHandler::Format |
         TextEditorActionHandler::UnCommentSelection |
         TextEditorActionHandler::UnCollapseAll);