diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index f6e71d0253ace7597b63b11ae8db8c0e4cf82e22..b1d4bdfb4daf30b9481853ef8156184920d3b940 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ void CppEditorWidget::onFilePathChanged()
         additionalDirectives = ProjectExplorer::SessionManager::value(
                     projectFile + QLatin1Char(',') + filePath).toString().toUtf8();
 
-        QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> parser
+        BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr parser
                 = d->m_modelManager->cppEditorSupport(editor())->documentParser();
         parser->setProjectPart(d->m_modelManager->projectPartForProjectFile(projectFile));
         parser->setEditorDefines(additionalDirectives);
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ void CppEditorWidget::showPreProcessorWidget()
 
     CppPreProcessorDialog preProcessorDialog(this, textDocument()->filePath(), projectParts);
     if (preProcessorDialog.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
-        QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> parser
+        BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr parser
                 = d->m_modelManager->cppEditorSupport(editor())->documentParser();
         const QString &additionals = preProcessorDialog.additionalPreProcessorDirectives();
         parser->setProjectPart(preProcessorDialog.projectPart());
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentparser.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentparser.h
index 0e01c5f5eda9727867c383ebdcee7fde2f55ccdd..b52e6596db2fba0c88be094fd8f214981fd1ed2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentparser.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/builtineditordocumentparser.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ namespace CppTools {
 
 class CPPTOOLS_EXPORT BuiltinEditorDocumentParser : public BaseEditorDocumentParser
 {
+public:
+    typedef QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> Ptr;
+
 public:
     BuiltinEditorDocumentParser(const QString &filePath);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletionassist.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletionassist.cpp
index 2ca9b0d956ad87b6ceb56738dc4b5a8d8a42f4e1..90fce585f8cdcdefab6c8f76dd7f2062568add49 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletionassist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletionassist.cpp
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ void CppCompletionAssistInterface::getCppSpecifics() const
 
     CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager = CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
     if (CppEditorSupport *supp = modelManager->cppEditorSupport(m_editor)) {
-        if (QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> parser = supp->documentParser()) {
+        if (BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr parser = supp->documentParser()) {
             parser->update(m_workingCopy);
             m_snapshot = parser->snapshot();
             m_headerPaths = parser->headerPaths();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsourceprocessor_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsourceprocessor_test.cpp
index 0a3a09fe0a17e84bfa90354cf3e93e963ec57859..af59cd8334c833d2de1dc662a650db83755eca7d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsourceprocessor_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsourceprocessor_test.cpp
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ void CppToolsPlugin::test_cppsourceprocessor_includes_cyclic()
     CppEditorSupport *cppEditorSupport = CppModelManagerInterface::instance()
         ->cppEditorSupport(editor);
     QVERIFY(cppEditorSupport);
-    QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> documentParser
-        = cppEditorSupport->documentParser();
+    BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr documentParser = cppEditorSupport->documentParser();
     QVERIFY(documentParser);
     Snapshot snapshot = documentParser->snapshot();
     QCOMPARE(snapshot.size(), 3); // Configuration file included
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp
index 2342a5b695dc0a1ec8ae870f6eac1ddd60770136..b3650711d97f9258fbb8126ac256bc455e8003bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.cpp
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ CppCompletionAssistProvider *CppEditorSupport::completionAssistProvider() const
     return m_completionAssistProvider;
 }
 
-QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> CppEditorSupport::documentParser()
+BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr CppEditorSupport::documentParser()
 {
-    QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> updater = documentParser_internal();
+    BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr updater = documentParser_internal();
     if (!updater || updater->filePath() != fileName()) {
-        updater = QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser>(new BuiltinEditorDocumentParser(fileName()));
+        updater = BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr(new BuiltinEditorDocumentParser(fileName()));
         setDocumentParser_internal(updater);
 
         QSharedPointer<CppCodeModelSettings> cms = CppToolsPlugin::instance()->codeModelSettings();
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ void CppEditorSupport::updateDocument()
     m_updateDocumentTimer->start(m_updateDocumentInterval);
 }
 
-static void parse(QFutureInterface<void> &future, QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> updater,
+static void parse(QFutureInterface<void> &future, BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr updater,
                   WorkingCopy workingCopy)
 {
     future.setProgressRange(0, 1);
@@ -524,8 +524,7 @@ SemanticInfo CppEditorSupport::recalculateSemanticInfoNow(const SemanticInfo::So
 
     // Otherwise reprocess document
     } else {
-        const QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> documentParser
-            = documentParser_internal();
+        const BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr documentParser = documentParser_internal();
         QTC_ASSERT(documentParser, return newSemanticInfo);
         newSemanticInfo.snapshot = documentParser->snapshot();
         if (!newSemanticInfo.snapshot.contains(source.fileName))
@@ -584,14 +583,13 @@ void CppEditorSupport::setSemanticInfo(const SemanticInfo &semanticInfo, bool em
         emit semanticInfoUpdated(semanticInfo);
 }
 
-QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> CppEditorSupport::documentParser_internal() const
+BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr CppEditorSupport::documentParser_internal() const
 {
     QMutexLocker locker(&m_documentParserLock);
     return m_documentParser;
 }
 
-void CppEditorSupport::setDocumentParser_internal(
-        const QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> &updater)
+void CppEditorSupport::setDocumentParser_internal(const BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr &updater)
 {
     QMutexLocker locker(&m_documentParserLock);
     m_documentParser = updater;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h
index 1a5ce7b5d99ba79e2c11b0c6f15739a910225cf2..1b173f0b9c643012ce56c8a387783a23c439fef4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolseditorsupport.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public:
 
     CppCompletionAssistProvider *completionAssistProvider() const;
 
-    QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> documentParser();
+    BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr documentParser();
 
     /// Checks whether the document is (re)parsed or about to be (re)parsed.
     bool isUpdatingDocument();
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ private:
     SemanticInfo semanticInfo() const;
     void setSemanticInfo(const SemanticInfo &semanticInfo, bool emitSignal = true);
 
-    QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> documentParser_internal() const;
-    void setDocumentParser_internal(const QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> &updater);
+    BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr documentParser_internal() const;
+    void setDocumentParser_internal(const BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr &updater);
 
 private:
     Internal::CppModelManager *m_modelManager;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ private:
     SemanticInfo m_lastSemanticInfo;
     QFuture<void> m_futureSemanticInfo;
     mutable QMutex m_documentParserLock;
-    QSharedPointer<BuiltinEditorDocumentParser> m_documentParser;
+    BuiltinEditorDocumentParser::Ptr m_documentParser;
     QFuture<void> m_documentParserFuture;
 
     // Highlighting: