diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 88c2b27fabf416a9b68b5392c3cbb91addf56ef4..e0a33c41ebd1d894ef0bf8d11dbcd64b84b2d147 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -1808,8 +1808,6 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::startupProjectChanged()
     }
 
     activeTargetChanged();
-
-    emit updateRunActions();
 }
 
 void ProjectExplorerPlugin::activeTargetChanged()