diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
index 74060a2e2e7e5ada62295401e1e949759d314101..ea1a0b0a2c22ff8439216c0aebdd782f547f3546 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ PlainTextEditorEditable::PlainTextEditorEditable(PlainTextEditor *editor)
 PlainTextEditor::PlainTextEditor(QWidget *parent)
   : BaseTextEditor(parent),
   m_isMissingSyntaxDefinition(false),
-  m_ignoreMissingSyntaxDefinition(false)
+  m_ignoreMissingSyntaxDefinition(false),
+  m_indenter(new NormalIndenter) // Currently only "normal" indentation is supported.
 {
     setRevisionsVisible(true);
     setMarksVisible(true);
@@ -199,11 +200,6 @@ void PlainTextEditor::configure(const Core::MimeType &mimeType)
 
     setFontSettings(TextEditorSettings::instance()->fontSettings());
 
-    // @todo: Indentation specification through the definition files is not really being used
-    // because Kate recommends to configure indentation  through another feature. Maybe we should
-    // provide something similar in Creator? For now, only normal indentation is supported.
-    m_indenter.reset(new NormalIndenter);
-
     emit configured(editableInterface());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
index 7d7917ff9f38ae962ffad71cdfb48f657966b347..45ae953271a114327ea71ab5bc3c482080edad30 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ private:
 
     bool m_isMissingSyntaxDefinition;
     bool m_ignoreMissingSyntaxDefinition;
-    Utils::CommentDefinition m_commentDefinition;
     QScopedPointer<Indenter> m_indenter;
+    Utils::CommentDefinition m_commentDefinition;
 };
 
 } // namespace TextEditor