diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp
index 1e4b7b7c762f05dfc5dfad227c5534d7855404f2..2fb33a43c6d2f4819a0f0c5479e63ae36499f17b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.cpp
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ void QtOutputFormatter::appendMessage(const QString &txt, Utils::OutputFormat fo
     cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor::End);
     cursor.beginEditBlock();
 
-    QString text = txt;
-    text.remove(QLatin1Char('\r'));
-
     QString deferedText;
 
     int start = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h
index 3c9e79ee0f931bc792000339309af21ebd7bba3b..b9c7ccf8bf6cb1f2e47ef0d1fa4a4ce61176d9f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtoutputformatter.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ private:
     QRegExp m_qtTestFail;
     QWeakPointer<ProjectExplorer::Project> m_project;
     QString m_lastLine;
-    QString m_deferedText;
     Utils::FileInProjectFinder m_projectFinder;
 };