diff --git a/dlls/qmgr/factory.c b/dlls/qmgr/factory.c
index 222f5df091d..f120dae47e2 100644
--- a/dlls/qmgr/factory.c
+++ b/dlls/qmgr/factory.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ BITS_IClassFactory_CreateInstance(IClassFactory *iface, IUnknown *pUnkOuter, REF
     if (pUnkOuter)
         return CLASS_E_NOAGGREGATION;
 
-    res = BackgroundCopyManagerConstructor(pUnkOuter, (LPVOID*) &punk);
+    res = BackgroundCopyManagerConstructor((LPVOID*) &punk);
     if (FAILED(res))
         return res;
 
diff --git a/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.c b/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.c
index 17b374bbf92..c3c6dbe5219 100644
--- a/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.c
+++ b/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.c
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ BackgroundCopyManagerImpl globalMgr = {
 };
 
 /* Constructor for instances of background copy manager */
-HRESULT BackgroundCopyManagerConstructor(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, LPVOID *ppObj)
+HRESULT BackgroundCopyManagerConstructor(LPVOID *ppObj)
 {
-    TRACE("(%p,%p)\n", pUnkOuter, ppObj);
+    TRACE("(%p)\n", ppObj);
     *ppObj = &globalMgr;
     return S_OK;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.h b/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.h
index 4a9bb152692..8f2281d5f0d 100644
--- a/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.h
+++ b/dlls/qmgr/qmgr.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern HANDLE stop_event DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern ClassFactoryImpl BITS_ClassFactory DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern BackgroundCopyManagerImpl globalMgr DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 
-HRESULT BackgroundCopyManagerConstructor(IUnknown *pUnkOuter, LPVOID *ppObj) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+HRESULT BackgroundCopyManagerConstructor(LPVOID *ppObj) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 HRESULT BackgroundCopyJobConstructor(LPCWSTR displayName, BG_JOB_TYPE type,
                                      GUID *pJobId, BackgroundCopyJobImpl **job) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 HRESULT enum_copy_job_create(BackgroundCopyManagerImpl *qmgr,