diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index 5ae6a7a1ac4..03841fb3814 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ CmdLineParser::Result CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const a
     mSettings.exename = Path::getCurrentExecutablePath(argv[0]);
 
     // default to --check-level=normal from CLI for now
-    mSettings.setCheckLevelNormal();
+    mSettings.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::normal);
 
     if (argc <= 1) {
         printHelp();
@@ -473,11 +473,11 @@ CmdLineParser::Result CmdLineParser::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const a
 
             // Check code exhaustively
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--check-level=exhaustive") == 0)
-                mSettings.setCheckLevelExhaustive();
+                mSettings.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::exhaustive);
 
             // Check code with normal analysis
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--check-level=normal") == 0)
-                mSettings.setCheckLevelNormal();
+                mSettings.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::normal);
 
             // Check library definitions
             else if (std::strcmp(argv[i], "--check-library") == 0) {
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 2e358a1f0e6..5d79794784c 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ QPair<bool,Settings> MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings()
     result.exename = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().toStdString();
 
     // default to --check-level=normal for GUI for now
-    result.setCheckLevelNormal();
+    result.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::normal);
 
     const bool std = tryLoadLibrary(&result.library, "std.cfg");
     if (!std) {
@@ -1064,9 +1064,9 @@ QPair<bool,Settings> MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings()
         result.maxCtuDepth = mProjectFile->getMaxCtuDepth();
         result.maxTemplateRecursion = mProjectFile->getMaxTemplateRecursion();
         if (mProjectFile->isCheckLevelExhaustive())
-            result.setCheckLevelExhaustive();
+            result.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::exhaustive);
         else
-            result.setCheckLevelNormal();
+            result.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::normal);
         result.checkHeaders = mProjectFile->getCheckHeaders();
         result.checkUnusedTemplates = mProjectFile->getCheckUnusedTemplates();
         result.safeChecks.classes = mProjectFile->safeChecks.classes;
diff --git a/lib/importproject.cpp b/lib/importproject.cpp
index 64c9a6428eb..e6678831512 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.cpp
+++ b/lib/importproject.cpp
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ bool ImportProject::importCppcheckGuiProject(std::istream &istr, Settings *setti
     Settings temp;
 
     // default to --check-level=normal for import for now
-    temp.setCheckLevelNormal();
+    temp.setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::normal);
 
     guiProject.analyzeAllVsConfigs.clear();
 
@@ -1271,9 +1271,9 @@ bool ImportProject::importCppcheckGuiProject(std::istream &istr, Settings *setti
     settings->safeChecks = temp.safeChecks;
 
     if (checkLevelExhaustive)
-        settings->setCheckLevelExhaustive();
+        settings->setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::exhaustive);
     else
-        settings->setCheckLevelNormal();
+        settings->setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::normal);
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index d5e226da64d..1940a07ced3 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
 {
     severity.setEnabled(Severity::error, true);
     certainty.setEnabled(Certainty::normal, true);
-    setCheckLevelExhaustive();
+    setCheckLevel(Settings::CheckLevel::exhaustive);
     executor = defaultExecutor();
 }
 
@@ -268,21 +268,20 @@ void Settings::loadSummaries()
     Summaries::loadReturn(buildDir, summaryReturn);
 }
 
-
-void Settings::setCheckLevelExhaustive()
-{
-    // Checking can take a little while. ~ 10 times slower than normal analysis is OK.
-    checkLevel = CheckLevel::exhaustive;
-    performanceValueFlowMaxIfCount = -1;
-    performanceValueFlowMaxSubFunctionArgs = 256;
-}
-
-void Settings::setCheckLevelNormal()
+void Settings::setCheckLevel(CheckLevel level)
 {
-    // Checking should finish in reasonable time.
-    checkLevel = CheckLevel::normal;
-    performanceValueFlowMaxSubFunctionArgs = 8;
-    performanceValueFlowMaxIfCount = 100;
+    if (level == CheckLevel::normal) {
+        // Checking should finish in reasonable time.
+        checkLevel = level;
+        performanceValueFlowMaxSubFunctionArgs = 8;
+        performanceValueFlowMaxIfCount = 100;
+    }
+    else if (level == CheckLevel::exhaustive) {
+        // Checking can take a little while. ~ 10 times slower than normal analysis is OK.
+        checkLevel = CheckLevel::exhaustive;
+        performanceValueFlowMaxIfCount = -1;
+        performanceValueFlowMaxSubFunctionArgs = 256;
+    }
 }
 
 // TODO: auto generate these tables
diff --git a/lib/settings.h b/lib/settings.h
index 03bf0b9530c..2d48464429f 100644
--- a/lib/settings.h
+++ b/lib/settings.h
@@ -456,15 +456,14 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB WARN_UNUSED Settings {
         return jobs == 1;
     }
 
-    void setCheckLevelExhaustive();
-    void setCheckLevelNormal();
-
     enum class CheckLevel {
         normal,
         exhaustive
     };
     CheckLevel checkLevel = CheckLevel::exhaustive;
 
+    void setCheckLevel(CheckLevel level);
+
     using ExecuteCmdFn = std::function<int (std::string,std::vector<std::string>,std::string,std::string&)>;
     void setMisraRuleTexts(const ExecuteCmdFn& executeCommand);
     void setMisraRuleTexts(const std::string& data);
diff --git a/test/fixture.cpp b/test/fixture.cpp
index 024bd004327..a4cb9b98caa 100644
--- a/test/fixture.cpp
+++ b/test/fixture.cpp
@@ -445,13 +445,8 @@ void TestFixture::setTemplateFormat(const std::string &templateFormat)
     }
 }
 
-TestFixture::SettingsBuilder& TestFixture::SettingsBuilder::normal() {
-    settings.setCheckLevelNormal();
-    return *this;
-}
-
-TestFixture::SettingsBuilder& TestFixture::SettingsBuilder::exhaustive() {
-    settings.setCheckLevelExhaustive();
+TestFixture::SettingsBuilder& TestFixture::SettingsBuilder::checkLevel(Settings::CheckLevel level) {
+    settings.setCheckLevel(level);
     return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/fixture.h b/test/fixture.h
index 17e076546de..cef34a2ba3e 100644
--- a/test/fixture.h
+++ b/test/fixture.h
@@ -208,9 +208,7 @@ class TestFixture : public ErrorLogger {
             return *this;
         }
 
-        SettingsBuilder& exhaustive();
-
-        SettingsBuilder& normal();
+        SettingsBuilder& checkLevel(Settings::CheckLevel level);
 
         SettingsBuilder& library(const char lib[]);