diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakerunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakerunconfiguration.h
index 5fb4a98168e..161d207eac0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakerunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakerunconfiguration.h
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ private:
 
 class CMakeRunConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     CMakeRunConfigurationFactory();
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.cpp
index b6a873ca8f6..c058f19bb63 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Abi CustomExecutableRunConfiguration::abi() const
 // Factory
 
 CustomExecutableRunConfigurationFactory::CustomExecutableRunConfigurationFactory() :
-    FixedRunConfigurationFactory(tr("Custom Executable"))
+    FixedRunConfigurationFactory(CustomExecutableRunConfiguration::tr("Custom Executable"))
 {
     registerRunConfiguration<CustomExecutableRunConfiguration>(CUSTOM_EXECUTABLE_ID);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.h
index dfdb0c680f5..63ec8151507 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customexecutablerunconfiguration.h
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ private:
 
 class CustomExecutableRunConfigurationFactory : public FixedRunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     CustomExecutableRunConfigurationFactory();
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
index e097ffa9295..e88e51b559d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ QString RunConfigurationFactory::decoratedTargetName(const QString targetName, T
         if (IDevice::ConstPtr dev = DeviceKitInformation::device(target->kit())) {
             if (displayName.isEmpty()) {
                 //: Shown in Run configuration if no executable is given, %1 is device name
-                displayName = tr("Run on %1").arg(dev->displayName());
+                displayName = RunConfiguration::tr("Run on %1").arg(dev->displayName());
             } else {
                 //: Shown in Run configuration, Add menu: "name of runnable (on device name)"
-                displayName = tr("%1 (on %2)").arg(displayName, dev->displayName());
+                displayName = RunConfiguration::tr("%1 (on %2)").arg(displayName, dev->displayName());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
index 50c27b34ec0..9a922b41970 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfiguration.h
@@ -310,13 +310,11 @@ public:
     bool useTerminal = false;
 };
 
-class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT RunConfigurationFactory : public QObject
+class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT RunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     RunConfigurationFactory();
-    ~RunConfigurationFactory();
+    virtual ~RunConfigurationFactory();
 
     static const QList<RunConfigurationFactory *> allRunConfigurationFactories();
 
@@ -346,6 +344,9 @@ protected:
     void setDecorateDisplayNames(bool on);
 
 private:
+    RunConfigurationFactory(const RunConfigurationFactory &) = delete;
+    RunConfigurationFactory operator=(const RunConfigurationFactory &) = delete;
+
     bool canHandle(Target *target) const;
 
     friend class RunConfigurationCreationInfo;
@@ -358,8 +359,6 @@ private:
 
 class PROJECTEXPLORER_EXPORT FixedRunConfigurationFactory : public RunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     explicit FixedRunConfigurationFactory(const QString &displayName,
                                           bool addDeviceName = false);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/desktopqmakerunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/desktopqmakerunconfiguration.h
index d960a40fc3a..125e6fba031 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/desktopqmakerunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/desktopqmakerunconfiguration.h
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ private:
 
 class DesktopQmakeRunConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     DesktopQmakeRunConfigurationFactory();
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp
index 87bce94ee99..6e460d3e0b9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.cpp
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 QmlProjectPlugin::~QmlProjectPlugin()
 {
+    delete m_rcFactory;
 }
 
 bool QmlProjectPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &, QString *errorMessage)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(errorMessage)
 
-    auto rcFactory = new QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory;
-    rcFactory->setParent(this);
+    m_rcFactory = new QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory;
 
     ProjectManager::registerProjectType<QmlProject>(QmlJSTools::Constants::QMLPROJECT_MIMETYPE);
     Core::FileIconProvider::registerIconOverlayForSuffix(":/qmlproject/images/qmlproject.png", "qmlproject");
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.h b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.h
index 521840c3a62..d08738cfa99 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectplugin.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public:
 private:
     bool initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorString) final;
     void extensionsInitialized() final {}
+
+    class QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory *m_rcFactory = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.cpp
index 274d6d1b49a..e5abbcc0b3d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace QmlProjectManager {
 namespace Internal {
 
 QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory::QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory() :
-    ProjectExplorer::FixedRunConfigurationFactory(tr("QML Scene"), false)
+    ProjectExplorer::FixedRunConfigurationFactory(QmlProjectRunConfiguration::tr("QML Scene"), false)
 {
     registerRunConfiguration<QmlProjectRunConfiguration>(Constants::QML_SCENE_RC_ID);
     addSupportedProjectType(QmlProjectManager::Constants::QML_PROJECT_ID);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.h b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.h
index f5633ce8d9e..0a94d3c4f32 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlprojectrunconfigurationfactory.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 class QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::FixedRunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     QmlProjectRunConfigurationFactory();
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxrunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxrunconfiguration.h
index 54580251168..3d8036023f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxrunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxrunconfiguration.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ private:
 
 class QnxRunConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
 public:
     QnxRunConfigurationFactory();
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcustomrunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcustomrunconfiguration.h
index 7e30d339824..bf29ba17ef6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcustomrunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcustomrunconfiguration.h
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ private:
 
 class RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::FixedRunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     RemoteLinuxCustomRunConfigurationFactory();
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h
index 6032e107148..09860e681cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ private:
 
 class RemoteLinuxRunConfigurationFactory : public ProjectExplorer::RunConfigurationFactory
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
     RemoteLinuxRunConfigurationFactory();
 };