diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
index 2799cc345d6..5360417432a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
@@ -96,12 +96,8 @@ void ItemLibraryView::modelAttached(Model *model)
     auto target = QmlDesignerPlugin::instance()->currentDesignDocument()->currentTarget();
     m_imageCacheData->cache.clean();
 
-    if (target) {
-        auto clonedTarget = std::make_unique<ProjectExplorer::Target>(
-            target->project(), target->kit()->clone(), ProjectExplorer::Target::_constructor_tag{});
-
-        m_imageCacheData->collector.setTarget(std::move(clonedTarget));
-    }
+    if (target)
+        m_imageCacheData->collector.setTarget(target);
 
     m_widget->clearSearchFilter();
     m_widget->setModel(model);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.cpp
index 55d44d7d49f..fb7367822ba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void ImageCacheCollector::start(Utils::SmallStringView name,
 
     m_connectionManager.setCallback(std::move(captureCallback));
 
-    nodeInstanceView.setTarget(m_target.get());
+    nodeInstanceView.setTarget(m_target.data());
     nodeInstanceView.setCrashCallback(abortCallback);
     model->setNodeInstanceView(&nodeInstanceView);
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ void ImageCacheCollector::start(Utils::SmallStringView name,
         abortCallback();
 }
 
-void ImageCacheCollector::setTarget(std::unique_ptr<ProjectExplorer::Target> target)
+void ImageCacheCollector::setTarget(ProjectExplorer::Target *target)
 {
-    m_target = std::move(target);
+    m_target = target;
 }
 
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.h
index d7f19e17a7c..82756c7d22b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/imagecache/imagecachecollector.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "imagecachecollectorinterface.h"
 
-#include <memory>
+#include <QPointer>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 class QTextDocument;
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ public:
                CaptureCallback captureCallback,
                AbortCallback abortCallback) override;
 
-    void setTarget(std::unique_ptr<ProjectExplorer::Target> target);
+    void setTarget(ProjectExplorer::Target *target);
 
 private:
     ImageCacheConnectionManager &m_connectionManager;
-    std::unique_ptr<ProjectExplorer::Target> m_target;
+    QPointer<ProjectExplorer::Target> m_target;
 };
 
 } // namespace QmlDesigner