diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp
index f708ba0c617..020369708ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.cpp
@@ -238,11 +238,6 @@ QMimeData *ItemLibraryModel::getMimeData(const ItemLibraryEntry &itemLibraryEntr
     return mimeData;
 }
 
-QList<ItemLibrarySection *> ItemLibraryModel::sections() const
-{
-    return m_sections;
-}
-
 void ItemLibraryModel::clearSections()
 {
     qDeleteAll(m_sections);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.h
index 5d39a000856..bdbad139330 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibrarymodel.h
@@ -58,17 +58,8 @@ public:
 
     QMimeData *getMimeData(const ItemLibraryEntry &itemLibraryEntry);
 
-    QList<ItemLibrarySection*> sections() const;
-
-    void clearSections();
-
     static void registerQmlTypes();
 
-    int visibleSectionCount() const;
-    QList<ItemLibrarySection*> visibleSections() const;
-
-    ItemLibrarySection *sectionByName(const QString &sectionName);
-
     void setSearchText(const QString &searchText);
 
     void setExpanded(bool, const QString &section);
@@ -80,13 +71,15 @@ signals:
     void searchTextChanged();
 
 private: // functions
+    ItemLibrarySection *sectionByName(const QString &sectionName);
     void updateVisibility(bool *changed);
     void addRoleNames();
     void sortSections();
+    void clearSections();
 
 
 private: // variables
-    QList<ItemLibrarySection*> m_sections;
+    QList<QPointer<ItemLibrarySection>> m_sections;
     QHash<int, QByteArray> m_roleNames;
 
     QString m_searchText;