diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewerplugin.cpp
index 09213fa1282..56e5d1ae8b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewerplugin.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ bool ImageViewerPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorM
         return false;
 
     m_factory = new ImageViewerFactory(this);
-    Aggregation::Aggregate *aggregate = new Aggregation::Aggregate;
-    aggregate->add(m_factory);
-
     addAutoReleasedObject(m_factory);
     return true;
 }