diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
index 58f6aeab6ab..e0119a145a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/designeractionmanager.cpp
@@ -186,11 +186,6 @@ public:
         m_designerActionList = designerActionList;
     }
 
-    QWidget *widget() QTC_OVERRIDE
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
 protected:
     void setupContext()
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
index 6e5e377f3e5..8f6e9272697 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.cpp
@@ -220,11 +220,6 @@ void DebugView::propertiesRemoved(const QList<AbstractProperty> &propertyList)
     }
 }
 
-QWidget *DebugView::widget()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void DebugView::auxiliaryDataChanged(const ModelNode &node, const PropertyName &name, const QVariant &data)
 {
     if (isDebugViewEnabled()) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.h
index 2783455f352..6460174174f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/debugview/debugview.h
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ public:
     void scriptFunctionsChanged(const ModelNode &node, const QStringList &scriptFunctionList) QTC_OVERRIDE;
     void propertiesRemoved(const QList<AbstractProperty> &propertyList) QTC_OVERRIDE;
 
-    QWidget *widget() QTC_OVERRIDE;
-
     void auxiliaryDataChanged(const ModelNode &node, const PropertyName &name, const QVariant &data) QTC_OVERRIDE;
 
     void rewriterBeginTransaction() QTC_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
index 1ef585f4dfc..08273674329 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/dragtool.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ void DragTool::dragEnterEvent(QGraphicsSceneDragDropEvent * event)
         QList<Import> importToBeAddedList;
         m_blockMove = false;
         if (event->mimeData()->hasFormat("application/vnd.bauhaus.itemlibraryinfo")) {
-            view()->widget()->setFocus();
+            view()->widgetInfo().widget->setFocus();
             m_Aborted = false;
             Q_ASSERT(!event->mimeData()->data("application/vnd.bauhaus.itemlibraryinfo").isEmpty());
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
index 699df557eb1..14800d0aab0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
@@ -274,11 +274,6 @@ void FormEditorView::bindingPropertiesChanged(const QList<BindingProperty>& prop
     QmlModelView::bindingPropertiesChanged(propertyList, propertyChange);
 }
 
-QWidget *FormEditorView::widget()
-{
-    return m_formEditorWidget.data();
-}
-
 WidgetInfo FormEditorView::widgetInfo()
 {
     return createWidgetInfo(m_formEditorWidget.data(), "FormEditor", WidgetInfo::CentralPane, 0, tr("Form Editor"));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.h
index 374434e5f42..045e1d62930 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ public:
     void propertiesRemoved(const QList<AbstractProperty> &propertyList) QTC_OVERRIDE;
 
     // FormEditorView
-    QWidget *widget() QTC_OVERRIDE;
     WidgetInfo widgetInfo() QTC_OVERRIDE;
 
     FormEditorWidget *formEditorWidget();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.cpp
index 47666211412..465a10325bd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.cpp
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ void ComponentView::setComponentNode(const ModelNode &node)
     m_componentAction->setCurrentIndex(indexForNode(node));
 }
 
-QWidget *ComponentView::widget()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void ComponentView::removeSingleNodeFromList(const ModelNode &node)
 {
     for (int row = 0; row < m_standardItemModel->rowCount(); row++) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.h
index db29174b690..43d7e9b1bd5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/componentview.h
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ public:
 
     void setComponentNode(const ModelNode &node);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
-
 signals:
     void componentListChanged(const QStringList &componentList);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
index ccebc4239ad..7e152dd524b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
@@ -222,9 +222,4 @@ void DesignDocumentView::fromText(QString text)
     }
 }
 
-QWidget *DesignDocumentView::widget()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 }// namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h
index 1555543e7ab..afac32fa251 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ public:
     QString toText() const;
     void fromText(QString text);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
-
 private:
     ModelMerger m_modelMerger;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
index 745420bc7d2..16f59104bf9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.cpp
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ ItemLibraryView::~ItemLibraryView()
 
 }
 
-QWidget *ItemLibraryView::widget()
-{
-    if (m_widget.isNull())
-        m_widget = new ItemLibraryWidget;
-
-    return m_widget.data();
-}
-
 bool ItemLibraryView::hasWidget() const
 {
     return true;
@@ -58,7 +50,10 @@ bool ItemLibraryView::hasWidget() const
 
 WidgetInfo ItemLibraryView::widgetInfo()
 {
-    return createWidgetInfo(widget(), QLatin1String("Library"), WidgetInfo::LeftPane, 0);
+    if (m_widget.isNull())
+            m_widget = new ItemLibraryWidget;
+
+    return createWidgetInfo(m_widget.data(), QLatin1String("Library"), WidgetInfo::LeftPane, 0);
 }
 
 void ItemLibraryView::modelAttached(Model *model)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.h
index c50b78aaace..277dac312a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/itemlibrary/itemlibraryview.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public:
     ItemLibraryView(QObject* parent = 0);
     ~ItemLibraryView();
 
-    QWidget *widget() QTC_OVERRIDE;
     bool hasWidget() const QTC_OVERRIDE;
     WidgetInfo widgetInfo() QTC_OVERRIDE;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp
index 26123262841..efb47800c56 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.cpp
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ NavigatorView::~NavigatorView()
         delete m_widget.data();
 }
 
-QWidget *NavigatorView::widget()
-{
-    return m_widget.data();
-}
-
 bool NavigatorView::hasWidget() const
 {
     return true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h
index 20221e51fd9..2a802d7a265 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatorview.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public:
     NavigatorView(QObject* parent = 0);
     ~NavigatorView();
 
-    QWidget *widget();
     bool hasWidget() const;
     WidgetInfo widgetInfo();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp
index 3df98108b8d..4a28986b49b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.cpp
@@ -961,11 +961,6 @@ void PropertyEditor::select(const ModelNode &node)
     delayedResetView();
 }
 
-QWidget *PropertyEditor::widget()
-{
-    return m_stackedWidget;
-}
-
 bool PropertyEditor::hasWidget() const
 {
     return true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.h
index bbda3db6a56..a1d9be92bb9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditor.h
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ public:
 
     void setQmlDir(const QString &qmlDirPath);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
     bool hasWidget() const;
     WidgetInfo widgetInfo();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
index b7956aa443b..b44965333c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.cpp
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ StatesEditorView::StatesEditorView(QObject *parent) :
     // base state
 }
 
-QWidget *StatesEditorView::widget()
-{
-    return m_statesEditorWidget.data();
-}
-
 WidgetInfo StatesEditorView::widgetInfo()
 {
     return createWidgetInfo(m_statesEditorWidget.data(), "StatesEditor", WidgetInfo::TopPane, 0, tr("States Editor"));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.h
index 73dca2487be..5f1e1038c06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorview.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ public:
 
     void instancesPreviewImageChanged(const QVector<ModelNode> &nodeList);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
     WidgetInfo widgetInfo();
 
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h
index 03aa1f8bf3f..b196d209d2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/abstractview.h
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ public:
     void resetView();
 
     virtual bool hasWidget() const;
-    virtual QWidget *widget() = 0;
     virtual WidgetInfo widgetInfo();
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
index 424bf73d459..734211c29f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/nodeinstanceview.h
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ public:
 
     void sendToken(const QString &token, int number, const QVector<ModelNode> &nodeVector);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
-
 signals:
     void qmlPuppetCrashed();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
index 0c5dd8e7d44..5ffdfef2b49 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
@@ -206,8 +206,6 @@ public:
 
     QString pathForImport(const Import &import);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
-
 signals:
     void errorsChanged(const QList<RewriterView::Error> &errors);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index 301e1759c92..479e12db1bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -1244,9 +1244,4 @@ void NodeInstanceView::sendToken(const QString &token, int number, const QVector
     nodeInstanceServer()->token(TokenCommand(token, number, instanceIdVector));
 }
 
-QWidget *NodeInstanceView::widget()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
index ffd0a116970..139c4c99ab9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
@@ -734,11 +734,6 @@ QString RewriterView::pathForImport(const Import &import)
     return QString();
 }
 
-QWidget *RewriterView::widget()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void RewriterView::qmlTextChanged()
 {
     if (inErrorState())
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.cpp
index 05b7d855844..c0871e08c35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.cpp
@@ -287,9 +287,5 @@ void ViewLogger::actualStateChanged(const ModelNode &node)
     m_output << time() << indent("actualStateChanged:") << node << endl;
 }
 
-QWidget *ViewLogger::widget()
-{
-    return 0;
-}
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.h
index 8fc0dd7cb27..1c1f2444ffe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/viewlogger.h
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ public:
 
     void actualStateChanged(const ModelNode &node);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
-
 protected:
     QString time() const;