diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
index 8cc3e421d95..cb5965b79e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
@@ -334,9 +334,6 @@ void DesignDocument::activateCurrentModel(TextModifier *textModifier)
     QApplication::setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt::WaitCursor));
     Q_ASSERT(m_documentModel);
 
-    if (!plainTextEdit()->parent()) // hack to prevent changing owner of external text edit
-        m_stackedWidget->addWidget(plainTextEdit());
-
     viewManager().attachRewriterView(textModifier);
 
     Q_ASSERT(m_documentModel);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h
index adc61dfe39a..292ff1ec896 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.h
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ private: // functions
     Model *createInFileComponentModel();
 
 private: // variables
-    QScopedPointer<QStackedWidget> m_stackedWidget;
     QScopedPointer<Model> m_documentModel;
     QScopedPointer<Model> m_inFileComponentModel;
     QWeakPointer<Core::IEditor> m_textEditor;