diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
index 9e8fea12ded..3b68746c8ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
@@ -894,18 +894,18 @@ void SessionManagerPrivate::askUserAboutFailedProjects()
     if (!failedProjects.isEmpty()) {
         QString fileList =
             QDir::toNativeSeparators(failedProjects.join(QLatin1String("<br>")));
-        auto box = new QMessageBox(QMessageBox::Warning,
+        QMessageBox box(QMessageBox::Warning,
                                    SessionManager::tr("Failed to restore project files"),
                                    SessionManager::tr("Could not restore the following project files:<br><b>%1</b>").
                                    arg(fileList));
-        auto keepButton = new QPushButton(SessionManager::tr("Keep projects in Session"), box);
-        auto removeButton = new QPushButton(SessionManager::tr("Remove projects from Session"), box);
-        box->addButton(keepButton, QMessageBox::AcceptRole);
-        box->addButton(removeButton, QMessageBox::DestructiveRole);
+        auto keepButton = new QPushButton(SessionManager::tr("Keep projects in Session"), &box);
+        auto removeButton = new QPushButton(SessionManager::tr("Remove projects from Session"), &box);
+        box.addButton(keepButton, QMessageBox::AcceptRole);
+        box.addButton(removeButton, QMessageBox::DestructiveRole);
 
-        box->exec();
+        box.exec();
 
-        if (box->clickedButton() == removeButton)
+        if (box.clickedButton() == removeButton)
             m_failedProjects.clear();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index 7357510abda..d51e139c5fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void FontSettingsPage::maybeSaveColorScheme()
     if (d_ptr->m_value.colorScheme() == d_ptr->m_ui->schemeEdit->colorScheme())
         return;
 
-    QMessageBox *messageBox = new QMessageBox(QMessageBox::Warning,
+    QMessageBox messageBox(QMessageBox::Warning,
                                               tr("Color Scheme Changed"),
                                               tr("The color scheme \"%1\" was modified, do you want to save the changes?")
                                                   .arg(d_ptr->m_ui->schemeEdit->colorScheme().displayName()),
@@ -562,12 +562,12 @@ void FontSettingsPage::maybeSaveColorScheme()
                                               d_ptr->m_ui->schemeComboBox->window());
 
     // Change the text of the discard button
-    QPushButton *discardButton = static_cast<QPushButton*>(messageBox->button(QMessageBox::Discard));
+    QPushButton *discardButton = static_cast<QPushButton*>(messageBox.button(QMessageBox::Discard));
     discardButton->setText(tr("Discard"));
-    messageBox->addButton(discardButton, QMessageBox::DestructiveRole);
-    messageBox->setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::Save);
+    messageBox.addButton(discardButton, QMessageBox::DestructiveRole);
+    messageBox.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox::Save);
 
-    if (messageBox->exec() == QMessageBox::Save) {
+    if (messageBox.exec() == QMessageBox::Save) {
         const ColorScheme &scheme = d_ptr->m_ui->schemeEdit->colorScheme();
         scheme.save(d_ptr->m_value.colorSchemeFileName(), Core::ICore::mainWindow());
     }