diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp
index eb1079e4b53..7eaef33f921 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ AutotestPlugin::AutotestPlugin()
 
 AutotestPlugin::~AutotestPlugin()
 {
+    delete m_navigationWidgetFactory;
+    delete m_resultsPane;
+    delete m_testSettingPage;
     delete m_frameworkManager;
 }
 
@@ -154,9 +157,9 @@ bool AutotestPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorStri
     m_frameworkManager->registerTestFramework(new GTestFramework);
 
     m_frameworkManager->synchronizeSettings(ICore::settings());
-    addAutoReleasedObject(new TestSettingsPage(m_settings));
-    addAutoReleasedObject(new TestNavigationWidgetFactory);
-    addAutoReleasedObject(TestResultsPane::instance());
+    m_testSettingPage = new TestSettingsPage(m_settings);
+    m_navigationWidgetFactory = new TestNavigationWidgetFactory;
+    m_resultsPane = TestResultsPane::instance();
 
     m_frameworkManager->activateFrameworksFromSettings(m_settings);
     TestTreeModel::instance()->syncTestFrameworks();
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h
index f8769a2a12a..3f375dcd2ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/autotestplugin.h
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ namespace Autotest {
 namespace Internal {
 
 class TestFrameworkManager;
+class TestNavigationWidgetFactory;
+class TestResultsPane;
 struct TestSettings;
+class TestSettingsPage;
 
 class AutotestPlugin : public ExtensionSystem::IPlugin
 {
@@ -61,6 +64,9 @@ private:
     QList<QObject *> createTestObjects() const override;
     const QSharedPointer<TestSettings> m_settings;
     TestFrameworkManager *m_frameworkManager = nullptr;
+    TestSettingsPage *m_testSettingPage = nullptr;
+    TestNavigationWidgetFactory *m_navigationWidgetFactory = nullptr;
+    TestResultsPane *m_resultsPane = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.cpp
index 8b6bfe22707..bb86f1e4ba9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "autotestconstants.h"
 #include "autotestplugin.h"
 #include "iframeworksettings.h"
-#include "itestframework.h"
 #include "itestparser.h"
 #include "itestsettingspage.h"
 #include "testrunner.h"
@@ -66,6 +65,8 @@ TestFrameworkManager::~TestFrameworkManager()
 {
     delete m_testRunner;
     delete m_testTreeModel;
+    qDeleteAll(m_frameworkSettingsPages);
+    m_frameworkSettingsPages.clear();
     for (ITestFramework *framework : m_registeredFrameworks.values())
         delete framework;
 }
@@ -79,13 +80,11 @@ bool TestFrameworkManager::registerTestFramework(ITestFramework *framework)
     qCDebug(LOG) << "Registering" << id;
     m_registeredFrameworks.insert(id, framework);
 
-    AutotestPlugin *plugin = AutotestPlugin::instance();
-
     if (framework->hasFrameworkSettings()) {
         QSharedPointer<IFrameworkSettings> frameworkSettings(framework->createFrameworkSettings());
         m_frameworkSettings.insert(id, frameworkSettings);
         if (auto page = framework->createSettingsPage(frameworkSettings))
-            plugin->addAutoReleasedObject(page);
+            m_frameworkSettingsPages.append(page);
     }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.h b/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.h
index 6f37adc84cb..3b8c5d4e9fb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testframeworkmanager.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "itestframework.h"
+
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QSharedPointer>
 
@@ -38,8 +40,8 @@ namespace Autotest {
 namespace Internal {
 
 class IFrameworkSettings;
-class ITestFramework;
 class ITestParser;
+class ITestSettingsPage;
 class TestRunner;
 struct TestSettings;
 class TestTreeItem;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ private:
     explicit TestFrameworkManager();
     QHash<Core::Id, ITestFramework *> m_registeredFrameworks;
     QHash<Core::Id, QSharedPointer<IFrameworkSettings> > m_frameworkSettings;
+    QVector<ITestSettingsPage *> m_frameworkSettingsPages;
     TestTreeModel *m_testTreeModel;
     TestRunner *m_testRunner;