diff --git a/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.cpp
index c2dfa92bab5..a9b10e6767b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 // ---------- EditorWidget
 
-EditorWidget::EditorWidget(FormEditorW *few, QWidget *parent) :
+EditorWidget::EditorWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     Utils::FancyMainWindow(parent),
     m_stack(new FormEditorStack)
 {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EditorWidget::EditorWidget(FormEditorW *few, QWidget *parent) :
     setCorner(Qt::BottomLeftCorner, Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea);
     setCorner(Qt::BottomRightCorner, Qt::RightDockWidgetArea);
 
-    QWidget * const*subs = few->designerSubWindows();
+    QWidget * const*subs = FormEditorW::designerSubWindows();
     for (int i = 0; i < DesignerSubWindowCount; i++) {
         QWidget *subWindow = subs[i];
         subWindow->setWindowTitle(subs[i]->windowTitle());
diff --git a/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.h b/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.h
index 7bae38c2b73..5279135f58f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/designer/editorwidget.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 class EditorData;
 class FormEditorStack;
-class FormEditorW;
 
 // Design mode main view.
 class EditorWidget : public Utils::FancyMainWindow
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ class EditorWidget : public Utils::FancyMainWindow
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit EditorWidget(FormEditorW *fe, QWidget *parent = 0);
+    explicit EditorWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
     QDockWidget* const* designerDockWidgets() const;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/designer/formeditorw.cpp b/src/plugins/designer/formeditorw.cpp
index ce1aac321cf..b91e1cf0f82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/designer/formeditorw.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/designer/formeditorw.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void FormEditorData::fullInit()
     });
 
     // Nest toolbar and editor widget
-    m_editorWidget = new EditorWidget(m_instance);
+    m_editorWidget = new EditorWidget;
     QSettings *settings = ICore::settings();
     settings->beginGroup(QLatin1String(settingsGroupC));
     m_editorWidget->restoreSettings(settings);