diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.cpp
index a7120e71df2..a18132f9846 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
 using namespace ScxmlEditor::Constants;
 using namespace ScxmlEditor::Internal;
 
-ScxmlEditorFactory::ScxmlEditorFactory(QObject *parent)
-    : IEditorFactory(parent)
+ScxmlEditorFactory::ScxmlEditorFactory()
 {
     setId(K_SCXML_EDITOR_ID);
     setDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("ScxmlEditor", C_SCXMLEDITOR_DISPLAY_NAME));
diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.h b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.h
index 42135ec64b3..f4424f613c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.h
+++ b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorfactory.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ScxmlEditorData;
 class ScxmlEditorFactory final : public Core::IEditorFactory
 {
 public:
-    explicit ScxmlEditorFactory(QObject *parent);
+    ScxmlEditorFactory();
 
 private:
     ScxmlEditorData* m_editorData = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.cpp
index d8b1514a178..a78c11893a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "scxmleditorplugin.h"
+
 #include "scxmleditorfactory.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/designmode.h>
@@ -33,12 +34,23 @@ using namespace Core;
 namespace ScxmlEditor {
 namespace Internal {
 
+class ScxmlEditorPluginPrivate
+{
+public:
+    ScxmlEditorFactory editorFactory;
+};
+
+ScxmlEditorPlugin::~ScxmlEditorPlugin()
+{
+    delete d;
+}
+
 bool ScxmlEditorPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorString)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(arguments)
     Q_UNUSED(errorString)
 
-    (void) new ScxmlEditorFactory(this);
+    d = new ScxmlEditorPluginPrivate;
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.h b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.h
index 55555773739..88ab59d7613 100644
--- a/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/scxmleditor/scxmleditorplugin.h
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ class ScxmlEditorPlugin : public ExtensionSystem::IPlugin
 
 public:
     ScxmlEditorPlugin() = default;
+    ~ScxmlEditorPlugin();
 
 private:
     bool initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorString) final;
     void extensionsInitialized() final;
+
+    class ScxmlEditorPluginPrivate *d = nullptr;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal