diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletion_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletion_test.cpp
index 679e141b75e..5acb27f0467 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletion_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcompletion_test.cpp
@@ -107,17 +107,18 @@ public:
                                                ExplicitlyInvoked, m_snapshot,
                                                ProjectPart::HeaderPaths());
         CppCompletionAssistProcessor processor;
-        IAssistProposal *proposal = processor.perform(ai);
-        if (!proposal)
+
+        const Tests::IAssistProposalScopedPointer proposal(processor.perform(ai));
+        if (!proposal.d)
             return completions;
-        IAssistProposalModel *model = proposal->model();
+        IAssistProposalModel *model = proposal.d->model();
         if (!model)
             return completions;
         CppAssistProposalModel *listmodel = dynamic_cast<CppAssistProposalModel *>(model);
         if (!listmodel)
             return completions;
 
-        const int pos = proposal->basePosition();
+        const int pos = proposal.d->basePosition();
         const int length = m_position - pos;
         const QString prefix = Convenience::textAt(QTextCursor(m_editorWidget->document()), pos,
                                                    length);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.cpp
index d76ee4818e8..e88e1b4697c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <texteditor/basetexteditor.h>
+#include <texteditor/codeassist/iassistproposal.h>
+#include <texteditor/codeassist/iassistproposalmodel.h>
 
 #include <cplusplus/CppDocument.h>
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
@@ -212,5 +214,15 @@ FileWriterAndRemover::~FileWriterAndRemover()
     }
 }
 
+IAssistProposalScopedPointer::IAssistProposalScopedPointer(TextEditor::IAssistProposal *proposal)
+    : d(proposal)
+{}
+
+IAssistProposalScopedPointer::~IAssistProposalScopedPointer()
+{
+    if (d && d->model())
+        delete d->model();
+}
+
 } // namespace Tests
 } // namespace CppTools
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.h
index 321e957bc4b..fd45f8a32e7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cpptoolstestcase.h
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ namespace CPlusPlus {
 class Document;
 class Snapshot;
 }
+
 namespace Core { class IEditor; }
-namespace TextEditor { class BaseTextEditor; }
+
+namespace TextEditor {
+class BaseTextEditor;
+class IAssistProposal;
+}
 
 namespace CppTools {
 namespace Tests {
@@ -108,6 +113,17 @@ private:
     bool m_writtenSuccessfully;
 };
 
+// Normally the proposal is deleted by the ProcessorRunner or the
+// GenericProposalWidget, but in tests we usually don't make use of them.
+class CPPTOOLS_EXPORT IAssistProposalScopedPointer
+{
+public:
+    IAssistProposalScopedPointer(TextEditor::IAssistProposal *proposal);
+    ~IAssistProposalScopedPointer();
+
+    QScopedPointer<TextEditor::IAssistProposal> d;
+};
+
 } // namespace Tests
 } // namespace CppTools
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
index 9c128b26300..c72f6fef9e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/symbolsearcher_test.cpp
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ public:
         m_modelManager->setIndexingSupport(m_indexingSupportToUse);
 
         CppIndexingSupport *indexingSupport = m_modelManager->indexingSupport();
-        SymbolSearcher *symbolSearcher = indexingSupport->createSymbolSearcher(searchParameters,
-            QSet<QString>() << testFile);
+        const QScopedPointer<SymbolSearcher> symbolSearcher(
+            indexingSupport->createSymbolSearcher(searchParameters, QSet<QString>() << testFile));
         QFuture<Core::SearchResultItem> search
-            = QtConcurrent::run(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher);
+            = QtConcurrent::run(&SymbolSearcher::runSearch, symbolSearcher.data());
         search.waitForFinished();
         ResultDataList results = ResultData::fromSearchResultList(search.results());
         QCOMPARE(results, expectedResults);