diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp
index c20f090b192..bf2243d09fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorqmlbackend.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ PropertyEditorContextObject* PropertyEditorQmlBackend::contextObject() {
 }
 
 QWidget *PropertyEditorQmlBackend::widget() {
-    return m_view->widget();
+    return m_view;
 }
 
 void PropertyEditorQmlBackend::setSource(const QUrl& url) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.cpp
index b7b356d894d..7032a26ef76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.cpp
@@ -45,16 +45,10 @@
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
 Quick2PropertyEditorView::Quick2PropertyEditorView(QWidget *parent) :
-    QQuickView()
+    QQuickWidget(parent)
 {
-    setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
     Theme::setupTheme(engine());
-    m_widget = QWidget::createWindowContainer(this, parent);
-}
-
-QWidget *Quick2PropertyEditorView::widget()
-{
-    return m_widget;
 }
 
 void Quick2PropertyEditorView::registerQmlTypes()
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ bool Quick2PropertyEditorView::event(QEvent *e)
             }
     }
 
-    return QQuickView::event(e);
+    return QQuickWidget::event(e);
 }
 
 } //QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.h
index fba3eca934b..c2c0ba9f36f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/quick2propertyeditorview.h
@@ -25,27 +25,22 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <QQuickView>
+#include <QQuickWidget>
 
 
 namespace QmlDesigner {
 
-class Quick2PropertyEditorView : public QQuickView
+class Quick2PropertyEditorView : public QQuickWidget
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
     explicit Quick2PropertyEditorView(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
 
-    QWidget *widget();
-
     static void registerQmlTypes();
 
 protected:
     bool event(QEvent *e) override;
-
-private:
-    QWidget *m_widget;
 };
 
 } //QmlDesigner