diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
index 58607ffbe05..69ccce01de6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.cpp
@@ -569,11 +569,17 @@ ProvisioningProfilePtr IosConfigurations::provisioningProfile(const QString &pro
                                 equal(&ProvisioningProfile::identifier, profileID));
 }
 
-IosToolchainFactory::IosToolchainFactory()
+class IosToolchainFactory final : public ToolchainFactory
 {
-    setSupportedLanguages({ProjectExplorer::Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID,
-                           ProjectExplorer::Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID});
-}
+public:
+    IosToolchainFactory()
+    {
+        setSupportedLanguages({ProjectExplorer::Constants::C_LANGUAGE_ID,
+                               ProjectExplorer::Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID});
+    }
+
+    Toolchains autoDetect(const ToolchainDetector &detector) const final;
+};
 
 Toolchains IosToolchainFactory::autoDetect(const ToolchainDetector &detector) const
 {
@@ -612,6 +618,11 @@ Toolchains IosToolchainFactory::autoDetect(const ToolchainDetector &detector) co
     return toolChains;
 }
 
+void setupIosToolchain()
+{
+    static IosToolchainFactory theIosToolchainFactory;
+}
+
 QString DevelopmentTeam::identifier() const
 {
     return m_identifier;
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.h
index 90a98d862bf..7b65f2f8e6b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosconfigurations.h
@@ -69,15 +69,6 @@ private:
 using DevelopmentTeamPtr = std::shared_ptr<DevelopmentTeam>;
 using DevelopmentTeams = QList<DevelopmentTeamPtr>;
 
-class IosToolchainFactory : public ProjectExplorer::ToolchainFactory
-{
-public:
-    IosToolchainFactory();
-
-    ProjectExplorer::Toolchains autoDetect(
-            const ProjectExplorer::ToolchainDetector &detector) const final;
-};
-
 class IosConfigurations : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -123,4 +114,6 @@ private:
 QDebug &operator<<(QDebug &stream, std::shared_ptr<ProvisioningProfile> profile);
 QDebug &operator<<(QDebug &stream, std::shared_ptr<DevelopmentTeam> team);
 
+void setupIosToolchain();
+
 } // Ios::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/ios/iosplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/ios/iosplugin.cpp
index 5fddcb899a6..8096d632a78 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ios/iosplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/ios/iosplugin.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class IosPluginPrivate
 public:
     IosQmakeBuildConfigurationFactory qmakeBuildConfigurationFactory;
     IosCMakeBuildConfigurationFactory cmakeBuildConfigurationFactory;
-    IosToolchainFactory toolChainFactory;
     IosRunConfigurationFactory runConfigurationFactory;
     IosSettingsPage settingsPage;
     IosQtVersionFactory qtVersionFactory;
@@ -76,6 +75,8 @@ class IosPlugin final : public ExtensionSystem::IPlugin
     {
         qRegisterMetaType<Ios::IosToolHandler::Dict>("Ios::IosToolHandler::Dict");
 
+        setupIosToolchain();
+
         IosConfigurations::initialize();
 
         d = new IosPluginPrivate;