diff --git a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.cpp
index 41a4df12ca2..bec3718b466 100644
--- a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ namespace Axivion::Internal {
 class AxivionPluginPrivate : public QObject
 {
 public:
-    AxivionProjectSettings *projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
     void onStartupProjectChanged();
     void fetchProjectInfo(const QString &projectName);
     void handleProjectInfo(const ProjectInfo &info);
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ public:
     void fetchRuleInfo(const QString &id);
 
     AxivionOutputPane m_axivionOutputPane;
-    QHash<ProjectExplorer::Project *, AxivionProjectSettings *> m_axivionProjectSettings;
     ProjectInfo m_currentProjectInfo;
     bool m_runningQuery = false;
 };
@@ -86,10 +84,7 @@ AxivionTextMark::AxivionTextMark(const Utils::FilePath &filePath, const ShortIss
 
 AxivionPlugin::~AxivionPlugin()
 {
-    if (dd && !dd->m_axivionProjectSettings.isEmpty()) {
-        qDeleteAll(dd->m_axivionProjectSettings);
-        dd->m_axivionProjectSettings.clear();
-    }
+    AxivionProjectSettings::destroyProjectSettings();
     delete dd;
     dd = nullptr;
 }
@@ -114,14 +109,6 @@ void AxivionPlugin::initialize()
             dd, &AxivionPluginPrivate::onDocumentClosed);
 }
 
-AxivionProjectSettings *AxivionPlugin::projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
-{
-    QTC_ASSERT(project, return nullptr);
-    QTC_ASSERT(dd, return nullptr);
-
-    return dd->projectSettings(project);
-}
-
 void AxivionPlugin::fetchProjectInfo(const QString &projectName)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(dd, return);
@@ -134,14 +121,6 @@ ProjectInfo AxivionPlugin::projectInfo()
     return dd->m_currentProjectInfo;
 }
 
-AxivionProjectSettings *AxivionPluginPrivate::projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
-{
-    auto &settings = m_axivionProjectSettings[project];
-    if (!settings)
-        settings = new AxivionProjectSettings(project);
-    return settings;
-}
-
 void AxivionPluginPrivate::onStartupProjectChanged()
 {
     ProjectExplorer::Project *project = ProjectExplorer::ProjectManager::startupProject();
@@ -152,7 +131,7 @@ void AxivionPluginPrivate::onStartupProjectChanged()
         return;
     }
 
-    const AxivionProjectSettings *projSettings = projectSettings(project);
+    const AxivionProjectSettings *projSettings = AxivionProjectSettings::projectSettings(project);
     fetchProjectInfo(projSettings->dashboardProjectName());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.h b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.h
index f4633cd378c..9d71366fc45 100644
--- a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionplugin.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ public:
     AxivionPlugin() {}
     ~AxivionPlugin() final;
 
-    static AxivionProjectSettings *projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
-
     static void fetchProjectInfo(const QString &projectName);
     static ProjectInfo projectInfo();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp
index d38f10f0e1d..58ec2eecd5e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.cpp
@@ -17,12 +17,39 @@
 #include <QTreeWidget>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
+using namespace ProjectExplorer;
 using namespace Utils;
 
 namespace Axivion::Internal {
 
 const char PSK_PROJECTNAME[] = "Axivion.ProjectName";
 
+class AxivionProjectSettingsHandler : public QObject
+{
+public:
+    AxivionProjectSettings *projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
+    {
+        auto &settings = m_axivionProjectSettings[project];
+        if (!settings)
+            settings = new AxivionProjectSettings(project);
+        return settings;
+    }
+
+    void destroy()
+    {
+        qDeleteAll(m_axivionProjectSettings);
+        m_axivionProjectSettings.clear();
+    }
+
+    QHash<ProjectExplorer::Project *, AxivionProjectSettings *> m_axivionProjectSettings;
+};
+
+static AxivionProjectSettingsHandler &projectSettingsHandler()
+{
+    static AxivionProjectSettingsHandler theProjectSettingsHandler;
+    return theProjectSettingsHandler;
+}
+
 AxivionProjectSettings::AxivionProjectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
     : m_project{project}
 {
@@ -33,6 +60,16 @@ AxivionProjectSettings::AxivionProjectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project
             this, &AxivionProjectSettings::save);
 }
 
+AxivionProjectSettings *AxivionProjectSettings::projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
+{
+    return projectSettingsHandler().projectSettings(project);
+}
+
+void AxivionProjectSettings::destroyProjectSettings()
+{
+    projectSettingsHandler().destroy();
+}
+
 void AxivionProjectSettings::load()
 {
     m_dashboardProjectName = m_project->namedSettings(PSK_PROJECTNAME).toString();
@@ -46,7 +83,7 @@ void AxivionProjectSettings::save()
 AxivionProjectSettingsWidget::AxivionProjectSettingsWidget(ProjectExplorer::Project *project,
                                                            QWidget *parent)
     : ProjectExplorer::ProjectSettingsWidget{parent}
-    , m_projectSettings(AxivionPlugin::projectSettings(project))
+    , m_projectSettings(projectSettingsHandler().projectSettings(project))
 {
     setUseGlobalSettingsCheckBoxVisible(false);
     setUseGlobalSettingsLabelVisible(true);
diff --git a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.h b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.h
index e3fa07cb5b5..e3d37210260 100644
--- a/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/axivion/axivionprojectsettings.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "axivionsettings.h"
-
 #include <projectexplorer/projectsettingswidget.h>
 
 #include <QObject>
@@ -31,6 +29,9 @@ public:
     void setDashboardProjectName(const QString &name) { m_dashboardProjectName = name; }
     QString dashboardProjectName() const { return m_dashboardProjectName; }
 
+    static AxivionProjectSettings *projectSettings(ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
+    static void destroyProjectSettings();
+
 private:
     void load();
     void save();