diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.cpp
index f6e4c9900c5..2a6c517f61a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ void ActionManager::unregisterAction(QAction *action, Id id)
     a->removeOverrideAction(action);
     if (a->isEmpty()) {
         // clean up
+        d->saveSettings(a);
         ICore::mainWindow()->removeAction(a->action());
         // ActionContainers listen to the commands' destroyed signals
         delete a->action();
@@ -363,9 +364,9 @@ bool ActionManager::isPresentationModeEnabled()
     return d->m_presentationModeEnabled;
 }
 
-void ActionManager::saveSettings(QSettings *settings)
+void ActionManager::saveSettings()
 {
-    d->saveSettings(settings);
+    d->saveSettings();
 }
 
 void ActionManager::setContext(const Context &context)
@@ -481,18 +482,21 @@ void ActionManagerPrivate::readUserSettings(Id id, Action *cmd)
     settings->endGroup();
 }
 
-void ActionManagerPrivate::saveSettings(QSettings *settings)
+void ActionManagerPrivate::saveSettings(Action *cmd)
+{
+    const QString settingsKey = QLatin1String(kKeyboardSettingsKey) + QLatin1Char('/')
+            + cmd->id().toString();
+    QKeySequence key = cmd->keySequence();
+    if (key != cmd->defaultKeySequence())
+        ICore::settings()->setValue(settingsKey, key.toString());
+    else
+        ICore::settings()->remove(settingsKey);
+}
+
+void ActionManagerPrivate::saveSettings()
 {
-    settings->beginGroup(QLatin1String(kKeyboardSettingsKey));
     const IdCmdMap::const_iterator cmdcend = m_idCmdMap.constEnd();
     for (IdCmdMap::const_iterator j = m_idCmdMap.constBegin(); j != cmdcend; ++j) {
-        const Id id = j.key();
-        Action *cmd = j.value();
-        QKeySequence key = cmd->keySequence();
-        if (key != cmd->defaultKeySequence())
-            settings->setValue(id.toString(), key.toString());
-        else
-            settings->remove(id.toString());
+        saveSettings(j.value());
     }
-    settings->endGroup();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h
index e65ef5fe73e..a25f7beb349 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ signals:
 private:
     ActionManager(QObject *parent = 0);
     ~ActionManager();
-    static void saveSettings(QSettings *settings);
+    static void saveSettings();
     static void setContext(const Context &context);
 
     friend class Core::Internal::CorePlugin; // initialization
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager_p.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager_p.h
index 8718108693c..3792dc7b2ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/actionmanager/actionmanager_p.h
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ public:
     void setContext(const Context &context);
     bool hasContext(int context) const;
 
-    void saveSettings(QSettings *settings);
+    void saveSettings();
+    void saveSettings(Action *cmd);
 
     void showShortcutPopup(const QString &shortcut);
     bool hasContext(const Context &context) const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
index e7423ae3d03..aa3ee201fea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ void MainWindow::writeSettings()
     settings->endGroup();
 
     DocumentManager::saveSettings();
-    ActionManager::saveSettings(settings);
+    ActionManager::saveSettings();
     EditorManagerPrivate::saveSettings();
     m_navigationWidget->saveSettings(settings);
 }