diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
index 65f55080630..6377ee73ee1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.cpp
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ Environment AndroidConfigurations::toolsEnvironment(const AndroidConfig &config)
     return env;
 }
 
-const AndroidConfig &AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig()
+AndroidConfig &AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig()
 {
     return m_instance->m_config; // ensure that m_instance is initialized
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
index 2fc22ddbc2e..2110125ad70 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidconfigurations.h
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class ANDROID_EXPORT AndroidConfigurations : public QObject
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    static const AndroidConfig &currentConfig();
+    static AndroidConfig &currentConfig();
     static Internal::AndroidSdkManager *sdkManager();
     static void setConfig(const AndroidConfig &config);
     static AndroidConfigurations *instance();
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
index de8a89e7f76..3d4376a98fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.cpp
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ AndroidDeviceManager *AndroidDeviceManager::instance()
 
 AndroidDeviceManager::AndroidDeviceManager(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent),
-      m_avdManager(m_androidConfig),
-      m_androidConfig(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig())
+      m_androidConfig(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig()),
+      m_avdManager(m_androidConfig)
 {
     connect(qApp, &QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit, this, [this]() {
         m_devicesUpdaterTimer.stop();
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h
index e99d8bd4cec..a9133de3f32 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddevice.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public:
     ProjectExplorer::IDevice::Ptr create() const override;
 
 private:
-    AndroidConfig m_androidConfig;
+    const AndroidConfig &m_androidConfig;
 };
 
 class AndroidDeviceManager : public QObject
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ private:
     QFutureWatcher<QVector<AndroidDeviceInfo>> m_devicesFutureWatcher;
     QFutureWatcher<QPair<ProjectExplorer::IDevice::ConstPtr, bool>> m_removeAvdFutureWatcher;
     QTimer m_devicesUpdaterTimer;
+    AndroidConfig &m_androidConfig;
     AndroidAvdManager m_avdManager;
-    AndroidConfig m_androidConfig;
 };
 
 } // namespace Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidqmlpreviewworker.h b/src/plugins/android/androidqmlpreviewworker.h
index c837570e01f..68e541a8ec8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidqmlpreviewworker.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidqmlpreviewworker.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ private:
     Utils::FilePath createQmlrcFile(const Utils::FilePath &workFolder, const QString &basename);
 
     ProjectExplorer::RunControl *m_rc = nullptr;
-    AndroidConfig m_androidConfig;
+    const AndroidConfig &m_androidConfig;
     QString m_serialNumber;
     QStringList m_avdAbis;
     int m_viewerPid = -1;
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.cpp
index 16be29fa25f..1ed8e045810 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ namespace Internal {
  * @brief Download Android SDK tools package from within Qt Creator.
  */
 AndroidSdkDownloader::AndroidSdkDownloader()
+    : m_androidConfig(AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig())
 {
-    m_androidConfig = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig();
     connect(&m_manager, &QNetworkAccessManager::finished, this, &AndroidSdkDownloader::downloadFinished);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.h b/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.h
index b462c4b510c..a018d3d10cd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsdkdownloader.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private:
     QNetworkReply *m_reply = nullptr;
     Utils::FilePath m_sdkFilename;
     QProgressDialog *m_progressDialog = nullptr;
-    AndroidConfig m_androidConfig;
+    const AndroidConfig &m_androidConfig;
 };
 
 } // Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
index 44fc69e92b9..dfa22056370 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidsettingswidget.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ private:
 
     Ui_AndroidSettingsWidget m_ui;
     AndroidSdkManagerWidget *m_sdkManagerWidget = nullptr;
-    AndroidConfig m_androidConfig{AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig()};
+    AndroidConfig &m_androidConfig{AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig()};
 
     AndroidSdkManager m_sdkManager{m_androidConfig};
     AndroidSdkDownloader m_sdkDownloader;
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
index ff92e8c74a3..8406ea0e678 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidtoolchain.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ bool AndroidToolChain::isValid() const
 
 void AndroidToolChain::addToEnvironment(Environment &env) const
 {
-    AndroidConfig config = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig();
+    const AndroidConfig &config = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig();
     env.set(QLatin1String("ANDROID_NDK_HOST"), config.toolchainHostFromNdk(m_ndkLocation));
     const Utils::FilePath javaHome = config.openJDKLocation();
     if (javaHome.exists()) {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static FilePath clangPlusPlusPath(const FilePath &clangPath)
 
 static QList<FilePath> uniqueNdksForCurrentQtVersions()
 {
-    AndroidConfig config = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig();
+    const AndroidConfig &config = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig();
 
     auto androidQtVersions = QtSupport::QtVersionManager::versions(
         [](const QtSupport::BaseQtVersion *v) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/avddialog.cpp b/src/plugins/android/avddialog.cpp
index d3418f39ca8..795537e1db7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/avddialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/avddialog.cpp
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ static Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(avdDialogLog, "qtc.android.avdDialog", QtWarningMsg)
 
 AvdDialog::AvdDialog(const AndroidConfig &config, QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent),
+      m_androidConfig(config),
       m_sdkManager(m_androidConfig),
-      m_allowedNameChars(QLatin1String("[a-z|A-Z|0-9|._-]*")),
-      m_androidConfig(config)
+      m_allowedNameChars(QLatin1String("[a-z|A-Z|0-9|._-]*"))
 {
     m_avdDialog.setupUi(this);
     m_hideTipTimer.setInterval(2000);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/avddialog.h b/src/plugins/android/avddialog.h
index 3f95bed2130..45169bd79f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/avddialog.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/avddialog.h
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ private:
     };
 
     Ui::AddNewAVDDialog m_avdDialog;
-    AndroidSdkManager m_sdkManager;
     CreateAvdInfo m_createdAvdInfo;
     QTimer m_hideTipTimer;
     QRegularExpression m_allowedNameChars;
     QList<DeviceDefinitionStruct> m_deviceDefinitionsList;
-    AndroidConfig m_androidConfig;
+    const AndroidConfig &m_androidConfig;
+    AndroidSdkManager m_sdkManager;
     QMap<AvdDialog::DeviceType, QString> deviceTypeToStringMap;
 };
 }