diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeproject.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeproject.cpp
index 78d0d8b01fb..c73092fa94b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeproject.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ CMakeProject::~CMakeProject()
 {
     // Remove CodeModel support
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager
-            = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+            = CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
     QMap<QString, CMakeUiCodeModelSupport *>::const_iterator it, end;
     it = m_uiCodeModelSupport.constBegin();
     end = m_uiCodeModelSupport.constEnd();
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ bool CMakeProject::parseCMakeLists()
 
     allIncludePaths.append(cbpparser.includeFiles());
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelmanager =
-            ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+            CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
     if (modelmanager) {
         CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::ProjectInfo pinfo = modelmanager->projectInfo(this);
         if (pinfo.includePaths != allIncludePaths
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ void CMakeProject::createUiCodeModelSupport()
 {
 //    qDebug()<<"creatUiCodeModelSupport()";
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager
-            = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+            = CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
 
     // First move all to
     QMap<QString, CMakeUiCodeModelSupport *> oldCodeModelSupport;
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
index 16fd64ace1f..f0043ae7bf0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
@@ -710,16 +710,6 @@ bool currentTextEditorPosition(QString *fileNameIn /* = 0 */,
     return !fileName.isEmpty();
 }
 
-static CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *cppModelManager()
-{
-    using namespace CPlusPlus;
-    static QPointer<CppModelManagerInterface> modelManager;
-    if (!modelManager.data())
-        modelManager = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->
-                getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
-    return modelManager.data();
-}
-
 // Return the Cpp expression, and, if desired, the function
 QString cppExpressionAt(TextEditor::ITextEditor *editor, int pos,
                         int *line, int *column, QString *function /* = 0 */)
@@ -735,7 +725,7 @@ QString cppExpressionAt(TextEditor::ITextEditor *editor, int pos,
         return QByteArray();
 
     QString expr = plaintext->textCursor().selectedText();
-    CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager = cppModelManager();
+    CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager = CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
     if (expr.isEmpty() && modelManager) {
         QTextCursor tc(plaintext->document());
         tc.setPosition(pos);
diff --git a/src/plugins/designer/qtcreatorintegration.cpp b/src/plugins/designer/qtcreatorintegration.cpp
index 33794fcf540..7e4ea912c42 100644
--- a/src/plugins/designer/qtcreatorintegration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/designer/qtcreatorintegration.cpp
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ static QString msgClassNotFound(const QString &uiClassName, const QList<Document
     return QtCreatorIntegration::tr("The class definition of '%1' could not be found in %2.").arg(uiClassName, files);
 }
 
-static inline CppModelManagerInterface *cppModelManagerInstance()
-{
-    return ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()
-        ->getObject<CppModelManagerInterface>();
-}
-
 QtCreatorIntegration::QtCreatorIntegration(QDesignerFormEditorInterface *core, FormEditorW *parent) :
     qdesigner_internal::QDesignerIntegration(core, ::qobject_cast<QObject*>(parent)),
     m_few(parent)
@@ -259,7 +253,7 @@ static Function *findDeclaration(const Class *cl, const QString &functionName)
 // TODO: remove me, this is taken from cppeditor.cpp. Find some common place for this method
 static Document::Ptr findDefinition(Function *functionDeclaration, int *line)
 {
-    if (CppModelManagerInterface *cppModelManager = cppModelManagerInstance()) {
+    if (CppModelManagerInterface *cppModelManager = CppModelManagerInterface::instance()) {
         const Snapshot snapshot = cppModelManager->snapshot();
 
         if (Symbol *def = snapshot.findMatchingDefinition(functionDeclaration)) {
@@ -537,7 +531,7 @@ bool QtCreatorIntegration::navigateToSlot(const QString &objectName,
         *errorMessage = tr("Internal error: No project could be found for %1.").arg(currentUiFile);
         return false;
     }
-    CPlusPlus::Snapshot docTable = cppModelManagerInstance()->snapshot();
+    CPlusPlus::Snapshot docTable = CppModelManagerInterface::instance()->snapshot();
     CPlusPlus::Snapshot newDocTable;
 
     for  (CPlusPlus::Snapshot::iterator it = docTable.begin(); it != docTable.end(); ++it) {
@@ -606,7 +600,8 @@ bool QtCreatorIntegration::navigateToSlot(const QString &objectName,
         }
     } else {
         // add function declaration to cl
-        CppModelManagerInterface::WorkingCopy workingCopy = cppModelManagerInstance()->workingCopy();
+        CppModelManagerInterface::WorkingCopy workingCopy =
+            CppModelManagerInterface::instance()->workingCopy();
         const QString fileName = doc->fileName();
         getParsedDocument(fileName, workingCopy, docTable);
         addDeclaration(docTable, fileName, cl, functionNameWithParameterNames);
diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp
index 8137fd1464d..a8a797c96df 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericproject.cpp
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void GenericProject::refresh(RefreshOptions options)
         m_rootNode->refresh();
 
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager =
-        ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+        CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
 
     if (m_toolChain && modelManager) {
         const QByteArray predefinedMacros = m_toolChain->predefinedMacros();
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
index e404998d6d4..882edf79f5c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ Qt4ProFileNode::Qt4ProFileNode(Qt4Project *project,
 Qt4ProFileNode::~Qt4ProFileNode()
 {
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager
-            = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+            = CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
     QMap<QString, Qt4UiCodeModelSupport *>::const_iterator it, end;
     end = m_uiCodeModelSupport.constEnd();
     for (it = m_uiCodeModelSupport.constBegin(); it != end; ++it) {
@@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::updateUiFiles()
     }
 
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager =
-        ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+        CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
 
     if (!toAdd.isEmpty()) {
         foreach (FileNode *file, toAdd) {
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ void Qt4ProFileNode::createUiCodeModelSupport()
 {
 //    qDebug()<<"creatUiCodeModelSupport()";
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelManager
-            = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+            = CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
 
     // First move all to
     QMap<QString, Qt4UiCodeModelSupport *> oldCodeModelSupport;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp
index 26987b6ef2e..343c6f5f7b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4project.cpp
@@ -422,8 +422,7 @@ void Qt4Project::updateCppCodeModel()
     Qt4BuildConfiguration *activeBC = activeTarget()->activeBuildConfiguration();
 
     CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface *modelmanager =
-        ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()
-            ->getObject<CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface>();
+        CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::instance();
 
     if (!modelmanager)
         return;