diff --git a/src/plugins/coco/cocoplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/coco/cocoplugin.cpp
index b838d8c81dc..a2b754e1544 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coco/cocoplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coco/cocoplugin.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ public:
     }
 
     void initialize() final;
-    void addEntryToProjectSettings();
 
 private:
     CocoLanguageClient *m_client = nullptr;
@@ -121,27 +120,12 @@ void CocoPlugin::initialize()
 
     GlobalSettings::read();
     GlobalSettingsPage::instance().widget();
-    addEntryToProjectSettings();
+
+    setupCocoProjectPanel();
 
     initLanguageServer();
 }
 
-void CocoPlugin::addEntryToProjectSettings()
-{
-    auto panelFactory = new ProjectPanelFactory;
-    panelFactory->setPriority(50);
-    panelFactory->setDisplayName(tr("Coco Code Coverage"));
-    panelFactory->setSupportsFunction([](Project *project) {
-        if (Target *target = project->activeTarget()) {
-            if (BuildConfiguration *abc = target->activeBuildConfiguration())
-                return BuildSettings::supportsBuildConfig(*abc);
-        }
-        return false;
-    });
-    panelFactory->setCreateWidgetFunction(
-        [](Project *project) { return new CocoProjectSettingsWidget(project); });
-}
-
 } // namespace Coco
 
 #include "cocoplugin.moc"
diff --git a/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.cpp b/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.cpp
index 6b6b05426c0..c7121cb22ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.cpp
@@ -5,36 +5,67 @@
 
 #include "cocopluginconstants.h"
 #include "cocoprojectwidget.h"
+#include "cocotr.h"
 
 #include <cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeprojectconstants.h>
+
 #include <projectexplorer/buildconfiguration.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/project.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectpanelfactory.h>
+#include <projectexplorer/projectsettingswidget.h>
 #include <projectexplorer/target.h>
+
 #include <qmakeprojectmanager/qmakeprojectmanagerconstants.h>
 
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QDebug>
 
+using namespace ProjectExplorer;
+
 namespace Coco::Internal {
 
-CocoProjectSettingsWidget::CocoProjectSettingsWidget(ProjectExplorer::Project *project)
-    : m_layout{new QVBoxLayout}
+class CocoProjectSettingsWidget final : public ProjectSettingsWidget
 {
-    setUseGlobalSettingsCheckBoxVisible(false);
-    setGlobalSettingsId(Constants::COCO_SETTINGS_PAGE_ID);
+public:
+    explicit CocoProjectSettingsWidget(Project *project)
+    {
+        setUseGlobalSettingsCheckBoxVisible(false);
+        setGlobalSettingsId(Constants::COCO_SETTINGS_PAGE_ID);
 
-    if (auto *target = project->activeTarget()) {
-        auto abc = target->activeBuildConfiguration();
+        auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;
+        if (auto *target = project->activeTarget()) {
+            auto abc = target->activeBuildConfiguration();
 
-        if (abc->id() == QmakeProjectManager::Constants::QMAKE_BC_ID
-            || abc->id() == CMakeProjectManager::Constants::CMAKE_BUILDCONFIGURATION_ID)
-            m_layout->addWidget(new CocoProjectWidget(project, abc));
+            if (abc->id() == QmakeProjectManager::Constants::QMAKE_BC_ID
+                    || abc->id() == CMakeProjectManager::Constants::CMAKE_BUILDCONFIGURATION_ID)
+                layout->addWidget(new CocoProjectWidget(project, abc));
+        }
+        setLayout(layout);
     }
-    setLayout(m_layout);
-}
+};
 
-CocoProjectSettingsWidget::~CocoProjectSettingsWidget()
+class CocoProjectPanelFactory final : public ProjectPanelFactory
 {
-    delete m_layout;
+public:
+    CocoProjectPanelFactory()
+    {
+        setPriority(50);
+        setDisplayName(Tr::tr("Coco Code Coverage"));
+        setSupportsFunction([](Project *project) {
+            if (Target *target = project->activeTarget()) {
+                if (BuildConfiguration *abc = target->activeBuildConfiguration())
+                    return BuildSettings::supportsBuildConfig(*abc);
+            }
+            return false;
+        });
+        setCreateWidgetFunction(
+                    [](Project *project) { return new CocoProjectSettingsWidget(project); });
+    }
+};
+
+void setupCocoProjectPanel()
+{
+    static CocoProjectPanelFactory theCocoProjectPanelFactory;
 }
 
 } // namespace Coco::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.h b/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.h
index c201a55ece7..b7cc19fcd0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coco/cocoprojectsettingswidget.h
@@ -3,26 +3,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <projectexplorer/projectsettingswidget.h>
-
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
-
-namespace ProjectExplorer {
-class Project;
-}
-
 namespace Coco::Internal {
 
-class CocoProjectSettingsWidget : public ProjectExplorer::ProjectSettingsWidget
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-    explicit CocoProjectSettingsWidget(ProjectExplorer::Project *project);
-    ~CocoProjectSettingsWidget();
-
-private:
-    QVBoxLayout *m_layout;
-};
+void setupCocoProjectPanel();
 
 } // namespace Coco::Internal