diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
index 2597aacf7b0..234872d661f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlobjectnode.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ void QmlObjectNode::destroy()
     }
 
     removeStateOperationsForChildren(modelNode());
+    BindingProperty::deleteAllReferencesTo(modelNode());
+
     QmlFlowViewNode root(view()->rootModelNode());
 
     modelNode().destroy();