diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.cpp
index 8c24fb79a4a..bc47a78c9df 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "cppeditortr.h"
 #include "cpptoolsreuse.h"
 
+#include <coreplugin/dialogs/ioptionspage.h>
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/session.h>
 
@@ -185,14 +186,23 @@ bool CppCodeModelSettingsWidget::applyGeneralWidgetsToSettings() const
     return settingsChanged;
 }
 
-CppCodeModelSettingsPage::CppCodeModelSettingsPage()
+class CppCodeModelSettingsPage final : public Core::IOptionsPage
 {
-    setId(Constants::CPP_CODE_MODEL_SETTINGS_ID);
-    setDisplayName(Tr::tr("Code Model"));
-    setCategory(Constants::CPP_SETTINGS_CATEGORY);
-    setDisplayCategory(Tr::tr("C++"));
-    setCategoryIconPath(":/projectexplorer/images/settingscategory_cpp.png");
-    setWidgetCreator([] { return new CppCodeModelSettingsWidget; });
+public:
+    CppCodeModelSettingsPage()
+    {
+        setId(Constants::CPP_CODE_MODEL_SETTINGS_ID);
+        setDisplayName(Tr::tr("Code Model"));
+        setCategory(Constants::CPP_SETTINGS_CATEGORY);
+        setDisplayCategory(Tr::tr("C++"));
+        setCategoryIconPath(":/projectexplorer/images/settingscategory_cpp.png");
+        setWidgetCreator([] { return new CppCodeModelSettingsWidget; });
+    }
+};
+
+void setupCppCodeModelSettings()
+{
+    static CppCodeModelSettingsPage theCppCodeModelSettingsPage;
 }
 
 class ClangdSettingsWidget final : public QWidget
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.h
index b2ee8657079..35a6bc51110 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodemodelsettingspage.h
@@ -3,16 +3,9 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <coreplugin/dialogs/ioptionspage.h>
-
 namespace CppEditor::Internal {
 
-class CppCodeModelSettingsPage final : public Core::IOptionsPage
-{
-public:
-    CppCodeModelSettingsPage();
-};
-
+void setupCppCodeModelSettings();
 void setupClangdProjectSettingsPanel();
 void setupClangdSettingsPage();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.cpp
index 65abc1da5ea..74f505d663c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.cpp
@@ -607,12 +607,21 @@ public:
 
 // CppCodeStyleSettingsPage
 
-CppCodeStyleSettingsPage::CppCodeStyleSettingsPage()
+class CppCodeStyleSettingsPage : public Core::IOptionsPage
 {
-    setId(Constants::CPP_CODE_STYLE_SETTINGS_ID);
-    setDisplayName(Tr::tr("Code Style"));
-    setCategory(Constants::CPP_SETTINGS_CATEGORY);
-    setWidgetCreator([] { return new CppCodeStyleSettingsPageWidget; });
+public:
+    CppCodeStyleSettingsPage()
+    {
+        setId(Constants::CPP_CODE_STYLE_SETTINGS_ID);
+        setDisplayName(Tr::tr("Code Style"));
+        setCategory(Constants::CPP_SETTINGS_CATEGORY);
+        setWidgetCreator([] { return new CppCodeStyleSettingsPageWidget; });
+    }
+};
+
+void setupCppCodeStyleSettings()
+{
+    static CppCodeStyleSettingsPage theCppCodeStyleSettingsPage;
 }
 
 } // namespace CppEditor::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.h
index be3fb4af48a..2a8bce064c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppcodestylesettingspage.h
@@ -64,12 +64,7 @@ signals:
     void finishEmitted();
 };
 
-
-class CppCodeStyleSettingsPage : public Core::IOptionsPage
-{
-public:
-    CppCodeStyleSettingsPage();
-};
+void setupCppCodeStyleSettings();
 
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace CppEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
index 18eec99a446..b68c739f82e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.cpp
@@ -160,18 +160,12 @@ public:
     QAction *m_reparseExternallyChangedFiles = nullptr;
     QAction *m_findRefsCategorizedAction = nullptr;
 
-    CppQuickFixSettingsPage m_quickFixSettingsPage;
-
     QPointer<CppCodeModelInspectorDialog> m_cppCodeModelInspectorDialog;
 
-    CppOutlineWidgetFactory m_cppOutlineWidgetFactory;
     CppEditorFactory m_cppEditorFactory;
 
     CppModelManager modelManager;
     CppToolsSettings settings;
-    CppCodeModelSettingsPage m_cppCodeModelSettingsPage;
-    CppCodeStyleSettingsPage m_cppCodeStyleSettingsPage;
-    CppProjectUpdaterFactory m_cppProjectUpdaterFactory;
 };
 
 class CppEditorPlugin final : public ExtensionSystem::IPlugin
@@ -206,6 +200,12 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::initialize()
 {
     d = new CppEditorPluginPrivate;
 
+    setupCppQuickFixSettings();
+    setupCppCodeModelSettings();
+    setupCppOutline();
+    setupCppCodeStyleSettings();
+    setupCppProjectUpdater();
+
     CppModelManager::registerJsExtension();
 
     setupMenus();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.cpp
index ed7c66df0d9..dd053dc255f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.h>
 #include <coreplugin/find/itemviewfind.h>
 
+#include <texteditor/ioutlinewidget.h>
 #include <texteditor/textdocument.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditor.h>
 
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
+using namespace TextEditor;
+
 namespace CppEditor::Internal {
 
 class CppOutlineTreeView final : public Utils::NavigationTreeView
@@ -255,22 +258,36 @@ bool CppOutlineWidget::syncCursor()
     return m_enableCursorSync && !m_blockCursorSync;
 }
 
-bool CppOutlineWidgetFactory::supportsEditor(Core::IEditor *editor) const
+class CppOutlineWidgetFactory final : public IOutlineWidgetFactory
 {
-    const auto cppEditor = qobject_cast<TextEditor::BaseTextEditor*>(editor);
-    if (!cppEditor || !CppModelManager::isCppEditor(cppEditor))
-        return false;
-    return !CppModelManager::usesClangd(cppEditor->textDocument());
-}
+public:
+    bool supportsEditor(Core::IEditor *editor) const final
+    {
+        const auto cppEditor = qobject_cast<BaseTextEditor*>(editor);
+        if (!cppEditor || !CppModelManager::isCppEditor(cppEditor))
+            return false;
+        return !CppModelManager::usesClangd(cppEditor->textDocument());
+    }
 
-TextEditor::IOutlineWidget *CppOutlineWidgetFactory::createWidget(Core::IEditor *editor)
+    bool supportsSorting() const final
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    IOutlineWidget *createWidget(Core::IEditor *editor) final
+    {
+        const auto cppEditor = qobject_cast<BaseTextEditor*>(editor);
+        QTC_ASSERT(cppEditor, return nullptr);
+        const auto cppEditorWidget = qobject_cast<CppEditorWidget*>(cppEditor->widget());
+        QTC_ASSERT(cppEditorWidget, return nullptr);
+
+        return new CppOutlineWidget(cppEditorWidget);
+    }
+};
+
+void setupCppOutline()
 {
-    const auto cppEditor = qobject_cast<TextEditor::BaseTextEditor*>(editor);
-    QTC_ASSERT(cppEditor, return nullptr);
-    const auto cppEditorWidget = qobject_cast<CppEditorWidget*>(cppEditor->widget());
-    QTC_ASSERT(cppEditorWidget, return nullptr);
-
-    return new CppOutlineWidget(cppEditorWidget);
+    static CppOutlineWidgetFactory theCppOutlineWidgetFactory;
 }
 
 } // namespace CppEditor::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.h
index 724f623bd3a..322b4b71ed3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppoutline.h
@@ -3,16 +3,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <texteditor/ioutlinewidget.h>
-
 namespace CppEditor::Internal {
 
-class CppOutlineWidgetFactory final : public TextEditor::IOutlineWidgetFactory
-{
-public:
-    bool supportsEditor(Core::IEditor *editor) const final;
-    bool supportsSorting() const final { return true; }
-    TextEditor::IOutlineWidget *createWidget(Core::IEditor *editor) final;
-};
+void setupCppOutline();
 
-} // namespace CppEditor::Internal
+} // CppEditor::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.cpp
index e93d0f94c28..1861824a2d1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.cpp
@@ -97,14 +97,19 @@ void CppProjectUpdater::cancel()
     m_futureSynchronizer.cancelAllFutures();
 }
 
-namespace Internal {
-
-CppProjectUpdaterFactory::CppProjectUpdaterFactory()
+class CppProjectUpdaterFactory final : public ProjectUpdaterFactory
 {
-    setLanguage(Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID);
-    setCreator([] { return new CppProjectUpdater; });
+public:
+    CppProjectUpdaterFactory()
+    {
+        setLanguage(Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID);
+        setCreator([] { return new CppProjectUpdater; });
+    }
+};
+
+void setupCppProjectUpdater()
+{
+    static CppProjectUpdaterFactory theCppProjectUpdaterFactory;
 }
 
-} // namespace Internal
-
 } // namespace CppEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.h
index 0d9cf8c0357..1057feaed6a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppprojectupdater.h
@@ -16,18 +16,6 @@ namespace ProjectExplorer { class ExtraCompiler; }
 
 namespace CppEditor {
 
-namespace Internal {
-
-// registered in extensionsystem's object pool for plugins with weak dependency to CppEditor
-class CppProjectUpdaterFactory final
-    : public ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdaterFactory
-{
-public:
-    CppProjectUpdaterFactory();
-};
-
-} // namespace Internal
-
 class CPPEDITOR_EXPORT CppProjectUpdater final
     : public QObject, public ProjectExplorer::ProjectUpdater
 {
@@ -43,4 +31,6 @@ private:
     Tasking::TaskTreeRunner m_taskTreeRunner;
 };
 
+void setupCppProjectUpdater();
+
 } // namespace CppEditor
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.cpp
index 735dbea3b4d..4e1297f5c2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.cpp
@@ -7,14 +7,25 @@
 #include "cppeditortr.h"
 #include "cppquickfixsettingswidget.h"
 
+#include <coreplugin/dialogs/ioptionspage.h>
+
 namespace CppEditor::Internal {
 
-CppQuickFixSettingsPage::CppQuickFixSettingsPage()
+class CppQuickFixSettingsPage : public Core::IOptionsPage
 {
-    setId(Constants::QUICK_FIX_SETTINGS_ID);
-    setDisplayName(Tr::tr(Constants::QUICK_FIX_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_NAME));
-    setCategory(Constants::CPP_SETTINGS_CATEGORY);
-    setWidgetCreator([] { return new CppQuickFixSettingsWidget; });
+public:
+    CppQuickFixSettingsPage()
+    {
+        setId(Constants::QUICK_FIX_SETTINGS_ID);
+        setDisplayName(Tr::tr(Constants::QUICK_FIX_SETTINGS_DISPLAY_NAME));
+        setCategory(Constants::CPP_SETTINGS_CATEGORY);
+        setWidgetCreator([] { return new CppQuickFixSettingsWidget; });
+    }
+};
+
+void setupCppQuickFixSettings()
+{
+    static CppQuickFixSettingsPage theCppQuickFixSettingsPage;
 }
 
 } // CppEditor::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.h
index 1965aae9569..6288c9f9f25 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixsettingspage.h
@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <coreplugin/dialogs/ioptionspage.h>
-
 namespace CppEditor::Internal {
 
-class CppQuickFixSettingsPage : public Core::IOptionsPage
-{
-public:
-    CppQuickFixSettingsPage();
-};
+void setupCppQuickFixSettings();
 
 } // CppEditor::Internal