diff --git a/core/settings/qPref.cpp b/core/settings/qPref.cpp
index 04a2615d3..4c4a7961c 100644
--- a/core/settings/qPref.cpp
+++ b/core/settings/qPref.cpp
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@
 #include <QtQml>
 #include <QQmlContext>
 
-qPref::qPref(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
-{
-}
-
-qPref *qPref::instance()
-{
-	static qPref *self = new qPref;
-	return self;
-}
-
 void qPref::loadSync(bool doSync)
 {
 	if (!doSync)
@@ -58,7 +48,6 @@ void qPref::registerQML(QQmlEngine *engine)
 	if (engine) {
 		QQmlContext *ct = engine->rootContext();
 
-		ct->setContextProperty("Pref", qPref::instance());
 		ct->setContextProperty("PrefCloudStorage", qPrefCloudStorage::instance());
 		ct->setContextProperty("PrefDisplay", qPrefDisplay::instance());
 		ct->setContextProperty("PrefDiveComputer", qPrefDiveComputer::instance());
diff --git a/core/settings/qPref.h b/core/settings/qPref.h
index 7628e1c4a..581efd883 100644
--- a/core/settings/qPref.h
+++ b/core/settings/qPref.h
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QQmlEngine>
 
-class qPref : public QObject {
-	Q_OBJECT
-
+class qPref {
 public:
-	qPref(QObject *parent = NULL);
-	static qPref *instance();
-
 	// Load/Sync local settings (disk) and struct preference
 	static void load() { loadSync(false); }
 	static void sync() { loadSync(true); }