diff --git a/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.cpp b/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.cpp
index 67d4196a3..4bf23dedf 100644
--- a/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.cpp
+++ b/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.cpp
@@ -81,16 +81,11 @@ QMLInterface::QMLInterface()
 			this, &QMLInterface::display_variationsChanged);
 }
 
-QMLInterface *QMLInterface::instance()
-{
-	static QMLInterface *self = new QMLInterface;
-	return self;
-}
-
 void QMLInterface::setup(QQmlContext *ct)
 {
 	// Register interface class
-	ct->setContextProperty("Backend", QMLInterface::instance());
+	static QMLInterface self;
+	ct->setContextProperty("Backend", &self);
 
 	// Make enums available as types
 	qmlRegisterUncreatableType<QMLInterface>("org.subsurfacedivelog.mobile",1,0,"Enums","Enum is not a type");
@@ -100,7 +95,6 @@ void QMLInterface::setup(QQmlContext *ct)
 	diveSummary::summaryCalculation(0, 3);
 }
 
-
 void QMLInterface::summaryCalculation(int primaryPeriod, int secondaryPeriod)
 {
 	diveSummary::summaryCalculation(primaryPeriod, secondaryPeriod);
diff --git a/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.h b/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.h
index 3c6022daa..1aced7a9d 100644
--- a/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.h
+++ b/mobile-widgets/qmlinterface.h
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ class QMLInterface : public QObject {
 	Q_PROPERTY(QStringList diveSummaryText READ diveSummaryText NOTIFY diveSummaryTextChanged);
 
 public:
-	static QMLInterface *instance();
-
-	// function to do the needed setup and do connect of signal/signal
+	// function to do the needed setup
 	static void setup(QQmlContext *ct);
 
 	// Duplicated enums, these enums are properly defined in the C/C++ structure