diff --git a/src/bookmarkssettingspage.cpp b/src/bookmarkssettingspage.cpp
index 0f8ea95a9..fff09cda0 100644
--- a/src/bookmarkssettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/bookmarkssettingspage.cpp
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ BookmarksSettingsPage::BookmarksSettingsPage(QWidget*parent) :
     m_moveUpButton(0),
     m_moveDownButton(0)
 {
-    Q3VBoxLayout* topLayout = new Q3VBoxLayout(parent, 2, KDialog::spacingHint());
+    Q3VBoxLayout* topLayout = new Q3VBoxLayout(this, 2, KDialog::spacingHint());
 
     const int spacing = KDialog::spacingHint();
 
-    KHBox* hBox = new KHBox(parent);
+    KHBox* hBox = new KHBox(this);
     hBox->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
     hBox->setSpacing(spacing);
     hBox->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Ignored);
diff --git a/src/generalsettingspage.cpp b/src/generalsettingspage.cpp
index 64f37161c..d7b72aa6a 100644
--- a/src/generalsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/generalsettingspage.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ GeneralSettingsPage::GeneralSettingsPage(QWidget* parent) :
     m_startSplit(0),
     m_startEditable(0)
 {
-    Q3VBoxLayout* topLayout = new Q3VBoxLayout(parent, 2, KDialog::spacingHint());
+    Q3VBoxLayout* topLayout = new Q3VBoxLayout(this, 2, KDialog::spacingHint());
 
     const int spacing = KDialog::spacingHint();
     const int margin = KDialog::marginHint();
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ GeneralSettingsPage::GeneralSettingsPage(QWidget* parent) :
 
     GeneralSettings* settings = DolphinSettings::instance().generalSettings();
 
-    KVBox* vBox = new KVBox(parent);
+    KVBox* vBox = new KVBox(this);
     vBox->setSizePolicy(sizePolicy);
     vBox->setSpacing(spacing);
     vBox->setMargin(margin);
diff --git a/src/viewsettingspage.cpp b/src/viewsettingspage.cpp
index d352266af..ee817a06a 100644
--- a/src/viewsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/viewsettingspage.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ ViewSettingsPage::ViewSettingsPage(QWidget *parent) :
     m_detailsPage(0),
     m_previewsPage(0)
 {
-    Q3VBoxLayout* topLayout = new Q3VBoxLayout(parent, 0, KDialog::spacingHint());
+    Q3VBoxLayout* topLayout = new Q3VBoxLayout(this, 0, KDialog::spacingHint());
 
-    QTabWidget* tabWidget = new QTabWidget(parent);
+    QTabWidget* tabWidget = new QTabWidget(this);
 
     // initialize 'Icons' tab
     m_iconsPage = new IconsViewSettingsPage(/*DolphinIconsView::Icons,*/ tabWidget);