diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.C b/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.C
index daa697ccb5..80e9ad18ed 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.C
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "LColor.h"
 
-ColorCache lcolorcache;
-
 const QColor grey40(0x66, 0x66, 0x66);
 const QColor grey60(0x99, 0x99, 0x99);
 const QColor grey80(0xcc, 0xcc, 0xcc);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.h b/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.h
index df1c595382..0404a8a81f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ColorCache.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ private:
 	mutable lcolor_map colormap;
 };
 
-/// singleton instance
-extern ColorCache lcolorcache;
-
 ///
 QColor const rgb2qcolor(lyx::RGBColor const &);
 #endif // COLORCACHE_H
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h
index 8e11369c9e..aace15e84e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #ifndef QT4_APPLICATION_H
 #define QT4_APPLICATION_H
 
+#include "ColorCache.h"
 #include "FontLoader.h"
 #include "GuiClipboard.h"
 #include "GuiImplementation.h"
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ public:
 	virtual void exit(int status);
 	//@}
 
+	///
+	ColorCache & colorCache() { return color_cache_; }
 	///
 	FontLoader & fontLoader() { return font_loader_; }
 
@@ -75,6 +78,8 @@ private:
 	GuiSelection selection_;
 	///
 	FontLoader font_loader_;
+	///
+	ColorCache color_cache_;
 
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
 public:
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.C b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.C
index da8a331081..dfbf30fbca 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.C
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "GuiWorkArea.h"
 
 #include "GuiApplication.h"
-#include "ColorCache.h"
 #include "QLPainter.h"
 #include "QLyXKeySym.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
@@ -493,7 +492,7 @@ void GuiWorkArea::showCursor(int x, int y, int h, CursorShape shape)
 
 	show_vcursor_ = true;
 
-	QColor const & required_color = lcolorcache.get(LColor::cursor);
+	QColor const & required_color = guiApp->colorCache().get(LColor::cursor);
 
 	if (x==cursor_x_ && y==cursor_y_ && h==cursor_h_
 		&& cursor_color_ == required_color
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QBranches.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QBranches.C
index 250b9b386b..eafdc536ae 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QBranches.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QBranches.C
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "QBranches.h"
 
-#include "ColorCache.h"
+#include "GuiApplication.h"
 #include "validators.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QLPainter.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QLPainter.C
index a3c2383ac9..62976f682d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QLPainter.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QLPainter.C
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 #include "QLPainter.h"
 
+#include "GuiApplication.h"
 #include "GuiWorkArea.h"
 #include "QLImage.h"
-#include "ColorCache.h"
 #include "FontLoader.h"
 
 #include "GuiApplication.h"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void QLPainter::setQPainterPen(LColor_color col,
 
 	QPen pen = qp_.get()->pen();
 
-	pen.setColor(lcolorcache.get(col));
+	pen.setColor(guiApp->colorCache().get(col));
 
 	switch (ls) {
 		case line_solid: pen.setStyle(Qt::SolidLine); break;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void QLPainter::rectangle(int x, int y, int w, int h,
 
 void QLPainter::fillRectangle(int x, int y, int w, int h, LColor_color col)
 {
-	qp_->fillRect(x, y, w, h, lcolorcache.get(col));
+	qp_->fillRect(x, y, w, h, guiApp->colorCache().get(col));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefs.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefs.C
index 4f2e3f51ff..063ed36b07 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefs.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefs.C
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "QPrefs.h"
 #include "QPrefsDialog.h"
 
-#include "ColorCache.h"
 #include "Qt2BC.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefsDialog.C b/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefsDialog.C
index 733018cb10..d3b5104b7d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefsDialog.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/QPrefsDialog.C
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
 
-#include "ColorCache.h"
+#include "GuiApplication.h"
 #include "Qt2BC.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
 
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "LColor.h"
-#include "ColorCache.h"
 
 #include "controllers/ControlPrefs.h"
 
@@ -519,7 +518,7 @@ PrefColors::PrefColors(QPrefs * form, QWidget * parent)
 			|| lc == LColor::ignore) continue;
 
 		lcolors_.push_back(lc);
-		QColor color = QColor(lcolorcache.get(lc));
+		QColor color = QColor(guiApp->colorCache().get(lc));
 		prefcolors_.push_back(color.name());
 		QPixmap coloritem(32, 32);
 		coloritem.fill(color);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/lyx_gui.C b/src/frontends/qt4/lyx_gui.C
index 7f3d51d526..a7255ddc5b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/lyx_gui.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/lyx_gui.C
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 
 #include "GuiView.h"
-#include "ColorCache.h"
 #include "FontLoader.h"
 #include "QLImage.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ FuncStatus getStatus(FuncRequest const & ev)
 
 bool getRGBColor(LColor_color col, lyx::RGBColor & rgbcol)
 {
-	QColor const & qcol = lcolorcache.get(col);
+	QColor const & qcol = guiApp->colorCache().get(col);
 	if (!qcol.isValid()) {
 		rgbcol.r = 0;
 		rgbcol.g = 0;
@@ -183,14 +182,14 @@ bool getRGBColor(LColor_color col, lyx::RGBColor & rgbcol)
 
 string const hexname(LColor_color col)
 {
-	return ltrim(fromqstr(lcolorcache.get(col).name()), "#");
+	return ltrim(fromqstr(guiApp->colorCache().get(col).name()), "#");
 }
 
 
 void update_color(LColor_color)
 {
 	// FIXME: Bleh, can't we just clear them all at once ?
-	lcolorcache.clear();
+	guiApp->colorCache().clear();
 }