diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.cpp
index d72f0cbab7..496c56b387 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.cpp
@@ -202,19 +202,17 @@ pair<QFont, bool> const getSymbolFont(string const & family)
 GuiFontLoader::GuiFontLoader()
 {
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x040200
-	fontID = new int[num_math_fonts];
-
 	string const fonts_dir =
 		addPath(package().system_support().absFilename(), "fonts");
 
 	for (int i = 0 ; i < num_math_fonts; ++i) {
 		string const font_file = lyx::support::os::external_path(
 				addName(fonts_dir, math_fonts[i] + ".ttf"));
-		fontID[i] = QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont(toqstr(font_file));
+		int fontID = QFontDatabase::addApplicationFont(toqstr(font_file));
 
 		LYXERR(Debug::FONT) << "Adding font " << font_file
 				    << static_cast<const char *>
-					(fontID[i] < 0 ? " FAIL" : " OK")
+					(fontID < 0 ? " FAIL" : " OK")
 				    << endl;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -227,19 +225,6 @@ GuiFontLoader::GuiFontLoader()
 }
 
 
-GuiFontLoader::~GuiFontLoader()
-{
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x040200
-	for (int i = 0 ; i < num_math_fonts; ++i) {
-		if (fontID[i] >= 0)
-			QFontDatabase::removeApplicationFont(fontID[i]);
-	}
-
-	delete [] fontID;
-#endif
-}
-
-
 void GuiFontLoader::update()
 {
 	for (int i1 = 0; i1 < Font::NUM_FAMILIES; ++i1)
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.h
index 92c5511f93..8cd017e580 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiFontLoader.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public:
 	GuiFontLoader();
 
 	/// Destructor
-	~GuiFontLoader();
+	virtual ~GuiFontLoader() {}
 
 	virtual void update();
 	virtual bool available(Font const & f);
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ public:
 	}
 
 private:
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x040200
-	int * fontID;
-#endif
 	/// BUTT ugly !
 	QLFontInfo * fontinfo_[Font::NUM_FAMILIES][2][4][10];
 };