diff --git a/src/frontends/gtk/GuiImplementation.C b/src/frontends/gtk/GuiImplementation.C
index 1e903216d8..27e9caf72b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gtk/GuiImplementation.C
+++ b/src/frontends/gtk/GuiImplementation.C
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int GuiImplementation::newWorkArea(unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int /*view_id
 	work_area_.reset(new GuiWorkArea(old_screen_.get(), old_work_area_.get()));
 
 	// FIXME BufferView creation should be independant of WorkArea creation
-	buffer_views_[0].reset(new BufferView(view_.get()));
+	buffer_views_[0].reset(new BufferView());
 	work_area_->setBufferView(buffer_views_[0].get());
 	view_->setWorkArea(work_area_.get());
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt3/GuiImplementation.h b/src/frontends/qt3/GuiImplementation.h
index 30b4725bea..6dafa9e597 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt3/GuiImplementation.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt3/GuiImplementation.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
 		work_area_.reset(new GuiWorkArea(old_screen_.get(), old_work_area_.get()));
 
 		// FIXME BufferView creation should be independant of WorkArea creation
-		buffer_views_[0].reset(new BufferView(view_.get()));
+		buffer_views_[0].reset(new BufferView());
 		work_area_->setBufferView(buffer_views_[0].get());
 		view_->setWorkArea(work_area_.get());
 		return 0;