diff --git a/src/gnc/ScopedPointer.hpp b/src/gnc/ScopedPointer.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 21d23d80ff..0000000000
--- a/src/gnc/ScopedPointer.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * ScopedPointer.hpp
- * Copyright (C) 2010 Christian Stimming
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, contact:
- *
- * Free Software Foundation           Voice:  +1-617-542-5942
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor    Fax:    +1-617-542-2652
- * Boston, MA  02110-1301,  USA       gnu@gnu.org
- */
-
-#ifndef GNC_SCOPEDPOINTER_HPP
-#define GNC_SCOPEDPOINTER_HPP
-
-#error "This file requires the Boost library because the boost::shared_ptr is nice and has non-trivial features. However, in the current build this file isn't used anyway, so it should not be used within this project so far."
-#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
-
-namespace gnc
-{
-
-/** A sole ownership of a single C object.
- *
- * This copies the interface of the boost::scoped_ptr, but with the
- * boost::shared_ptr possiblity of a custom deleter function because
- * we need that.
- */
-template<class T>
-class ScopedPointer // noncopyable
-{
-    // Private copy constructor so that this is noncopyable
-    ScopedPointer(ScopedPointer const &);
-    ScopedPointer& operator=(ScopedPointer const&);
-    void operator==(ScopedPointer const&) const;
-    void operator!=(ScopedPointer const&) const;
-    boost::shared_ptr<T> m_ptr;
-    typedef ScopedPointer<T> this_type;
-public:
-    typedef T element_type;
-
-    ScopedPointer()
-            : m_ptr()
-    { }
-
-    template<class Y, class D> ScopedPointer(Y * ptr, D deleter)
-            : m_ptr(ptr, deleter)
-    { }
-
-    void reset() // never throws in 1.30+
-    {
-        this_type().swap(*this);
-    }
-
-    template<class Y, class D> void reset( Y * p, D d )
-    {
-        this_type( p, d ).swap( *this );
-    }
-
-    T & operator*() const // never throws
-    {
-        assert(m_ptr != 0);
-        return *m_ptr.get();
-    }
-
-    T * operator->() const // never throws
-    {
-        assert(m_ptr != 0);
-        return m_ptr.get();
-    }
-
-    T * get() const // never throws
-    {
-        return m_ptr.get();
-    }
-
-    // implicit conversion to "bool"
-    typedef T * (this_type::*unspecified_bool_type)() const;
-    operator unspecified_bool_type() const // never throws
-    {
-        return m_ptr == 0 ? 0 : &this_type::get;
-    }
-
-    bool operator! () const // never throws
-    {
-        return m_ptr == 0;
-    }
-
-    void swap(ScopedPointer & other) // never throws
-    {
-        m_ptr.swap(other.m_ptr);
-    }
-};
-
-} // END namespace gnc
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/gnc/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gnc/mainwindow.cpp
index 09bd101a00..ff14150049 100644
--- a/src/gnc/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gnc/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow()
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
 {
+    delete ui;
     if (m_session.get())
     {
         qof_session_destroy(m_session.get());
diff --git a/src/gnc/mainwindow.hpp b/src/gnc/mainwindow.hpp
index d11f6ff9a9..7808cd6bc4 100644
--- a/src/gnc/mainwindow.hpp
+++ b/src/gnc/mainwindow.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #define MAINWINDOW_H
 
 #include <QMainWindow>
-#include <QSharedPointer>
 #include "gnc/Session.hpp"
 #include "gnc/AccountItemModel.hpp"
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ private:
     void setCurrentFile(const QString &fileName);
     QString strippedName(const QString &fullFileName);
 
-    QSharedPointer<Ui::MainWindow> ui;
+    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
 
     QString curFile;