diff --git a/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp b/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp
index de28615e9..652127d08 100644
--- a/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ QNetworkReply* AdBlockManager::block(const QNetworkRequest &request)
     if (blockedRule) {
         QVariant v = request.attribute((QNetworkRequest::Attribute)(QNetworkRequest::User + 100));
         WebPage* webPage = static_cast<WebPage*>(v.value<void*>());
-        if (WebPage::isPointerSafeToUse(webPage)) {
+        if (webPage) {
             if (!canBeBlocked(webPage->url())) {
                 return 0;
             }
diff --git a/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp b/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp
index e2193397e..6193034d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 QString WebPage::s_lastUploadLocation = QDir::homePath();
 QUrl WebPage::s_lastUnsupportedUrl;
 QTime WebPage::s_lastUnsupportedUrlTime;
-QList<WebPage*> WebPage::s_livingPages;
 QStringList WebPage::s_ignoredSslErrors;
 
 WebPage::WebPage(QObject* parent)
@@ -120,8 +119,6 @@ WebPage::WebPage(QObject* parent)
 #endif
 
 #endif
-
-    s_livingPages.append(this);
 }
 
 WebPage::~WebPage()
@@ -132,8 +129,6 @@ WebPage::~WebPage()
         m_runningLoop->exit(1);
         m_runningLoop = 0;
     }
-
-    s_livingPages.removeOne(this);
 }
 
 void WebPage::setWebView(TabbedWebView* view)
@@ -1265,12 +1260,3 @@ QWebEnginePage* WebPage::createWindow(QWebEnginePage::WebWindowType type)
         return 0;
     }
 }
-
-bool WebPage::isPointerSafeToUse(WebPage* page)
-{
-    // Pointer to WebPage is passed with every QNetworkRequest casted to void*
-    // So there is no way to test whether pointer is still valid or not, except
-    // this hack.
-
-    return page == 0 ? false : s_livingPages.contains(page);
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/webengine/webpage.h b/src/lib/webengine/webpage.h
index cee1746c0..cfa6345c8 100644
--- a/src/lib/webengine/webpage.h
+++ b/src/lib/webengine/webpage.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ public:
 #endif
     QString userAgentForUrl(const QUrl &url) const;
 
-    static bool isPointerSafeToUse(WebPage* page);
-
 signals:
     void privacyChanged(bool status);
 
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ private:
     static QString s_lastUploadLocation;
     static QUrl s_lastUnsupportedUrl;
     static QTime s_lastUnsupportedUrlTime;
-    static QList<WebPage*> s_livingPages;
     static QStringList s_ignoredSslErrors;
 
     NetworkManagerProxy* m_networkProxy;