diff --git a/aboutdata.h b/aboutdata.h
index d5648d4dd..abf882613 100644
--- a/aboutdata.h
+++ b/aboutdata.h
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 #include <kaboutdata.h>
 
-inline KAboutData* okularAboutData( const char* name, const char* iname )
+inline KAboutData okularAboutData( const char* name, const char* iname )
 {
-    KAboutData *about = new KAboutData(
+    KAboutData about(
         name, //"okular",
         0, // catalog name also "okular"
         ki18n(iname), //I18N_NOOP("okular"),
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ inline KAboutData* okularAboutData( const char* name, const char* iname )
         "http://okular.kde.org"
     );
 
-    about->addAuthor(ki18n("Pino Toscano"), ki18n("Current maintainer"), "pino@kde.org");
-    about->addAuthor(ki18n("Tobias Koenig"), ki18n("Lots of framework work, ODT and FictionBook backends"), "tokoe@kde.org");
-    about->addAuthor(ki18n("Albert Astals Cid"), ki18n("Former maintainer"), "aacid@kde.org");
-    about->addAuthor(ki18n("Piotr Szymanski"), ki18n("Created okular from KPDF codebase"), "djurban@pld-dc.org");
-    about->addAuthor(ki18n("Enrico Ros"), ki18n("KPDF developer"), "eros.kde@email.it");
+    about.addAuthor(ki18n("Pino Toscano"), ki18n("Current maintainer"), "pino@kde.org");
+    about.addAuthor(ki18n("Tobias Koenig"), ki18n("Lots of framework work, ODT and FictionBook backends"), "tokoe@kde.org");
+    about.addAuthor(ki18n("Albert Astals Cid"), ki18n("Former maintainer"), "aacid@kde.org");
+    about.addAuthor(ki18n("Piotr Szymanski"), ki18n("Created okular from KPDF codebase"), "djurban@pld-dc.org");
+    about.addAuthor(ki18n("Enrico Ros"), ki18n("KPDF developer"), "eros.kde@email.it");
 
     return about;
 }
diff --git a/part.cpp b/part.cpp
index e6023a5a4..4567cdbd4 100644
--- a/part.cpp
+++ b/part.cpp
@@ -671,18 +671,6 @@ QString Part::currentDocument()
 }
 
 
-//this don't go anywhere but is required by genericfactory.h
-KAboutData* Part::createAboutData()
-{
-    // the non-i18n name here must be the same as the directory in
-    // which the part's rc file is installed ('partrcdir' in the
-    // Makefile)
-    KAboutData* aboutData = okularAboutData( "okularpart", I18N_NOOP( "okularpart" ) );
-    aboutData->addAuthor(ki18n("Wilco Greven"), KLocalizedString(), "greven@kde.org");
-    return aboutData;
-}
-
-
 bool Part::slotImportPSFile()
 {
     QString app = KStandardDirs::findExe( "ps2pdf" );
diff --git a/part.h b/part.h
index c1fb0bcb9..a16cc2f84 100644
--- a/part.h
+++ b/part.h
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ class Part : public KParts::ReadOnlyPart, public Okular::DocumentObserver, publi
         void notifyViewportChanged( bool smoothMove );
         void notifyPageChanged( int page, int flags );
 
-        static KAboutData* createAboutData();
-
         bool openDocument(const KUrl& url, uint page);
         void startPresentation();
         QStringList supportedMimeTypes() const;
diff --git a/shell/main.cpp b/shell/main.cpp
index 0985f85f0..389da2ed7 100644
--- a/shell/main.cpp
+++ b/shell/main.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-    KAboutData * about = okularAboutData( "okular", I18N_NOOP( "okular" ) );
+    KAboutData about = okularAboutData( "okular", I18N_NOOP( "okular" ) );
 
-    KCmdLineArgs::init(argc, argv, about);
+    KCmdLineArgs::init(argc, argv, &about);
 
     KCmdLineOptions options;
     options.add("p");
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         }
     }
 
-    int ret = app.exec();
-    delete about;
-    return ret;
+    return app.exec();
 }
 
 // vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:et