diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java
index 1c0fd0f7d83..5545b0a09d4 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate.java
@@ -24,13 +24,9 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 class QtEmbeddedDelegate extends QtActivityDelegateBase implements QtNative.AppStateDetailsListener {
     // TODO simplistic implementation with one QtView, expand to support multiple views QTBUG-117649
     private QtView m_view;
-    private long m_rootWindowRef = 0L;
     private QtNative.ApplicationStateDetails m_stateDetails;
     private boolean m_windowLoaded = false;
 
-    private static native void createRootWindow(View rootView, int x, int y, int width, int height);
-    static native void deleteWindow(long windowReference);
-
     public QtEmbeddedDelegate(Activity context) {
         super(context);
 
@@ -82,7 +78,6 @@ class QtEmbeddedDelegate extends QtActivityDelegateBase implements QtNative.AppS
                     QtNative.terminateQt();
                     QtNative.setActivity(null);
                     QtNative.getQtThread().exit();
-                    onDestroy();
                 }
             }
         });
@@ -154,20 +149,10 @@ class QtEmbeddedDelegate extends QtActivityDelegateBase implements QtNative.AppS
         m_inputDelegate.setEditPopupMenu(new EditPopupMenu(m_activity, m_view));
     }
 
-
-    public void setRootWindowRef(long ref) {
-        m_rootWindowRef = ref;
-    }
-
-    public void onDestroy() {
-        if (m_rootWindowRef != 0L)
-            deleteWindow(m_rootWindowRef);
-        m_rootWindowRef = 0L;
-    }
-
     private void createRootWindow() {
         if (m_view != null && !m_windowLoaded) {
-            createRootWindow(m_view, m_view.getLeft(), m_view.getTop(),  m_view.getWidth(), m_view.getHeight());
+            QtView.createRootWindow(m_view, m_view.getLeft(), m_view.getTop(), m_view.getWidth(),
+                                    m_view.getHeight());
             m_windowLoaded = true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtView.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtView.java
index 6836171187e..b253548a5c9 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtView.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtView.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ abstract class QtView extends ViewGroup {
 
     protected QtWindow m_window;
     protected long m_windowReference;
+    protected long m_parentWindowReference;
     protected QtWindowListener m_windowListener;
     protected QtEmbeddedDelegate m_delegate;
     // Implement in subclass to handle the creation of the QWindow and its parent container.
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ abstract class QtView extends ViewGroup {
     // too much JNI back and forth. Related to parent window creation, so handle with QTBUG-121511.
     abstract protected void createWindow(long parentWindowRef);
 
+    static native void createRootWindow(View rootView, int x, int y, int width, int height);
+    static native void deleteWindow(long windowReference);
     private static native void setWindowVisible(long windowReference, boolean visible);
     private static native void resizeWindow(long windowReference,
                                             int x, int y, int width, int height);
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ abstract class QtView extends ViewGroup {
     // viewReference - the reference to the created QQuickView
     void addQtWindow(QtWindow window, long viewReference, long parentWindowRef) {
         setWindowReference(viewReference);
-        m_delegate.setRootWindowRef(parentWindowRef);
+        m_parentWindowReference = parentWindowRef;
         final Handler handler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
         handler.post(new Runnable() {
             @Override
@@ -176,9 +179,9 @@ abstract class QtView extends ViewGroup {
 
     // Destroy the underlying QWindow
     void destroyWindow() {
-        if (m_windowReference != 0L)
-            QtEmbeddedDelegate.deleteWindow(m_windowReference);
-        m_windowReference = 0L;
+        if (m_parentWindowReference != 0L)
+            deleteWindow(m_parentWindowReference);
+        m_parentWindowReference = 0L;
     }
 
     QtWindow getQtWindow() {
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidwindowembedding.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidwindowembedding.cpp
index 230776f5713..65dabcac662 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidwindowembedding.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/androidwindowembedding.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 Q_DECLARE_JNI_CLASS(QtView, "org/qtproject/qt/android/QtView");
-Q_DECLARE_JNI_CLASS(QtEmbeddedDelegate, "org/qtproject/qt/android/QtEmbeddedDelegate");
 
 namespace QtAndroidWindowEmbedding {
     void createRootWindow(JNIEnv *, jclass, QtJniTypes::View rootView,
@@ -59,16 +58,12 @@ namespace QtAndroidWindowEmbedding {
     }
 
     bool registerNatives(QJniEnvironment& env) {
-        using namespace QtJniTypes;
-        bool success = env.registerNativeMethods(Traits<QtEmbeddedDelegate>::className(),
-                            {Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(createRootWindow, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding),
-                             Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(deleteWindow, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding)});
-
-        success &= env.registerNativeMethods(Traits<QtView>::className(),
-                            {Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(setWindowVisible, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding),
-                             Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(resizeWindow, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding)});
-        return success;
-
+        return env.registerNativeMethods(
+                QtJniTypes::Traits<QtJniTypes::QtView>::className(),
+                { Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(createRootWindow, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding),
+                  Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(deleteWindow, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding),
+                  Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(setWindowVisible, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding),
+                  Q_JNI_NATIVE_SCOPED_METHOD(resizeWindow, QtAndroidWindowEmbedding) });
     }
 }