diff --git a/src/View.cpp b/src/View.cpp
index 5725570e..83af9c90 100644
--- a/src/View.cpp
+++ b/src/View.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ namespace KDDockWidgets {
 static qint64 s_nextId = 1;
 }
 
-View::View(Controller *controller, Type type, QObject *thisObj)
+View::View(Controller *controller, Type type)
     : d(new Private())
     , m_controller(controller)
-    , m_thisObj(thisObj)
     , m_id(QString::number(KDDockWidgets::s_nextId++))
     , m_type(type)
 {
@@ -330,11 +329,6 @@ QScreen *View::screen() const
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-HANDLE View::handle() const
-{
-    return m_thisObj;
-}
-
 void View::setAboutToBeDestroyed()
 {
     m_aboutToBeDestroyed = true;
diff --git a/src/View.h b/src/View.h
index 473a7d87..b4eff99c 100644
--- a/src/View.h
+++ b/src/View.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <QSize> // TODOm4 Remove Qt headers, introduce Size and Rect structs
 #include <QRect>
-#include <QObject>
 
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ using WId = quintptr;
 class DOCKS_EXPORT View
 {
 public:
-    explicit View(Controller *controller, Type, QObject *thisObj);
+    explicit View(Controller *controller, Type);
     virtual ~View();
 
     virtual void init() {};
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ public:
     /// This value only makes sense to the frontend. For example, for QtQuick it might be a
     /// QQuickItem, while for QtWidgets it's a QWidget *. Can be whatever the frontend developer wants,
     /// as long as it uniquely identifies the GUI element. KDDW backend only uses it for comparison purposes
-    HANDLE handle() const;
+    virtual HANDLE handle() const = 0;
 
     /// @brief Returns whether the gui item represented by this view was already deleted
     /// Usually false, as KDDW internal gui elements inherit View, and nobody will access them after destruction.
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ protected:
     free_impl();
 
     Controller *const m_controller;
-    QObject *const m_thisObj;
     bool m_inDtor = false;
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/dummy/views/View_dummy.cpp b/src/dummy/views/View_dummy.cpp
index fa1b6942..b3815c8a 100644
--- a/src/dummy/views/View_dummy.cpp
+++ b/src/dummy/views/View_dummy.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ using namespace KDDockWidgets::Views;
 
 View_dummy::View_dummy(KDDockWidgets::Controller *controller, Type type,
                        void * /*parent*/, Qt::WindowFlags) // replace void with your type
-    : View(controller, type, nullptr) // TODO pass parent
+    : View(controller, type)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qtcommon/View_qt.cpp b/src/qtcommon/View_qt.cpp
index dba73258..4fd41368 100644
--- a/src/qtcommon/View_qt.cpp
+++ b/src/qtcommon/View_qt.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 View_qt::View_qt(Controller *controller, Type type, QObject *thisObj)
-    : View(controller, type, thisObj)
+    : View(controller, type)
     , m_eventFilter(thisObj ? new EventFilter(this, thisObj) : nullptr)
     , m_thisObj(thisObj)
 {
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ QObject *View_qt::thisObject() const
     return m_thisObj;
 }
 
+KDDockWidgets::HANDLE View_qt::handle() const
+{
+    return m_thisObj;
+}
+
 void View_qt::setObjectName(const QString &name)
 {
     if (m_thisObj) {
diff --git a/src/qtcommon/View_qt.h b/src/qtcommon/View_qt.h
index 7d00f67b..ae159a81 100644
--- a/src/qtcommon/View_qt.h
+++ b/src/qtcommon/View_qt.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public:
 
     QObject *thisObject() const;
 
+    HANDLE handle() const override;
     void setObjectName(const QString &name) override;
 
     static QObject *asQObject(View *);