diff -r 5dc02b23752f -r 3e2da88830cd src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicslinearlayout.cpp
--- a/src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicslinearlayout.cpp	Tue Jul 06 15:10:48 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/gui/graphicsview/qgraphicslinearlayout.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:37:55 2010 +0300
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 {
     int index = gridItem->firstRow(orientation);
     engine.removeItem(gridItem);
-    engine.removeRow(index, orientation);
+    engine.removeRows(index, 1, orientation);
 }
 
 void QGraphicsLinearLayoutPrivate::fixIndex(int *index) const
@@ -171,14 +171,13 @@
     return int(qMin(uint(index), uint(engine.columnCount())));
 }
 
+Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(QWidget, globalStyleInfoWidget)
+
 QLayoutStyleInfo QGraphicsLinearLayoutPrivate::styleInfo() const
 {
-    static QWidget *wid = 0;
-    if (!wid)
-        wid = new QWidget;
     QGraphicsItem *item = parentItem();
     QStyle *style = (item && item->isWidget()) ? static_cast<QGraphicsWidget*>(item)->style() : QApplication::style();
-    return QLayoutStyleInfo(style, wid);
+    return QLayoutStyleInfo(style, globalStyleInfoWidget());
 }
 
 /*!