--- kdevplatform-git/plugins/patchreview/orig.patchreview.cpp	2014-09-06 14:24:41.000000000 +0200
+++ kdevplatform-git/plugins/patchreview/patchreview.cpp	2014-09-06 13:16:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@
 
 PatchReviewPlugin::~PatchReviewPlugin() {
     removeHighlighting();
-    delete m_patch;
+    // QObject derived objects should be deleted using ->deleteLater() instead of delete <object>
+    // failing to do so may lead to a crash deep in Qt(4) on OS X.
+    m_patch->deleteLater();
 }
 
 void PatchReviewPlugin::clearPatch( QObject* _patch ) {