diff --git a/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.cpp b/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.cpp
index f3b60eeb8275ea73c6dcfa9869fb3aa17c926a3e..88a8e950fed2aef33593c3fb0e8f55265da3d01c 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QWidgetAction>
 
-InstrumentView::InstrumentView(QWidget* parent)
-    : QWidget(parent)
-    , m_listing(new InstrumentListing(gDoc.get()))
+InstrumentView::InstrumentView()
+    : m_listing(new InstrumentListing(gDoc.get()))
     , m_scrollArea(new QScrollArea)
 {
     auto* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
diff --git a/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.h b/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.h
index c15cd4b69f5d5829830e0bcc91ae0efb57c53a5e..fe2383f9294ed66787fc2d1aa39e08fe2750abf7 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.h
+++ b/GUI/View/Instrument/InstrumentView.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ProjectDocument;
 class InstrumentView : public QWidget {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    InstrumentView(QWidget* parent);
+    InstrumentView();
 
 private:
     void showEvent(QShowEvent*) override;
diff --git a/GUI/View/Main/MainWindow.cpp b/GUI/View/Main/MainWindow.cpp
index 3e66ec665de3e21ea7ed8e9645d0cbf308a5a6c8..7820003ea2e7282cf9a881b2ba887c4e48506c83 100644
--- a/GUI/View/Main/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/Main/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void MainWindow::initViews()
     resetView(GUI::ID::ViewId::Projects, m_projectsView);
 
     if (gDoc) {
-        m_instrumentView = new InstrumentView(this);
+        m_instrumentView = new InstrumentView;
         m_sampleView = new SampleView(this, gDoc.get());
         m_importDataView = new DataView(this, gDoc.get());
         m_simulationView = new SimulationView(this, gDoc.get());