diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp
index f7c63359bfbdeba537caad0954cab72550ca6cbb..9aafaeea910dc6aa01285a8e5d28079022d888d0 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ QmlObjectValue::QmlObjectValue(FakeMetaObject::ConstPtr metaObject, const QStrin
                                const ComponentVersion &importVersion, int metaObjectRevision,
                                ValueOwner *valueOwner)
     : ObjectValue(valueOwner),
-      _attachedType(0),
       _metaObject(metaObject),
       _moduleName(packageName),
       _componentVersion(componentVersion),
@@ -258,8 +257,13 @@ void QmlObjectValue::processMembers(MemberProcessor *processor) const
         }
     }
 
-    if (_attachedType)
-        _attachedType->processMembers(processor);
+    // look into attached types
+    const QString &attachedTypeName = _metaObject->attachedTypeName();
+    if (!attachedTypeName.isEmpty()) {
+        const QmlObjectValue *attachedType = valueOwner()->cppQmlTypes().objectByCppName(attachedTypeName);
+        if (attachedType)
+            attachedType->processMembers(processor);
+    }
 
     ObjectValue::processMembers(processor);
 }
@@ -354,16 +358,6 @@ QList<const QmlObjectValue *> QmlObjectValue::prototypes() const
     return protos;
 }
 
-const QmlObjectValue *QmlObjectValue::attachedType() const
-{
-    return _attachedType;
-}
-
-void QmlObjectValue::setAttachedType(QmlObjectValue *value)
-{
-    _attachedType = value;
-}
-
 FakeMetaObject::ConstPtr QmlObjectValue::metaObject() const
 {
     return _metaObject;
diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h
index 8b74624f9741159d468f9a9f0bfa9c5218a628af..1babae83f0fe9fda88d6706337097c81a03e0e46 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/qmljsinterpreter.h
@@ -430,9 +430,6 @@ public:
     const QmlObjectValue *prototype() const;
     QList<const QmlObjectValue *> prototypes() const;
 
-    const QmlObjectValue *attachedType() const;
-    void setAttachedType(QmlObjectValue *value);
-
     LanguageUtils::FakeMetaObject::ConstPtr metaObject() const;
 
     QString moduleName() const;
@@ -453,7 +450,6 @@ protected:
     bool isDerivedFrom(LanguageUtils::FakeMetaObject::ConstPtr base) const;
 
 private:
-    QmlObjectValue *_attachedType;
     LanguageUtils::FakeMetaObject::ConstPtr _metaObject;
     const QString _moduleName;
     // _componentVersion is the version of the export