diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc b/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc
index f184cb692..ee68dbd75 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtRecentConfigurationPage.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QLabel>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 
 namespace edt
 {
@@ -346,6 +347,40 @@ RecentConfigurationPage::update_list (const std::list<std::vector<std::string> >
   mp_tree_widget->header ()->resizeSections (QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
 }
 
+static bool
+set_or_request_current_layer (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, unsigned int cv_index, const db::LayerProperties &lp)
+{
+  bool ok = view->set_current_layer (cv_index, lp);
+  if (ok) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (! view->control_panel ()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const lay::CellView &cv = view->cellview (cv_index);
+  if (! cv.is_valid ()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (QMessageBox::question (view->widget (), tr ("Create Layer"), tr ("Layer %1 does not exist yet. Create it now?").arg (tl::to_qstring (lp.to_string ()))) == QMessageBox::Yes) {
+
+    lay::LayerPropertiesNode lpn;
+    lpn.set_source (lay::ParsedLayerSource (lp, cv_index));
+    view->init_layer_properties (lpn);
+
+    view->transaction (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Create new layer")));
+    view->set_current_layer (lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator (& view->insert_layer (view->end_layers (), lpn)));
+    view->commit ();
+
+    return true;
+
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 void
 RecentConfigurationPage::item_clicked (QTreeWidgetItem *item)
 {
@@ -365,7 +400,7 @@ RecentConfigurationPage::item_clicked (QTreeWidgetItem *item)
         ex.read (cv_index);
       }
 
-      view ()->set_or_request_current_layer (cv_index, lp);
+      set_or_request_current_layer (view (), cv_index, lp);
 
     } else {
       dispatcher ()->config_set (c->cfg_name, v);
diff --git a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc
index c9bf40661..bf3070ede 100644
--- a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc
+++ b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <QImageWriter>
 #include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
-#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 
@@ -608,40 +607,6 @@ LayoutView::config_finalize ()
   dm_setup_editor_option_pages ();
 }
 
-bool
-LayoutView::set_or_request_current_layer (unsigned int cv_index, const db::LayerProperties &lp)
-{
-  bool ok = set_current_layer (cv_index, lp);
-  if (ok) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  if (! mp_control_panel) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  const lay::CellView &cv = cellview (cv_index);
-  if (! cv.is_valid ()) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (QMessageBox::question (this, tr ("Create Layer"), tr ("Layer %1 does not exist yet. Create it now?").arg (tl::to_qstring (lp.to_string ()))) == QMessageBox::Yes) {
-
-    lay::LayerPropertiesNode lpn;
-    lpn.set_source (lay::ParsedLayerSource (lp, cv_index));
-    init_layer_properties (lpn);
-
-    transaction (tl::to_string (QObject::tr ("Create new layer")));
-    set_current_layer (lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator (& insert_layer (end_layers (), lpn)));
-    commit ();
-
-    return true;
-
-  }
-
-  return false;
-}
-
 void
 LayoutView::set_current_layer (const lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator &l) 
 {
diff --git a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.h b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.h
index 6d87a57ad..5eca291cf 100644
--- a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.h
+++ b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_qt.h
@@ -179,14 +179,6 @@ public:
    */
   virtual void create_plugins (const lay::PluginDeclaration *except_this = 0);
 
-  /**
-   *  @brief Sets the currently active layer by layer properties and cell view index
-   *
-   *  If the layer does not exist, the user will be asked whether to create the layer.
-   *  Returns false if the layer is not a valid one and the user defined to create the layer.
-   */
-  bool set_or_request_current_layer (unsigned int cv_index, const db::LayerProperties &properties);
-
   /**
    *  @brief Sets the currently active layer by layer properties and cell view index
    *