diff --git a/gui/initiatequi.cpp b/gui/initiatequi.cpp
index c59868c..f1d65a0 100644
--- a/gui/initiatequi.cpp
+++ b/gui/initiatequi.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ int runWidgetsGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs,
     QSettings settings(QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope,  QApplication::organizationName(), QApplication::applicationName());
     qtSettings.restore(settings);
     qtSettings.apply();
-    // load resources needed by classes of qtutilities
-    QtUtilitiesResources::init();
     // apply settings specified via command line args
     qtConfigArgs.applySettings(qtSettings.hasCustomFont());
     LOAD_QT_TRANSLATIONS;
@@ -40,8 +38,6 @@ int runWidgetsGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs,
     }
     // start event loop
     int res = a.exec();
-    // cleanup resources
-    QtUtilitiesResources::cleanup();
     // save Qt settings
     qtSettings.save(settings);
     return res;
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 438ffa1..8957d21 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #if defined(GUI_QTWIDGETS) || defined(GUI_QTQUICK)
 # include <qtutilities/resources/qtconfigarguments.h>
 # include <QString>
+ENABLE_QT_RESOURCES_OF_STATIC_DEPENDENCIES
 #else
 # include <c++utilities/application/fakeqtconfigarguments.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp b/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
index 9abe440..50fdd40 100644
--- a/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
+++ b/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs)
 #else
     QGuiApplication a(argc, argv);
 #endif
-    // load resources needed by classes of qtutilities
-    QtUtilitiesResources::init();
     // apply settings specified via command line args
     qtConfigArgs.applySettings();
     LOAD_QT_TRANSLATIONS;
@@ -55,8 +53,6 @@ int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs)
     QQmlApplicationEngine engine(QUrl("qrc:/qml/main.qml"));
     // start event loop
     int res = a.exec();
-    // cleanup resources
-    QtUtilitiesResources::cleanup();
     return res;
 }