diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
index 3a87e6cf31..168e555eae 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.cpp
@@ -130,30 +130,24 @@ QWidget* CSVWorld::NotEditableSubDelegate::createEditor(
 /*
 ==============================DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy==========================================
 */
-CSVWorld::DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy::refWrapper::refWrapper(const QModelIndex& index)
-    : mIndex(index)
-{
-}
-
 CSVWorld::DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy::DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy(
     QWidget* editor, CSMWorld::ColumnBase::Display display)
     : mEditor(editor)
     , mDisplay(display)
-    , mIndexWrapper(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
 void CSVWorld::DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy::editorDataCommited()
 {
-    if (mIndexWrapper.get())
+    if (mIndex.has_value())
     {
-        emit editorDataCommited(mEditor, mIndexWrapper->mIndex, mDisplay);
+        emit editorDataCommited(mEditor, mIndex.value(), mDisplay);
     }
 }
 
 void CSVWorld::DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy::setIndex(const QModelIndex& index)
 {
-    mIndexWrapper = std::make_unique<refWrapper>(index);
+    mIndex = index;
 }
 
 QWidget* CSVWorld::DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy::getEditor() const
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp
index b5108f3b0e..eb1c8d96d5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/dialoguesubview.hpp
@@ -74,23 +74,14 @@ namespace CSVWorld
             QWidget* parent, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option, const QModelIndex& index) const override;
     };
 
-    // this can't be nested into the DialogueDelegateDispatcher, because it needs to emit signals
     class DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy : public QObject
     {
         Q_OBJECT
-        class refWrapper
-        {
-        public:
-            refWrapper(const QModelIndex& index);
-
-            const QModelIndex& mIndex;
-        };
-
         QWidget* mEditor;
 
         CSMWorld::ColumnBase::Display mDisplay;
 
-        std::unique_ptr<refWrapper> mIndexWrapper;
+        std::optional<QModelIndex> mIndex;
 
     public:
         DialogueDelegateDispatcherProxy(QWidget* editor, CSMWorld::ColumnBase::Display display);