diff --git a/obs/CMakeLists.txt b/obs/CMakeLists.txt
index 746bf0ead8a440f2a8832dd51e6f79fd27b4b935..4206582d2d864f85c33e5f7e46581453d10b6f4d 100644
--- a/obs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/obs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ set(obs_SOURCES
 	double-slider.cpp
 	volume-control.cpp
 	adv-audio-control.cpp
+	item-widget-helpers.cpp
 	visibility-checkbox.cpp
 	vertical-scroll-area.cpp
 	visibility-item-widget.cpp
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ set(obs_HEADERS
 	mute-checkbox.hpp
 	volume-control.hpp
 	adv-audio-control.hpp
+	item-widget-helpers.hpp
 	visibility-checkbox.hpp
 	vertical-scroll-area.hpp
 	visibility-item-widget.hpp
diff --git a/obs/item-widget-helpers.cpp b/obs/item-widget-helpers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9139ccb40d510e95a5a5ddcc156f82f5e2bc9772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obs/item-widget-helpers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+    Copyright (C) 2015 by Hugh Bailey <obs.jim@gmail.com>
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QListWidget>
+
+QListWidgetItem *TakeListItem(QListWidget *widget, int row)
+{
+	QListWidgetItem *item = widget->item(row);
+
+	if (item)
+		delete widget->itemWidget(item);
+
+	return widget->takeItem(row);
+}
+
+void DeleteListItem(QListWidget *widget, QListWidgetItem *item)
+{
+	if (item) {
+		delete widget->itemWidget(item);
+		delete item;
+	}
+}
+
+void ClearListItems(QListWidget *widget)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < widget->count(); i++)
+		delete widget->itemWidget(widget->item(i));
+
+	QListWidgetItem *item = nullptr;
+	while ((item = widget->takeItem(0)))
+		delete item;
+}
diff --git a/obs/item-widget-helpers.hpp b/obs/item-widget-helpers.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a4d43e41acb2e9042df1db0da2c0e41ce05b6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obs/item-widget-helpers.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+    Copyright (C) 2015 by Hugh Bailey <obs.jim@gmail.com>
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+******************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+/* This file exists to prevent ->deleteLater from being called on custom-made
+ * item widgets in widgets such as list widgets.  We do this to prevent things
+ * such as references to sources/etc from getting stuck in the Qt event queue
+ * with no way of controlling when they'll be released. */
+
+class QListWidget;
+class QListWidgetItem;
+
+QListWidgetItem *TakeListItem(QListWidget *widget, int row);
+void DeleteListItem(QListWidget *widget, QListWidgetItem *item);
+void ClearListItems(QListWidget *widget);