diff --git a/libs/pbd/stateful.cc b/libs/pbd/stateful.cc
index ac36a69127..a5b583cc4d 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/stateful.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/stateful.cc
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ namespace PBD {
 int Stateful::current_state_version = 0;
 int Stateful::loading_state_version = 0;
 
-static void do_not_delete (void*) {}
-
-Glib::Threads::Private<bool> Stateful::regenerate_xml_or_string_ids (do_not_delete);
+Glib::Threads::Private<bool> Stateful::regenerate_xml_or_string_ids;
 
 Stateful::Stateful ()
 	: _extra_xml (0)
@@ -421,7 +419,8 @@ Stateful::set_id (const string& str)
 void
 Stateful::set_regenerate_xml_and_string_ids_in_this_thread (bool yn)
 {
-	regenerate_xml_or_string_ids.set (&yn);
+	bool* val = new bool (yn);
+	regenerate_xml_or_string_ids.set (val);
 }
 
 } // namespace PBD