diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/plugins.cpp b/src/lib/plugins/plugins.cpp
index 9eb3e1759..2c390d738 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/plugins.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/plugins.cpp
@@ -220,11 +220,12 @@ void Plugins::loadAvailablePlugins()
 
     // PythonPlugin
     if (m_pythonPlugin) {
-        auto f = (QVector<Plugin>(*)()) m_pythonPlugin->resolve("pyfalkon_load_available_plugins");
+        auto f = (void(*)(QVector<Plugin>*)) m_pythonPlugin->resolve("pyfalkon_load_available_plugins");
         if (!f) {
             qWarning() << "Failed to resolve" << "pyfalkon_load_available_plugins";
         } else {
-            const auto plugins = f();
+            QVector<Plugin> plugins;
+            f(&plugins);
             for (const auto &plugin : plugins) {
                 registerAvailablePlugin(plugin);
             }
@@ -382,13 +383,15 @@ Plugins::Plugin Plugins::loadPythonPlugin(const QString &name)
         return Plugin();
     }
 
-    auto f = (Plugin(*)(const QString &)) m_pythonPlugin->resolve("pyfalkon_load_plugin");
+    auto f = (bool(*)(const QString &,Plugin*)) m_pythonPlugin->resolve("pyfalkon_load_plugin");
     if (!f) {
         qWarning() << "Failed to resolve" << "pyfalkon_load_plugin";
         return Plugin();
     }
 
-    return f(name);
+    Plugin plugin;
+    f(name, &plugin);
+    return plugin;
 }
 
 bool Plugins::initPlugin(PluginInterface::InitState state, Plugin *plugin)
diff --git a/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.cpp
index 357c625d4..4e69d4b35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void pyfalkon_register_plugin(PluginInterface *plugin)
     pluginInterface = plugin;
 }
 
-Plugins::Plugin pyfalkon_load_plugin(const QString &name)
+bool pyfalkon_load_plugin(const QString &name, Plugins::Plugin *out)
 {
     QString fullPath;
     if (QFileInfo(name).isAbsolute()) {
@@ -100,15 +100,14 @@ Plugins::Plugin pyfalkon_load_plugin(const QString &name)
         fullPath = DataPaths::locate(DataPaths::Plugins, QSL("python/") + name);
         if (fullPath.isEmpty()) {
             qWarning() << "Plugin" << name << "not found";
-            return Plugins::Plugin();
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
-    Plugins::Plugin plugin;
-    plugin.type = Plugins::Plugin::PythonPlugin;
-    plugin.pluginId = QSL("python:%1").arg(QFileInfo(name).fileName());
-    plugin.pluginSpec = Plugins::createSpec(DesktopFile(fullPath + QSL("/metadata.desktop")));
-    return plugin;
+    out->type = Plugins::Plugin::PythonPlugin;
+    out->pluginId = QSL("python:%1").arg(QFileInfo(name).fileName());
+    out->pluginSpec = Plugins::createSpec(DesktopFile(fullPath + QSL("/metadata.desktop")));
+    return true;
 }
 
 void pyfalkon_init_plugin(Plugins::Plugin *plugin)
@@ -143,24 +142,21 @@ void pyfalkon_init_plugin(Plugins::Plugin *plugin)
     plugin->data = QVariant::fromValue(static_cast<void*>(module));
 }
 
-QVector<Plugins::Plugin> pyfalkon_load_available_plugins()
+void pyfalkon_load_available_plugins(QVector<Plugins::Plugin> *out)
 {
-    QVector<Plugins::Plugin> plugins;
-
     const QStringList dirs = script_paths();
     for (const QString &dir : dirs) {
         const auto modules = QDir(dir).entryInfoList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
         for (const QFileInfo &info : modules) {
-            Plugins::Plugin plugin = pyfalkon_load_plugin(info.absoluteFilePath());
+            Plugins::Plugin plugin;
+            pyfalkon_load_plugin(info.absoluteFilePath(), &plugin);
             if (plugin.pluginSpec.name.isEmpty()) {
                 qWarning() << "Invalid plugin spec of" << info.absoluteFilePath() << "plugin";
                 continue;
             }
-            plugins.append(plugin);
+            out->append(plugin);
         }
     }
-
-    return plugins;
 }
 
 bool pyfalkon_run_script(const QByteArray &script)
diff --git a/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.h b/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.h
index b52560aa7..a00ac15d7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/PyFalkon/pythonplugin.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 
 void pyfalkon_register_plugin(PluginInterface *plugin);
 
-extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT Plugins::Plugin pyfalkon_load_plugin(const QString &name);
+extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT bool pyfalkon_load_plugin(const QString &name, Plugins::Plugin *out);
 extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT void pyfalkon_init_plugin(Plugins::Plugin *plugin);
-extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT QVector<Plugins::Plugin> pyfalkon_load_available_plugins();
+extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT void pyfalkon_load_available_plugins(QVector<Plugins::Plugin> *out);
 
 extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT bool pyfalkon_run_script(const QByteArray &script);