diff --git a/src/libsync/creds/credentialscommon.cpp b/src/libsync/creds/credentialscommon.cpp
index feba82f90b..7ea5c1d777 100644
--- a/src/libsync/creds/credentialscommon.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/creds/credentialscommon.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "utility.h"
 #include "account.h"
+#include "syncengine.h"
 
 namespace OCC
 {
@@ -34,10 +35,11 @@ int handleNeonSSLProblems(const char* prompt,
                           size_t /*len*/,
                           int /*echo*/,
                           int /*verify*/,
-                          void* /*userdata*/)
+                          void* userdata)
 {
     int re = 0;
     const QString qPrompt = QString::fromLatin1( prompt ).trimmed();
+    SyncEngine* engine = reinterpret_cast<SyncEngine*>(userdata);
 
     if( qPrompt.startsWith( QLatin1String("There are problems with the SSL certificate:"))) {
         // SSL is requested. If the program came here, the SSL check was done by Qt
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ int handleNeonSSLProblems(const char* prompt,
         int pos = 0;
         // This is the set of certificates which QNAM accepted, so we should accept
         // them as well
-        QList<QSslCertificate> certs = AccountManager::instance()->account()->sslConfiguration().peerCertificateChain();
+        QList<QSslCertificate> certs = engine->account()->sslConfiguration().peerCertificateChain();
 
         while (!certOk && (pos = regexp.indexIn(qPrompt, 1+pos)) != -1) {
             QString neon_fingerprint = regexp.cap(1);
diff --git a/src/libsync/creds/httpcredentials.cpp b/src/libsync/creds/httpcredentials.cpp
index a5cf735177..1210b70933 100644
--- a/src/libsync/creds/httpcredentials.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/creds/httpcredentials.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "accessmanager.h"
 #include "utility.h"
 #include "theme.h"
+#include "syncengine.h"
 #include "creds/credentialscommon.h"
 #include "creds/httpcredentials.h"
 
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ int getauth(const char *prompt,
     int re = 0;
 
     // ### safe?  Not really.  If the wizard is run in the main thread, the caccount could change during the sync.
-    // Ideally, http_credentials could be use userdata,   but userdata is the SyncEngine.
-    HttpCredentials* http_credentials = qobject_cast<HttpCredentials*>(AccountManager::instance()->account()->credentials());
+    SyncEngine* engine = reinterpret_cast<SyncEngine*>(userdata);
+    HttpCredentials* http_credentials = qobject_cast<HttpCredentials*>(engine->account()->credentials());
 
     if (!http_credentials) {
       qDebug() << "Not a HTTP creds instance!";
diff --git a/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp b/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp
index dd007c3a75..b442608b70 100644
--- a/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/syncengine.cpp
@@ -1149,6 +1149,11 @@ qint64 SyncEngine::timeSinceFileTouched(const QString& fn) const
     return -1;
 }
 
+AccountPtr SyncEngine::account() const
+{
+    return _account;
+}
+
 void SyncEngine::abort()
 {
     csync_request_abort(_csync_ctx);
diff --git a/src/libsync/syncengine.h b/src/libsync/syncengine.h
index 1b99085cf7..e63a51f5d5 100644
--- a/src/libsync/syncengine.h
+++ b/src/libsync/syncengine.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public:
      */
     qint64 timeSinceFileTouched(const QString& fn) const;
 
+    AccountPtr account() const;
+
 signals:
     void csyncError( const QString& );
     void csyncUnavailable();