diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.sip.in
index 65fa4ac8de3..6239a16d4ed 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.sip.in
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Default constructor of field formatter for a relation reference field.
 
     virtual QVariant createCache( QgsVectorLayer *layer, int fieldIndex, const QVariantMap &config ) const;
 
+
+    virtual QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const;
+
 };
 
 /************************************************************************
diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.sip.in
index 79d833eb6c9..37f849d2501 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.sip.in
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Returns the (possibly NULL) layer from the widget's ``config`` and ``project``
 .. versionadded:: 3.8
 %End
 
-
+    virtual QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/python/core/auto_generated/qgsfieldformatter.sip.in b/python/core/auto_generated/qgsfieldformatter.sip.in
index f15911ad268..e283ccfba7b 100644
--- a/python/core/auto_generated/qgsfieldformatter.sip.in
+++ b/python/core/auto_generated/qgsfieldformatter.sip.in
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ make use of a cache if present.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.0
 %End
+
+
+
 };
 
 /************************************************************************
diff --git a/python/gui/auto_generated/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.sip.in b/python/gui/auto_generated/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.sip.in
index f6684224092..9525d396696 100644
--- a/python/gui/auto_generated/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.sip.in
+++ b/python/gui/auto_generated/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.sip.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 class QgsEditorWidgetWrapper : QgsWidgetWrapper
 {
 %Docstring
@@ -187,7 +188,6 @@ of attribute values failing enforced field constraints.
 .. versionadded:: 3.0
 %End
 
-
     QString constraintFailureReason() const;
 %Docstring
 Returns the reason why a constraint check has failed (or an empty string
diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index 26a64fa6118..0020b8a149f 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -1998,13 +1998,11 @@ QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgisApp::findBrokenWidgetDependencies( QgsVectorLayer *
   // Check for missing layer widget dependencies
   for ( int i = 0; i < vl->fields().count(); i++ )
   {
-    std::unique_ptr<QgsEditorWidgetWrapper> ww;
-    ww.reset( QgsGui::editorWidgetRegistry()->create( vl, i, nullptr, nullptr ) );
-    // ww should never be null in real life, but it is in QgisApp tests because
-    // QgsEditorWidgetRegistry widget factories is empty
-    if ( ww )
+    const QgsEditorWidgetSetup setup = QgsGui::editorWidgetRegistry()->findBest( vl, vl->fields().field( i ).name() );
+    QgsFieldFormatter *fieldFormatter = QgsApplication::fieldFormatterRegistry()->fieldFormatter( setup.type() );
+    if ( fieldFormatter )
     {
-      const auto constDependencies { ww->layerDependencies() };
+      const auto constDependencies { fieldFormatter->layerDependencies( setup.config() ) };
       for ( const QgsVectorLayerRef &dependency : constDependencies )
       {
         const QgsVectorLayer *depVl { QgsVectorLayerRef( dependency ).resolveWeakly(
diff --git a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.cpp b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.cpp
index 72e1169453e..f1576d5998e 100644
--- a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.cpp
@@ -160,3 +160,17 @@ QVariant QgsRelationReferenceFieldFormatter::createCache( QgsVectorLayer *layer,
 
   return QVariant::fromValue<QMap<QVariant, QString>>( cache );
 }
+
+
+QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgsRelationReferenceFieldFormatter::layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const
+{
+
+  const QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> result {{
+      QgsVectorLayerRef(
+        config.value( QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerId" ) ).toString(),
+        config.value( QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerName" ) ).toString(),
+        config.value( QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerDataSource" ) ).toString(),
+        config.value( QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerProviderKey" ) ).toString() )
+    }};
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.h b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.h
index edec95061d0..723ffcde24f 100644
--- a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.h
+++ b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsrelationreferencefieldformatter.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRelationReferenceFieldFormatter : public QgsFieldFormatter
     QVariant sortValue( QgsVectorLayer *layer, int fieldIndex, const QVariantMap &config, const QVariant &cache, const QVariant &value ) const override;
 
     QVariant createCache( QgsVectorLayer *layer, int fieldIndex, const QVariantMap &config ) const override;
+
+    QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const override;
 };
 
 #endif // QGSRELATIONREFERENCEFIELDKIT_H
diff --git a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.cpp b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.cpp
index d90805833c5..eecf9b54de9 100644
--- a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,21 @@ QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter::ValueRelationCache QgsValueRelationFieldFormatte
   return cache;
 }
 
+
+QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter::layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const
+{
+  QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> result;
+  const QString layerId { config.value( QStringLiteral( "Layer" ) ).toString() };
+  const QString layerName { config.value( QStringLiteral( "LayerName" ) ).toString() };
+  const QString providerName { config.value( QStringLiteral( "LayerProviderName" ) ).toString() };
+  const QString layerSource { config.value( QStringLiteral( "LayerSource" ) ).toString() };
+  if ( ! layerId.isEmpty() && ! layerName.isEmpty() && ! providerName.isEmpty() && ! layerSource.isEmpty() )
+  {
+    result.append( QgsVectorLayerRef( layerId, layerName, layerSource, providerName ) );
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 QStringList QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter::valueToStringList( const QVariant &value )
 {
   QStringList checkList;
@@ -291,4 +306,3 @@ QgsVectorLayer *QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter::resolveLayer( const QVariantMap
                           config.value( QStringLiteral( "LayerProviderName" ) ).toString() };
   return ref.resolveByIdOrNameOnly( project );
 }
-
diff --git a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.h b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.h
index 0028ed00c5f..222bdb5ce78 100644
--- a/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.h
+++ b/src/core/fieldformatter/qgsvaluerelationfieldformatter.h
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter : public QgsFieldFormatter
      */
     static QgsVectorLayer *resolveLayer( const QVariantMap &config, const QgsProject *project );
 
-
-
+    QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const override;
 };
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( QgsValueRelationFieldFormatter::ValueRelationCache )
diff --git a/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.cpp b/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.cpp
index 383656f6216..6ff820fc08a 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.cpp
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ QVariant QgsFieldFormatter::createCache( QgsVectorLayer *layer, int fieldIndex,
 
   return QVariant();
 }
+
+QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgsFieldFormatter::layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const
+{
+  Q_UNUSED( config )
+  return QList<QgsVectorLayerRef>();
+}
diff --git a/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.h b/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.h
index b37185cb5b2..10cc8c25f8e 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsfieldformatter.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <QVariant>
 
 #include "qgis_core.h"
+#include "qgsvectorlayerref.h"
 
 class QgsVectorLayer;
 
@@ -96,6 +97,22 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsFieldFormatter
      * \since QGIS 3.0
      */
     virtual QVariant createCache( QgsVectorLayer *layer, int fieldIndex, const QVariantMap &config ) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of weak layer references to other layers required by this formatter
+     * for the given \a config.
+     * The default implementation returns an empty list.
+     *
+     * This method should be reimplemented by formatters that handle relations with other layers,
+     * (e.g. ValueRelation) and can be used by client code to warn the user about
+     * missing required dependencies or to add some resolution logic in order
+     * to load the missing dependency.
+     * \note not available in Python bindings
+     * \since QGIS 3.12
+     */
+    virtual QList< QgsVectorLayerRef > layerDependencies( const QVariantMap &config ) const SIP_SKIP;
+
+
 };
 
 #endif // QGSFIELDKIT_H
diff --git a/src/core/qgsopenclutils.cpp b/src/core/qgsopenclutils.cpp
index 003fdf0fc26..f00d90b92c2 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsopenclutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsopenclutils.cpp
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ cl::Program QgsOpenClUtils::buildProgram( const QString &source, QgsOpenClUtils:
     QString err = QObject::tr( "Error building OpenCL program: %1" )
                   .arg( build_log );
     QgsMessageLog::logMessage( err, LOGMESSAGE_TAG, Qgis::Critical );
+    qDebug() << source;
     if ( exceptionBehavior == Throw )
       throw e;
   }
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.cpp b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.cpp
index f94cf7f163a..682f9c26a07 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.cpp
@@ -267,10 +267,6 @@ bool QgsEditorWidgetWrapper::isBlockingCommit() const
   return mIsBlockingCommit;
 }
 
-QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgsEditorWidgetWrapper::layerDependencies() const
-{
-  return QList<QgsVectorLayerRef>();
-}
 
 QString QgsEditorWidgetWrapper::constraintFailureReason() const
 {
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.h b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.h
index 178ddda0e1e..2df39fb0720 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.h
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/core/qgseditorwidgetwrapper.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class QgsField;
 #include "qgswidgetwrapper.h"
 #include "qgis_gui.h"
 #include "qgis_sip.h"
-#include "qgsvectorlayerref.h"
+
 
 /**
  * \ingroup gui
@@ -193,19 +193,6 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsEditorWidgetWrapper : public QgsWidgetWrapper
      */
     bool isBlockingCommit() const;
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a list of weak layer references to other layers required by this widget.
-     * The default implementation returns an empty list.
-     *
-     * This method should be reimplemented by widgets that handle relations with other layers,
-     * (e.g. ValueRelation) and can be used by client code to warn the user about
-     * missing required dependencies or to add some resolution logic in order
-     * to load the missing dependency.
-     * \note not available in Python bindings
-     * \since QGIS 3.12
-     */
-    virtual QList< QgsVectorLayerRef > layerDependencies() const SIP_SKIP;
-
     /**
      * Returns the reason why a constraint check has failed (or an empty string
      * if constraint check was successful).
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.cpp b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.cpp
index a8ec2e2fc87..d94e3616f3e 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.cpp
@@ -182,21 +182,6 @@ QStringList QgsRelationReferenceWidgetWrapper::additionalFields() const
   return fields;
 }
 
-QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgsRelationReferenceWidgetWrapper::layerDependencies() const
-{
-  QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> result;
-  if ( mWidget )
-  {
-    result.append(
-      QgsVectorLayerRef(
-        mWidget->referencedLayerId(),
-        mWidget->referencedLayerName(),
-        mWidget->referencedLayerDataSource(),
-        mWidget->referencedLayerProviderKey() ) );
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 void QgsRelationReferenceWidgetWrapper::updateValues( const QVariant &val, const QVariantList &additionalValues )
 {
   if ( !mWidget || ( !mIndeterminateState && val == value() && val.isNull() == value().isNull() ) )
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.h b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.h
index a23b7613ee1..8fcd79dcc5d 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.h
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsrelationreferencewidgetwrapper.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "qgseditorwidgetwrapper.h"
 #include "qgis_sip.h"
 #include "qgis_gui.h"
+#include "qgsvectorlayerref.h"
 
 class QgsRelationReferenceWidget;
 class QgsMapCanvas;
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsRelationReferenceWidgetWrapper : public QgsEditorWidgetWrapp
 
   protected:
     void updateConstraintWidgetStatus() override;
-    QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> layerDependencies() const override SIP_SKIP;
 
   private:
     void updateValues( const QVariant &val, const QVariantList &additionalValues = QVariantList() ) override;
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.cpp b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.cpp
index e2af2f7581f..641e0e47bca 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.cpp
@@ -452,21 +452,6 @@ void QgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper::setEnabled( bool enabled )
     QgsEditorWidgetWrapper::setEnabled( enabled );
 }
 
-
-QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> QgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper::layerDependencies() const
-{
-  QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> result;
-  const QString layerId { config().value( QStringLiteral( "Layer" ) ).toString() };
-  const QString layerName { config().value( QStringLiteral( "LayerName" ) ).toString() };
-  const QString providerName { config().value( QStringLiteral( "LayerProviderName" ) ).toString() };
-  const QString layerSource { config().value( QStringLiteral( "LayerSource" ) ).toString() };
-  if ( ! layerId.isEmpty() && ! layerName.isEmpty() && ! providerName.isEmpty() && ! layerSource.isEmpty() )
-  {
-    result.append( QgsVectorLayerRef( layerId, layerName, layerSource, providerName ) );
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 void QgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper::emitValueChangedInternal( const QString &value )
 {
   Q_NOWARN_DEPRECATED_PUSH
diff --git a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.h b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.h
index a5e758f4ff8..3d94796801a 100644
--- a/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.h
+++ b/src/gui/editorwidgets/qgsvaluerelationwidgetwrapper.h
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsValueRelationWidgetWrapper : public QgsEditorWidgetWrapper
      */
     void setFeature( const QgsFeature &feature ) override;
 
-    QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> layerDependencies() const override;
-
   private slots:
     void emitValueChangedInternal( const QString &value );
 
diff --git a/tests/src/gui/testqgsrelationreferencewidget.cpp b/tests/src/gui/testqgsrelationreferencewidget.cpp
index 5412a86660d..20b8c92ebbc 100644
--- a/tests/src/gui/testqgsrelationreferencewidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/gui/testqgsrelationreferencewidget.cpp
@@ -503,24 +503,6 @@ void TestQgsRelationReferenceWidget::testDependencies()
   QCOMPARE( w.referencedLayerDataSource(), mLayer2.publicSource() );
   QCOMPARE( w.referencedLayerProviderKey(), mLayer2.providerType() );
 
-  // Test dependencies
-  QgsRelationReferenceWidget editor( new QWidget() );
-  QgsRelationReferenceWidgetWrapper ww( &mLayer1, 10, &editor, &canvas, nullptr, nullptr );
-  ww.setConfig(
-  {
-    { QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerDataSource" ), mLayer2.publicSource() },
-    { QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerProviderKey" ), mLayer2.providerType() },
-    { QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerId" ), mLayer2.id() },
-    { QStringLiteral( "ReferencedLayerName" ), mLayer2.name() },
-  } );
-  ww.initWidget( &editor );
-  const QList<QgsVectorLayerRef> dependencies = ww.layerDependencies();
-  QVERIFY( dependencies.count() == 1 );
-  const QgsVectorLayerRef dependency = dependencies.first();
-  QCOMPARE( dependency.layerId, mLayer2.id() );
-  QCOMPARE( dependency.name, mLayer2.name() );
-  QCOMPARE( dependency.provider, mLayer2.providerType() );
-  QCOMPARE( dependency.source, mLayer2.publicSource() );
 }
 
 QGSTEST_MAIN( TestQgsRelationReferenceWidget )