diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/effects.h b/src/libkwineffects/effects.h
index 65931055d4..d9e93551ba 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/effects.h
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/effects.h
@@ -102,33 +102,6 @@ enum DataRole {
     WindowForceBackgroundContrastRole, ///< For fullscreen effects to enforce the background contrast,
 };
 
-/**
- * Scale a rect by a scalar.
- */
-KWIN_EXPORT inline QRectF scaledRect(const QRectF &rect, qreal scale)
-{
-    return QRectF{rect.x() * scale, rect.y() * scale, rect.width() * scale, rect.height() * scale};
-}
-
-/**
- * Round a vector to nearest integer.
- */
-KWIN_EXPORT inline QVector2D roundVector(const QVector2D &input)
-{
-    return QVector2D(std::round(input.x()), std::round(input.y()));
-}
-
-/**
- * Convert a QPointF to a QPoint by flooring instead of rounding.
- *
- * By default, QPointF::toPoint() rounds which can cause problems in certain
- * cases.
- */
-KWIN_EXPORT inline QPoint flooredPoint(const QPointF &point)
-{
-    return QPoint(std::floor(point.x()), std::floor(point.y()));
-}
-
 /**
  * @short Manager class that handles all the effects.
  *
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/globals.h b/src/libkwineffects/globals.h
index 4cd32f0dae..40869e2e81 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/globals.h
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/globals.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QPoint>
 #include <QVariant>
+#include <QVector2D>
 
 #include <kwin_export.h>
 
@@ -237,6 +238,33 @@ inline KWIN_EXPORT QRect infiniteRegion()
     return QRect(INT_MIN / 2, INT_MIN / 2, INT_MAX, INT_MAX);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Scale a rect by a scalar.
+ */
+KWIN_EXPORT inline QRectF scaledRect(const QRectF &rect, qreal scale)
+{
+    return QRectF{rect.x() * scale, rect.y() * scale, rect.width() * scale, rect.height() * scale};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Round a vector to nearest integer.
+ */
+KWIN_EXPORT inline QVector2D roundVector(const QVector2D &input)
+{
+    return QVector2D(std::round(input.x()), std::round(input.y()));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert a QPointF to a QPoint by flooring instead of rounding.
+ *
+ * By default, QPointF::toPoint() rounds which can cause problems in certain
+ * cases.
+ */
+KWIN_EXPORT inline QPoint flooredPoint(const QPointF &point)
+{
+    return QPoint(std::floor(point.x()), std::floor(point.y()));
+}
+
 /**
  * @returns if @a point is contained in @a rect, including the left and top borders
  * but excluding the right and bottom borders