diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.cpp b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.cpp
index a21d419607..9dc183781b 100644
--- a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-VirtualEglLayerBuffer::VirtualEglLayerBuffer(GbmGraphicsBuffer *buffer, VirtualEglBackend *backend)
+VirtualEglLayerBuffer::VirtualEglLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *buffer, VirtualEglBackend *backend)
     : m_graphicsBuffer(buffer)
 {
     m_texture = backend->importDmaBufAsTexture(*buffer->dmabufAttributes());
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ VirtualEglLayerBuffer::~VirtualEglLayerBuffer()
     m_graphicsBuffer->drop();
 }
 
-GbmGraphicsBuffer *VirtualEglLayerBuffer::graphicsBuffer() const
+GraphicsBuffer *VirtualEglLayerBuffer::graphicsBuffer() const
 {
     return m_graphicsBuffer;
 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<VirtualEglLayerBuffer> VirtualEglSwapchain::acquire()
         }
     }
 
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
         .size = m_size,
         .format = m_format,
     });
diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.h b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.h
index f7e6f3ba64..1c3da2d320 100644
--- a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_egl_backend.h
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class GbmGraphicsBuffer;
-class GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator;
+class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 class VirtualBackend;
 class GLFramebuffer;
 class GLTexture;
@@ -25,15 +24,15 @@ class VirtualEglBackend;
 class VirtualEglLayerBuffer
 {
 public:
-    VirtualEglLayerBuffer(GbmGraphicsBuffer *buffer, VirtualEglBackend *backend);
+    VirtualEglLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *buffer, VirtualEglBackend *backend);
     ~VirtualEglLayerBuffer();
 
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
     GLFramebuffer *framebuffer() const;
     std::shared_ptr<GLTexture> texture() const;
 
 private:
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
+    GraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
     std::unique_ptr<GLFramebuffer> m_framebuffer;
     std::shared_ptr<GLTexture> m_texture;
 };
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ private:
     VirtualEglBackend *m_backend;
     QSize m_size;
     uint32_t m_format;
-    std::unique_ptr<GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     QVector<std::shared_ptr<VirtualEglLayerBuffer>> m_buffers;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.cpp b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.cpp
index 8dd4cedc9f..431f4882b5 100644
--- a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static QImage::Format drmFormatToQImageFormat(uint32_t drmFormat)
     }
 }
 
-VirtualQPainterBufferSlot::VirtualQPainterBufferSlot(ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer)
+VirtualQPainterBufferSlot::VirtualQPainterBufferSlot(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer)
     : graphicsBuffer(graphicsBuffer)
 {
     const ShmAttributes *attributes = graphicsBuffer->shmAttributes();
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<VirtualQPainterBufferSlot> VirtualQPainterSwapchain::acquire()
         }
     }
 
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *buffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
+    GraphicsBuffer *buffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
         .size = m_size,
         .format = m_format,
         .software = true,
diff --git a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.h b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.h
index 066e1345e0..61ed5c39c1 100644
--- a/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/virtual/virtual_qpainter_backend.h
@@ -19,17 +19,16 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class ShmGraphicsBuffer;
-class ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator;
+class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 class VirtualBackend;
 
 class VirtualQPainterBufferSlot
 {
 public:
-    VirtualQPainterBufferSlot(ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer);
+    VirtualQPainterBufferSlot(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer);
     ~VirtualQPainterBufferSlot();
 
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer;
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer;
     QImage image;
     void *data = nullptr;
     int size;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ public:
     std::shared_ptr<VirtualQPainterBufferSlot> acquire();
 
 private:
-    std::unique_ptr<ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     QSize m_size;
     uint32_t m_format;
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<VirtualQPainterBufferSlot>> m_slots;
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp
index bef76243de..41e113fd77 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace KWin
 namespace Wayland
 {
 
-WaylandEglLayerBuffer::WaylandEglLayerBuffer(GbmGraphicsBuffer *buffer, WaylandEglBackend *backend)
+WaylandEglLayerBuffer::WaylandEglLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *buffer, WaylandEglBackend *backend)
     : m_graphicsBuffer(buffer)
 {
     m_texture = backend->importDmaBufAsTexture(*buffer->dmabufAttributes());
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ WaylandEglLayerBuffer::~WaylandEglLayerBuffer()
     m_graphicsBuffer->drop();
 }
 
-GbmGraphicsBuffer *WaylandEglLayerBuffer::graphicsBuffer() const
+GraphicsBuffer *WaylandEglLayerBuffer::graphicsBuffer() const
 {
     return m_graphicsBuffer;
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<WaylandEglLayerBuffer> WaylandEglLayerSwapchain::acquire()
         }
     }
 
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
         .size = m_size,
         .format = m_format,
         .modifiers = m_modifiers,
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h
index 50796e27a8..2dde15dcfe 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_egl_backend.h
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 class GLFramebuffer;
-class GbmGraphicsBuffer;
-class GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator;
+class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 
 namespace Wayland
 {
@@ -30,16 +29,16 @@ class WaylandEglBackend;
 class WaylandEglLayerBuffer
 {
 public:
-    WaylandEglLayerBuffer(GbmGraphicsBuffer *buffer, WaylandEglBackend *backend);
+    WaylandEglLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *buffer, WaylandEglBackend *backend);
     ~WaylandEglLayerBuffer();
 
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
     GLFramebuffer *framebuffer() const;
     std::shared_ptr<GLTexture> texture() const;
     int age() const;
 
 private:
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
+    GraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
     std::unique_ptr<GLFramebuffer> m_framebuffer;
     std::shared_ptr<GLTexture> m_texture;
     int m_age = 0;
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ private:
     QSize m_size;
     uint32_t m_format;
     QVector<uint64_t> m_modifiers;
-    std::unique_ptr<GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     QVector<std::shared_ptr<WaylandEglLayerBuffer>> m_buffers;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.cpp b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.cpp
index d87af62560..e3a9f38b4d 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static QImage::Format drmFormatToQImageFormat(uint32_t drmFormat)
     }
 }
 
-WaylandQPainterBufferSlot::WaylandQPainterBufferSlot(ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer)
+WaylandQPainterBufferSlot::WaylandQPainterBufferSlot(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer)
     : graphicsBuffer(graphicsBuffer)
 {
     const ShmAttributes *attributes = graphicsBuffer->shmAttributes();
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<WaylandQPainterBufferSlot> WaylandQPainterSwapchain::acquire()
         }
     }
 
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *buffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
+    GraphicsBuffer *buffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
         .size = m_size,
         .format = m_format,
         .software = true,
diff --git a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.h b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.h
index ab7eb84e3a..968f0ef47c 100644
--- a/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/wayland/wayland_qpainter_backend.h
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 class Output;
-class ShmGraphicsBuffer;
-class ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator;
+class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 
 namespace Wayland
 {
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ class WaylandQPainterBackend;
 class WaylandQPainterBufferSlot
 {
 public:
-    WaylandQPainterBufferSlot(ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer);
+    WaylandQPainterBufferSlot(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer);
     ~WaylandQPainterBufferSlot();
 
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer;
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer;
     QImage image;
     void *data = nullptr;
     int size;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public:
     void release(std::shared_ptr<WaylandQPainterBufferSlot> buffer);
 
 private:
-    std::unique_ptr<ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     QSize m_size;
     uint32_t m_format;
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<WaylandQPainterBufferSlot>> m_slots;
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp
index e48cc0bcaa..7f5f5b7efb 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer::X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer(GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer, X11WindowedEglBackend *backend)
+X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer::X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer, X11WindowedEglBackend *backend)
     : m_graphicsBuffer(graphicsBuffer)
 {
     m_texture = backend->importDmaBufAsTexture(*graphicsBuffer->dmabufAttributes());
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer> X11WindowedEglLayerSwapchain::acquire
         }
     }
 
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
         .size = m_size,
         .format = m_format,
         .modifiers = m_modifiers,
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h
index d205d8cc0b..41080bbd01 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_egl_backend.h
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class GbmGraphicsBuffer;
-class GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator;
+class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 class X11WindowedBackend;
 class X11WindowedOutput;
 class X11WindowedEglBackend;
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ class X11WindowedEglBackend;
 class X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer
 {
 public:
-    X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer(GbmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffers, X11WindowedEglBackend *backend);
+    X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffers, X11WindowedEglBackend *backend);
     ~X11WindowedEglLayerBuffer();
 
     GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public:
     int age() const;
 
 private:
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
+    GraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
     std::unique_ptr<GLFramebuffer> m_framebuffer;
     std::shared_ptr<GLTexture> m_texture;
     int m_age = 0;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     X11WindowedEglBackend *m_backend;
-    std::unique_ptr<GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     QSize m_size;
     uint32_t m_format;
     QVector<uint64_t> m_modifiers;
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.cpp b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.cpp
index 29ce502eb4..72370c7569 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static QImage::Format drmFormatToQImageFormat(uint32_t drmFormat)
     }
 }
 
-X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer::X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer(ShmGraphicsBuffer *buffer)
+X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer::X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *buffer)
     : m_graphicsBuffer(buffer)
 {
     const ShmAttributes *attributes = buffer->shmAttributes();
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer::~X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer()
     m_graphicsBuffer->drop();
 }
 
-ShmGraphicsBuffer *X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer::graphicsBuffer() const
+GraphicsBuffer *X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer::graphicsBuffer() const
 {
     return m_graphicsBuffer;
 }
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer> X11WindowedQPainterLayerSwapchai
         }
     }
 
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer = m_allocator->allocate(GraphicsBufferOptions{
         .size = m_size,
         .format = m_format,
         .software = true,
diff --git a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.h b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.h
index ca1fca8d54..49070b4719 100644
--- a/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.h
+++ b/src/backends/x11/windowed/x11_windowed_qpainter_backend.h
@@ -20,22 +20,21 @@
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class ShmGraphicsBuffer;
-class ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator;
+class GraphicsBufferAllocator;
 class X11WindowedBackend;
 class X11WindowedOutput;
 
 class X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer
 {
 public:
-    X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer(ShmGraphicsBuffer *buffer);
+    X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer(GraphicsBuffer *buffer);
     ~X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer();
 
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
+    GraphicsBuffer *graphicsBuffer() const;
     QImage *view() const;
 
 private:
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
+    GraphicsBuffer *m_graphicsBuffer;
     void *m_data = nullptr;
     int m_size = 0;
     std::unique_ptr<QImage> m_view;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public:
 private:
     QSize m_size;
     uint32_t m_format;
-    std::unique_ptr<ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
+    std::unique_ptr<GraphicsBufferAllocator> m_allocator;
     QVector<std::shared_ptr<X11WindowedQPainterLayerBuffer>> m_buffers;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp b/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp
index 071292d0ae..27e2446b04 100644
--- a/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp
+++ b/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator::~GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator()
 {
 }
 
-GbmGraphicsBuffer *GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator::allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options)
+GraphicsBuffer *GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator::allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options)
 {
     if (options.software) {
         gbm_bo *bo = gbm_bo_create(m_gbmDevice,
diff --git a/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.h b/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.h
index 5c62e390b0..95df0648c4 100644
--- a/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.h
+++ b/src/core/gbmgraphicsbufferallocator.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     explicit GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator(gbm_device *device);
     ~GbmGraphicsBufferAllocator() override;
 
-    GbmGraphicsBuffer *allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options) override;
+    GraphicsBuffer *allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options) override;
 
 private:
     gbm_device *m_gbmDevice;
diff --git a/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp b/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp
index 2c1256973d..fcc0bbfffc 100644
--- a/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp
+++ b/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const ShmAttributes *ShmGraphicsBuffer::shmAttributes() const
     return &m_attributes;
 }
 
-ShmGraphicsBuffer *ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator::allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options)
+GraphicsBuffer *ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator::allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options)
 {
     if (!options.software) {
         return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.h b/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.h
index 74a94e0743..41119abb22 100644
--- a/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.h
+++ b/src/core/shmgraphicsbufferallocator.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ private:
 class KWIN_EXPORT ShmGraphicsBufferAllocator : public GraphicsBufferAllocator
 {
 public:
-    ShmGraphicsBuffer *allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options) override;
+    GraphicsBuffer *allocate(const GraphicsBufferOptions &options) override;
 };
 
 } // namespace KWin