diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.cpp
index 6b4f2599f2..95766a22a1 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.cpp
@@ -20,21 +20,18 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include "thumbnailitem.h"
 // Qt
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeContext>
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeEngine>
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeView>
 #include <QtCore/QStandardPaths>
+#include <QPainter>
 // KDE
 #include <KDE/KDebug>
 
 namespace KWin
 {
-WindowThumbnailItem::WindowThumbnailItem(QDeclarativeItem* parent)
-    : QDeclarativeItem(parent)
+WindowThumbnailItem::WindowThumbnailItem(QQuickPaintedItem* parent)
+    : QQuickPaintedItem(parent)
     , m_wId(0)
     , m_image()
 {
-    setFlags(flags() & ~QGraphicsItem::ItemHasNoContents);
 }
 
 WindowThumbnailItem::~WindowThumbnailItem()
@@ -75,11 +72,10 @@ void WindowThumbnailItem::findImage()
     }
 }
 
-void WindowThumbnailItem::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget)
+void WindowThumbnailItem::paint(QPainter *painter)
 {
     if (m_image.isNull()) {
-        // no image: default behavior
-        QDeclarativeItem::paint(painter, option, widget);
+        return;
     }
     QSizeF difference(boundingRect().width() - m_image.width(), boundingRect().height() - m_image.height());
     const QRectF drawRect(boundingRect().x() + difference.width()/2.0, boundingRect().y(), m_image.width(), m_image.height());
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.h b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.h
index 2eca9baa1e..6b4bca4002 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/thumbnailitem.h
@@ -21,24 +21,25 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #ifndef KWIN_THUMBNAILITEM_H
 #define KWIN_THUMBNAILITEM_H
 
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeItem>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QQuickPaintedItem>
 
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class WindowThumbnailItem : public QDeclarativeItem
+class WindowThumbnailItem : public QQuickPaintedItem
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(qulonglong wId READ wId WRITE setWId NOTIFY wIdChanged SCRIPTABLE true)
 public:
-    explicit WindowThumbnailItem(QDeclarativeItem *parent = 0);
+    explicit WindowThumbnailItem(QQuickPaintedItem *parent = 0);
     virtual ~WindowThumbnailItem();
 
     qulonglong wId() const {
         return m_wId;
     }
     void setWId(qulonglong wId);
-    virtual void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget);
+    virtual void paint(QPainter *painter) override;
 
     enum Thumbnail {
         Konqueror = 1,