diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
index 376a779445..1caf693199 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
@@ -609,8 +609,9 @@ void EffectView::init(ViewType type)
     }
     QString mainFile = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, path, QStandardPaths::LocateFile);
     setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
-    rootContext()->setContextProperty("engine", this);
     setSource(QUrl(mainFile));
+    rootObject()->setProperty("color",
+                              KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Window, KSharedConfigPtr(0)).background(KColorScheme::NormalBackground).color());
     connect(rootObject(), SIGNAL(changed()), this, SIGNAL(changed()));
     setMinimumSize(initialSize());
     connect(rootObject(), SIGNAL(implicitWidthChanged()), this, SLOT(slotImplicitSizeChanged()));
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h
index a1b2693856..5bdabecb5b 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.h
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ public:
     };
     EffectView(ViewType type, QWindow *parent = 0);
 
-    Q_INVOKABLE QColor backgroundViewColor() { return KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Window, KSharedConfigPtr(0)).background(KColorScheme::NormalBackground).color(); };
-
     void save();
     void load();
     void defaults();
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml
index b8ab25c8d8..ac26925cbc 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Rectangle {
     signal changed
     implicitWidth: col.implicitWidth
     implicitHeight: col.implicitHeight
-    color: engine.backgroundViewColor()
 
     Component {
         id: sectionHeading