diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
index afc70f413e..6e78187716 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ target_link_libraries(kwincompositing
     KF5::Service
     KF5::KCMUtils
     KF5::NewStuff
-    KF5::Declarative
     kwin4_effect_builtins
 )
 
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ target_link_libraries(effectModelTest
     KF5::Service
     KF5::KCMUtils
     KF5::NewStuff
-    KF5::Declarative
     kwin4_effect_builtins
 )
 
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
index 5aed7d08d9..1c1dc4e6f9 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/main.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include <kcmodule.h>
 #include <kservice.h>
-#include <kdeclarative/kdeclarative.h>
 
 class KWinCompositingKCM : public KCModule
 {
@@ -68,9 +67,6 @@ KWinCompositingKCM::KWinCompositingKCM(QWidget* parent, const QVariantList& args
     : KCModule(parent, args)
     , m_view(new KWin::Compositing::EffectView(viewType))
 {
-    KDeclarative::KDeclarative kdeclarative;
-    kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(m_view->engine());
-    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
     QVBoxLayout *vl = new QVBoxLayout(this);
 
     QWidget *w = QWidget::createWindowContainer(m_view.data(), this);
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
index 889c22f193..44364d9e21 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KCModuleProxy>
 #include <KPluginTrader>
+#include <kdeclarative/kdeclarative.h>
 
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QDBusConnection>
@@ -511,6 +512,9 @@ EffectView::EffectView(ViewType type, QWindow *parent)
 
 void EffectView::init(ViewType type)
 {
+    KDeclarative::KDeclarative kdeclarative;
+    kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(engine());
+    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
     QString path;
     switch (type) {
     case CompositingSettingsView:
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/CompositingView.qml b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/CompositingView.qml
index 0899c52b37..6d50322727 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/CompositingView.qml
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/CompositingView.qml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import QtQuick 2.1
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
 import org.kde.kwin.kwincompositing 1.0
-import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0
 
 Item {
     signal changed
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml
index 4591ca432e..4db0818273 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/EffectView.qml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import QtQuick 2.1
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
 import org.kde.kwin.kwincompositing 1.0
-import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0
 
 Item {
     signal changed
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/OpenGLErrorView.qml b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/OpenGLErrorView.qml
index b54d17c840..ac9bd82d2a 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/OpenGLErrorView.qml
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/qml/OpenGLErrorView.qml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 import QtQuick 2.1
 import QtQuick.Controls 1.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
-// for i18n
-import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0
 
 Item {
     id: openGLErrorView