diff --git a/clients/default/kdedefault.cpp b/clients/default/kdedefault.cpp
index aa68f04b7c..62dfe612b3 100644
--- a/clients/default/kdedefault.cpp
+++ b/clients/default/kdedefault.cpp
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void KDEDefaultButton::drawButton(QPainter *p)
 		// Smooth scale the pixmap for small titlebars
 		// This is slow, but we assume this isn't done too often
 		if ( width() < 16 ) {
-			btnpix = QPixmap::fromImage(btnpix.toImage().scaled(12, 12));
+			btnpix.scaled(12, 12);
 			p->drawPixmap( 0, 0, btnpix );
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/clients/plastik/plastikbutton.cpp b/clients/plastik/plastikbutton.cpp
index 29eead9b21..111dc28530 100644
--- a/clients/plastik/plastikbutton.cpp
+++ b/clients/plastik/plastikbutton.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void PlastikButton::drawButton(QPainter *painter)
     {
         QPixmap menuIcon(m_client->icon().pixmap( style()->pixelMetric( QStyle::PM_SmallIconSize ) ));
         if (width() < menuIcon.width() || height() < menuIcon.height() ) {
-            menuIcon = QPixmap::fromImage( menuIcon.toImage().scaled(width(), height()));
+            menuIcon.scaled(width(), height());
         }
         bP.drawPixmap((width()-menuIcon.width())/2, (height()-menuIcon.height())/2, menuIcon);
     }
diff --git a/clients/quartz/quartz.cpp b/clients/quartz/quartz.cpp
index dd5a9453ee..85898811bb 100644
--- a/clients/quartz/quartz.cpp
+++ b/clients/quartz/quartz.cpp
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ void QuartzButton::drawButton(QPainter *p)
 			if ( height() < 16)
 			{
 				// Smooth scale the image
-				QPixmap tmpPix = QPixmap::fromImage( btnpix.toImage().scaled(height(), height(), Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio,Qt::SmoothTransformation));
+				QPixmap tmpPix ( btnpix.scaled(height(), height(), Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio,Qt::SmoothTransformation) );
 				p->drawPixmap( 0, 0, tmpPix );
 			} else {
 				Offset += (height() - 16)/2;