diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/CMakeLists.txt b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/CMakeLists.txt
index 848a6b601b..e5d45bc7e7 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ set(kcm_kwindecoration_PART_SRCS
     configdialog.cpp
     preview.cpp
     decorationmodel.cpp
-    ../utils/uitranslator.cpp
     ${AURORAE_SOURCE_DIR}/auroraetheme.cpp
     ${AURORAE_SOURCE_DIR}/themeconfig.cpp
 )
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
index 48e8f957ab..87c962d90a 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "decorationmodel.h"
 #include "auroraetheme.h"
 #include "preview.h"
-#include "uitranslator.h"
 // Qt
 #include <QtDBus/QtDBus>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <KAboutData>
 #include <kconfigloader.h>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KLocalizedTranslator>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <KNewStuff3/KNS3/DownloadDialog>
 #include <KConfigDialogManager>
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.h b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.h
index 60f4a52b60..beb2ee01c5 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kwindecoration.h
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 
 class QQuickView;
 class QSortFilterProxyModel;
+class KLocalizedTranslator;
 namespace KWin
 {
 
 class DecorationModel;
-class KLocalizedTranslator;
 
 class KWinDecorationForm : public QWidget, public Ui::KWinDecorationForm
 {
diff --git a/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.cpp b/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d839389c99..0000000000
--- a/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/********************************************************************
- KWin - the KDE window manager
- This file is part of the KDE project.
-
-Copyright (C) 2014 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
-
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*********************************************************************/
-#include "uitranslator.h"
-// frameworks
-#include <KLocalizedString>
-// Qt
-#include <QComboBox>
-#include <QMetaObject>
-#include <QMetaProperty>
-
-namespace KWin
-{
-
-KLocalizedTranslator::KLocalizedTranslator(QObject* parent)
-    : QTranslator(parent)
-{
-}
-
-void KLocalizedTranslator::setTranslationDomain(const QString &translationDomain)
-{
-    m_translationDomain = translationDomain;
-}
-
-void KLocalizedTranslator::addContextToMonitor(const QString &context)
-{
-    m_monitoredContexts.insert(context);
-}
-
-QString KLocalizedTranslator::translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation, int n) const
-{
-    if (m_translationDomain.isEmpty() || !m_monitoredContexts.contains(QString::fromUtf8(context))) {
-        return QTranslator::translate(context, sourceText, disambiguation, n);
-    }
-    if (qstrlen(disambiguation) == 0) {
-        return ki18nd(m_translationDomain.toUtf8().constData(), sourceText).toString();
-    } else {
-        return ki18ndc(m_translationDomain.toUtf8().constData(), disambiguation, sourceText).toString();
-    }
-}
-
-} // namespace KWin
diff --git a/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.h b/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 20532194df..0000000000
--- a/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-/********************************************************************
- KWin - the KDE window manager
- This file is part of the KDE project.
-
-Copyright (C) 2014 Martin Gräßlin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
-
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*********************************************************************/
-#ifndef KWIN_KCMUTILS_UITRANSLATOR_H
-#define KWIN_KCMUTILS_UITRANSLATOR_H
-
-#include <QSet>
-#include <QTranslator>
-
-class QWidget;
-
-namespace KWin
-{
-
-class KLocalizedTranslator : public QTranslator
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    explicit KLocalizedTranslator(QObject *parent = 0);
-    QString translate(const char *context, const char *sourceText, const char *disambiguation = 0, int n = -1) const override;
-
-    void setTranslationDomain(const QString &translationDomain);
-    void addContextToMonitor(const QString &context);
-
-private:
-    QString m_translationDomain;
-    QSet<QString> m_monitoredContexts;
-};
-
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/scripting/CMakeLists.txt b/scripting/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f727a8261..abb7271937 100644
--- a/scripting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include_directories(${KWIN_SOURCE_DIR}/kcmkwin/utils/)
-set(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS genericscriptedconfig.cpp ${KWIN_SOURCE_DIR}/kcmkwin/utils/uitranslator.cpp)
+set(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS genericscriptedconfig.cpp)
 qt5_add_dbus_interface(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS ${kwin_effects_dbus_xml} kwineffects_interface)
 add_library(kcm_kwin4_genericscripted MODULE ${kcm_kwin4_genericscripted_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries( kcm_kwin4_genericscripted
diff --git a/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp b/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp
index 3fb873630d..9c1798a36f 100644
--- a/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp
+++ b/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 #include "genericscriptedconfig.h"
 #include "config-kwin.h"
-#include "uitranslator.h"
 #include <kwineffects_interface.h>
 #include <KAboutData>
 #define TRANSLATION_DOMAIN "kwin_scripting"
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KLocalizedTranslator>
 #include <kconfigloader.h>
 #include <KDesktopFile>
 
diff --git a/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.h b/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.h
index 4e3a8a02b1..0ba73476ad 100644
--- a/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.h
+++ b/scripting/genericscriptedconfig.h
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 
+class KLocalizedTranslator;
+
 namespace KWin
 {
 
-class KLocalizedTranslator;
-
 class GenericScriptedConfigFactory : public KPluginFactory
 {
     Q_OBJECT