diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp b/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp
index e1658c283f..965ea0f833 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "config-kwin.h"
 
+#include <QMatrix4x4>
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QTimeLine>
 #include <QFontMetrics>
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@
 #include <ksharedconfig.h>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 
-#include <KWaylandServer/surface_interface.h>
-
 #if defined(__SSE2__)
 #  include <emmintrin.h>
 #endif