diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.cpp
index b2a63ac45c..536488f0d8 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.cpp
@@ -20,18 +20,14 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 // own
 #include "layoutpreview.h"
 #include "thumbnailitem.h"
-#include <QtDeclarative/qdeclarative.h>
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeContext>
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeEngine>
-#include <QGraphicsObject>
+#include <QQmlContext>
 #include <QtCore/QStandardPaths>
-#include <kdeclarative.h>
 #include <KDE/KConfigGroup>
 #include <KDE/KDesktopFile>
-#include <KDE/KGlobal>
 #include <KDE/KIcon>
 #include <KDE/KIconEffect>
 #include <KDE/KIconLoader>
+#include <KDE/KLocalizedString>
 #include <KDE/KService>
 
 namespace KWin
@@ -39,32 +35,22 @@ namespace KWin
 namespace TabBox
 {
 
-LayoutPreview::LayoutPreview(QWidget* parent)
-    : QDeclarativeView(parent)
+LayoutPreview::LayoutPreview(QWindow *parent)
+    : QQuickView(parent)
 {
-    setAutoFillBackground(false);
-    QPalette pal = palette();
-    pal.setColor(backgroundRole(), Qt::transparent);
-    setPalette(pal);
+    setColor(Qt::white);
     setMinimumSize(QSize(480, 300));
-    setResizeMode(QDeclarativeView::SizeRootObjectToView);
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("module", "imports")) {
-        engine()->addImportPath(importPath);
-    }
-    foreach (const QString &importPath, QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "kwin/tabbox", QStandardPaths::LocateDirectoty)) {
+    setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    foreach (const QString &importPath, QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "kwin/tabbox", QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory)) {
         engine()->addImportPath(importPath);
     }
     ExampleClientModel *model = new ExampleClientModel(this);
     engine()->addImageProvider(QLatin1String("client"), new TabBoxImageProvider(model));
-    KDeclarative kdeclarative;
-    kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(engine());
-    kdeclarative.initialize();
-    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
     qmlRegisterType<WindowThumbnailItem>("org.kde.kwin", 0, 1, "ThumbnailItem");
     rootContext()->setContextProperty("clientModel", model);
     rootContext()->setContextProperty("sourcePath", QString());
     rootContext()->setContextProperty("name", QString());
-    setSource(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "kwin/kcm_kwintabbox/main.qml"));
+    setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "kwin/kcm_kwintabbox/main.qml")));
 }
 
 LayoutPreview::~LayoutPreview()
@@ -78,7 +64,7 @@ void LayoutPreview::setLayout(const QString &path, const QString &name)
 }
 
 TabBoxImageProvider::TabBoxImageProvider(QAbstractListModel* model)
-    : QDeclarativeImageProvider(QDeclarativeImageProvider::Pixmap)
+    : QQuickImageProvider(QQuickImageProvider::Pixmap)
     , m_model(model)
 {
 }
@@ -89,7 +75,7 @@ QPixmap TabBoxImageProvider::requestPixmap(const QString &id, QSize *size, const
     QStringList parts = id.split('/');
     const int index = parts.first().toInt(&ok);
     if (!ok) {
-        return QDeclarativeImageProvider::requestPixmap(id, size, requestedSize);
+        return QQuickImageProvider::requestPixmap(id, size, requestedSize);
     }
     QSize s(32, 32);
     if (requestedSize.isValid()) {
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.h b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.h
index 4e9bb21047..6839b94aa0 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.h
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/layoutpreview.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #define KWIN_TABBOX_LAYOUTPREVIEW_H
 
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeView>
-#include <QtDeclarative/QDeclarativeImageProvider>
+#include <QQuickView>
+#include <QQuickImageProvider>
 
 namespace KWin
 {
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ namespace KWin
 namespace TabBox
 {
 
-class LayoutPreview : public QDeclarativeView
+class LayoutPreview : public QQuickView
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    explicit LayoutPreview(QWidget *parent = NULL);
+    explicit LayoutPreview(QWindow *parent = nullptr);
     virtual ~LayoutPreview();
 
     void setLayout(const QString &path, const QString &name);
 };
 
-class TabBoxImageProvider : public QDeclarativeImageProvider
+class TabBoxImageProvider : public QQuickImageProvider
 {
 public:
     explicit TabBoxImageProvider(QAbstractListModel *model);
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/main.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/main.cpp
index 265b993599..d6cf9e80f7 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/main.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/main.cpp
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ void KWinTabBoxConfig::configureEffectClicked()
     const int effect = ui->effectCombo->currentIndex();
     if (effect >= Layout) {
         if (!m_layoutPreview) {
-            m_layoutPreview = new LayoutPreview(this);
-            m_layoutPreview->setWindowTitle(i18n("Tabbox layout preview"));
-            m_layoutPreview->setWindowFlags(Qt::Dialog);
+            m_layoutPreview = new LayoutPreview();
+            m_layoutPreview->setTitle(i18n("Tabbox layout preview"));
+            m_layoutPreview->setFlags(Qt::Dialog);
         }
         m_layoutPreview->setLayout(ui->effectCombo->itemData(effect, Qt::UserRole+1).toString(), ui->effectCombo->itemText(effect));
         m_layoutPreview->show();
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/qml/main.qml b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/qml/main.qml
index 300474b70f..911e81a749 100644
--- a/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/qml/main.qml
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwintabbox/qml/main.qml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ 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/>.
 *********************************************************************/
-import QtQuick 1.0
+import QtQuick 2.0
 
 Item {
     id : preview