diff --git a/core/document.cpp b/core/document.cpp
index 236959c1e..4e24abc3a 100644
--- a/core/document.cpp
+++ b/core/document.cpp
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ void Document::setPageTextSelection( int page, RegularAreaRect * rect, const QCo
     if ( rect )
         kp->d->setTextSelections( rect, color );
     else
-        kp->deleteTextSelections();
+        kp->d->deleteTextSelections();
 
     // notify observers about the change
     foreachObserver( notifyPageChanged( page, DocumentObserver::TextSelection ) );
diff --git a/core/page.cpp b/core/page.cpp
index 82e4b46a6..330e12b1e 100644
--- a/core/page.cpp
+++ b/core/page.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Page::~Page()
     deleteRects();
     d->deleteHighlights();
     deleteAnnotations();
-    deleteTextSelections();
+    d->deleteTextSelections();
     deleteSourceReferences();
 
     delete d;
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void PagePrivate::rotateAt( Rotation orientation )
         return;
 
     deleteHighlights();
-    m_page->deleteTextSelections();
+    deleteTextSelections();
 
     if ( ( (int)m_orientation + (int)m_rotation ) % 2 != ( (int)m_orientation + (int)orientation ) % 2 )
         qSwap( m_width, m_height );
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ void PagePrivate::setHighlight( int s_id, RegularAreaRect *rect, const QColor &
 
 void PagePrivate::setTextSelections( RegularAreaRect *r, const QColor & color )
 {
-    m_page->deleteTextSelections();
+    deleteTextSelections();
     if ( r )
     {
         HighlightAreaRect * hr = new HighlightAreaRect( r );
@@ -637,10 +637,10 @@ void PagePrivate::deleteHighlights( int s_id )
     }
 }
 
-void Page::deleteTextSelections()
+void PagePrivate::deleteTextSelections()
 {
-    delete d->m_textSelections;
-    d->m_textSelections = 0;
+    delete m_textSelections;
+    m_textSelections = 0;
 }
 
 void Page::deleteSourceReferences()
diff --git a/core/page.h b/core/page.h
index 07a5d61b2..a8761831b 100644
--- a/core/page.h
+++ b/core/page.h
@@ -288,11 +288,6 @@ class OKULAR_EXPORT Page
          */
         void deleteRects();
 
-        /**
-         * Deletes all text selection objects of the page.
-         */
-        void deleteTextSelections();
-
         /**
          * Deletes all source reference objects of the page.
          */
diff --git a/core/page_p.h b/core/page_p.h
index b4a1ec1d7..59765cc3a 100644
--- a/core/page_p.h
+++ b/core/page_p.h
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ class PagePrivate
          */
         void deleteHighlights( int id = -1 );
 
+        /**
+         * Deletes all text selection objects of the page.
+         */
+        void deleteTextSelections();
+
         class PixmapObject
         {
             public: