diff --git a/core/annotations.cpp b/core/annotations.cpp
index 4f6e0fceb..3432ca8e9 100644
--- a/core/annotations.cpp
+++ b/core/annotations.cpp
@@ -722,6 +722,21 @@ void Annotation::setDisposeDataFunction( DisposeDataFunction func )
     d->m_disposeFunc = func;
 }
 
+bool Annotation::canBeMoved() const
+{
+    Q_D( const Annotation );
+    // for now, it is pointless moving external annotations
+    // as we cannot change them anyway
+    if ( d->m_flags & External )
+        return false;
+
+    // highlight "requires" to be "bounded" to text, and that's tricky for now
+    if ( subType() == AHighlight )
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 void Annotation::store( QDomNode & annNode, QDomDocument & document ) const
 {
     Q_D( const Annotation );
diff --git a/core/annotations.h b/core/annotations.h
index 400306747..cc1127828 100644
--- a/core/annotations.h
+++ b/core/annotations.h
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ class OKULAR_EXPORT Annotation
 
         /**
          * Move the annotation by the specified coordinates.
+         *
+         * @see canBeMoved()
          */
         void translate( const NormalizedPoint &coord );
 
@@ -613,6 +615,13 @@ class OKULAR_EXPORT Annotation
          */
         void setDisposeDataFunction( DisposeDataFunction func );
 
+        /**
+         * Returns whether the annotation can be moved.
+         *
+         * @since 0.7 (KDE 4.1)
+         */
+        bool canBeMoved() const;
+
         /**
          * Returns the sub type of the annotation.
          */
diff --git a/ui/guiutils.cpp b/ui/guiutils.cpp
index e761126fb..26a73a7f2 100644
--- a/ui/guiutils.cpp
+++ b/ui/guiutils.cpp
@@ -134,25 +134,6 @@ QString prettyToolTip( const Okular::Annotation * ann )
     return tooltip;
 }
 
-bool canBeMoved( const Okular::Annotation * ann )
-{
-    Q_ASSERT( ann );
-
-    switch( ann->subType() )
-    {
-        case Okular::Annotation::ALine:
-        case Okular::Annotation::AStamp:
-        case Okular::Annotation::AGeom:
-        case Okular::Annotation::AInk:
-        case Okular::Annotation::AText:
-            return true;
-            break;
-        default:
-            break;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 void setIconLoader( KIconLoader * loader )
 {
     s_data->il = loader;
diff --git a/ui/guiutils.h b/ui/guiutils.h
index 3cdb540c1..10fee6ab9 100644
--- a/ui/guiutils.h
+++ b/ui/guiutils.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ namespace GuiUtils
 
     QString prettyToolTip( const Okular::Annotation * annotation );
 
-    bool canBeMoved( const Okular::Annotation * annotation );
-
     void setIconLoader( KIconLoader * loader );
     KIconLoader* iconLoader();
 
diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
index baceb1175..0e47835ea 100644
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ void PageView::contentsMousePressEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
                     if ( orect )
                         d->mouseAnn = ( (Okular::AnnotationObjectRect *)orect )->annotation();
                     // consider no annotation caught if its type is not movable
-                    if ( d->mouseAnn && !GuiUtils::canBeMoved( d->mouseAnn ) )
+                    if ( d->mouseAnn && !d->mouseAnn->canBeMoved() )
                         d->mouseAnn = 0;
                 }
                 if ( !d->mouseAnn )
@@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ void PageView::updateCursor( const QPoint &p )
                 d->mouseOnRect = false;
                 if ( annotobj
                      && ( QApplication::keyboardModifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier )
-                     && GuiUtils::canBeMoved( static_cast< const Okular::AnnotationObjectRect * >( annotobj )->annotation() ) )
+                     && static_cast< const Okular::AnnotationObjectRect * >( annotobj )->annotation()->canBeMoved() )
                 {
                     setCursor( Qt::OpenHandCursor );
                 }