diff --git a/ui/pageview.cpp b/ui/pageview.cpp
index 9770f5270..c3014f42e 100644
--- a/ui/pageview.cpp
+++ b/ui/pageview.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <qclipboard.h>
 #include <qmenu.h>
 #include <QInputDialog>
+#include <qdesktopwidget.h>
 
 #include <kaction.h>
 #include <kactionmenu.h>
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kfiledialog.h>
 #include <kglobal.h>
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
 #include <kselectaction.h>
 #include <ktoggleaction.h>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ void PageView::mouseMoveEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
         int deltaY = d->mouseMidLastY - mouseY;
 
         // wrap mouse from top to bottom
-        const QRect mouseContainer = KGlobalSettings::desktopGeometry( this );
+        const QRect mouseContainer = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry( this );
         const int absDeltaY = abs(deltaY);
         if ( absDeltaY > mouseContainer.height() / 2 )
         {
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ void PageView::mouseMoveEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
                     QPoint delta = d->mouseGrabPos - mousePos;
 
                     // wrap mouse from top to bottom
-                    const QRect mouseContainer = KGlobalSettings::desktopGeometry( this );
+                    const QRect mouseContainer = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry( this );
                     // If the delta is huge it probably means we just wrapped in that direction
                     const QPoint absDelta(abs(delta.x()), abs(delta.y()));
                     if ( absDelta.y() > mouseContainer.height() / 2 )
diff --git a/ui/propertiesdialog.cpp b/ui/propertiesdialog.cpp
index ac517f449..736b516d9 100644
--- a/ui/propertiesdialog.cpp
+++ b/ui/propertiesdialog.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "propertiesdialog.h"
 
 // qt/kde includes
+#include <qapplication.h>
+#include <qdesktopwidget.h>
 #include <qfile.h>
 #include <qlayout.h>
 #include <qformlayout.h>
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <klocale.h>
 #include <kmessagebox.h>
 #include <ksqueezedtextlabel.h>
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
 #include <kurl.h>
 
 // local includes
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ PropertiesDialog::PropertiesDialog(QWidget *parent, Okular::Document *doc)
 //        width = qMax( width, page2Layout->sizeHint().width() + marginHint() + spacingHint() + 31 );
         width = qMax( width, page2Layout->sizeHint().width() + 31 );
     // stay inside the 2/3 of the screen width
-    QRect screenContainer = KGlobalSettings::desktopGeometry( this );
+    QRect screenContainer = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry( this );
     width = qMin( width, 2*screenContainer.width()/3 );
     resize(width, 1);
 
diff --git a/ui/thumbnaillist.cpp b/ui/thumbnaillist.cpp
index a01f5e1b8..dc4dd5f78 100644
--- a/ui/thumbnaillist.cpp
+++ b/ui/thumbnaillist.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "thumbnaillist.h"
 
 // qt/kde includes
+#include <qapplication.h>
+#include <qdesktopwidget.h>
 #include <qevent.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
 #include <qpainter.h>
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <kiconloader.h>
 #include <kactioncollection.h>
 #include <kicon.h>
-#include <kglobalsettings.h>
 
 // local includes
 #include "pagepainter.h"
@@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ void ThumbnailListPrivate::mouseMoveEvent( QMouseEvent * e )
             m_mouseGrabItem = getPageByNumber( m_pageCurrentlyGrabbed );
         }
         // wrap mouse from top to bottom
-        const QRect mouseContainer = KGlobalSettings::desktopGeometry( this );
+        const QRect mouseContainer = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry( this );
         QPoint currentMousePos = QCursor::pos();
         if ( currentMousePos.y() <= mouseContainer.top() + 4 )
         {