diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
         NoRole, NameRole, SizeRole, ModificationTimeRole, CreationTimeRole, AccessTimeRole, PermissionsRole, OwnerRole,
         GroupRole, TypeRole, DestinationRole, PathRole, DeletionTimeRole,
         // User visible roles available with Baloo:
-        CommentRole, TagsRole, RatingRole, ImageSizeRole, ImageDateTimeRole, OrientationRole,
+        CommentRole, TagsRole, RatingRole, WidthRole, HeightRole, ImageDateTimeRole, OrientationRole,
         WordCountRole, TitleRole, LineCountRole, ArtistRole, GenreRole, AlbumRole, DurationRole, TrackRole, ReleaseYearRole,
         BitrateRole, OriginUrlRole,
         // Non-visible roles:
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -1846,16 +1846,10 @@
         break;
     }
 
-    case RatingRole: {
-        result = a->values.value("rating").toInt() - b->values.value("rating").toInt();
-        break;
-    }
-
-    case ImageSizeRole: {
-        // Alway use a natural comparing to interpret the numbers of a string like
-        // "1600 x 1200" for having a correct sorting.
-        result = collator.compare(a->values.value("imageSize").toString(),
-                                  b->values.value("imageSize").toString());
+    case RatingRole:
+    case WidthRole:
+    case HeightRole: {
+        result = a->values.value(roleForType(m_sortRole)).toInt() - b->values.value(roleForType(m_sortRole)).toInt();
         break;
     }
 
@@ -2305,7 +2299,8 @@
         { "wordCount",   WordCountRole,   I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Word Count"),       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Document"), true,  true  },
         { "lineCount",   LineCountRole,   I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Line Count"),       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Document"), true,  true  },
         { "imageDateTime",   ImageDateTimeRole,   I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Date Photographed"),       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
-        { "imageSize",   ImageSizeRole,   I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image Size"),       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
+        { "width",       WidthRole,       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Width"),            I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
+        { "height",      HeightRole,      I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Height"),           I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
         { "orientation", OrientationRole, I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Orientation"),      I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Image"),    true,  true  },
         { "artist",      ArtistRole,      I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Artist"),           I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
         { "genre",       GenreRole,       I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Genre"),            I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Audio"),    true,  true  },
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp b/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/kbaloorolesprovider.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@
 {
     QHash<QByteArray, QVariant> values;
 
-    int width = -1;
-    int height = -1;
-
     QMapIterator<KFileMetaData::Property::Property, QVariant> it(file.properties());
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         it.next();
@@ -72,23 +69,7 @@
 
         const QVariant value = it.value();
 
-        if (role == "imageSize") {
-            // Merge the two properties for width and height
-            // as one string into the "imageSize" role
-            if (property == QLatin1String("width")) {
-                width = value.toInt();
-            }
-            else if (property == QLatin1String("height")) {
-                height = value.toInt();
-            }
-
-            if (width >= 0 && height >= 0) {
-                QString widthAndHeight = QString::number(width);
-                widthAndHeight += QLatin1String(" x ");
-                widthAndHeight += QString::number(height);
-                values.insert(role, widthAndHeight);
-            }
-        } else if (role == "orientation") {
+        if (role == "orientation") {
             const QString orientation = orientationFromValue(value.toInt());
             values.insert(role, orientation);
         } else if (role == "duration") {
@@ -135,17 +116,16 @@
     };
 
     // Mapping from the URIs to the KFileItemModel roles. Note that this must not be
-    // a 1:1 mapping: One role may contain several URI-values (e.g. the URIs for height and
-    // width of an image are mapped to the role "imageSize")
+    // a 1:1 mapping: One role may contain several URI-values
     static const PropertyInfo propertyInfoList[] = {
         { "rating", "rating" },
         { "tag",        "tags" },
         { "comment",   "comment" },
         { "title",         "title" },
         { "wordCount",     "wordCount" },
         { "lineCount",     "lineCount" },
-        { "width",         "imageSize" },
-        { "height",        "imageSize" },
+        { "width",         "width" },
+        { "height",        "height" },
         { "imageDateTime",   "imageDateTime"},
         { "nexif.orientation", "orientation", },
         { "artist",     "artist" },
diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
                 } else if (path == QLatin1String("/images")) {
                     props.setViewMode(DolphinView::IconsView);
                     props.setPreviewsShown(true);
-                    props.setVisibleRoles({"text", "imageSize"});
+                    props.setVisibleRoles({"text", "height", "width"});
                 } else if (path == QLatin1String("/audio")) {
                     props.setViewMode(DolphinView::DetailsView);
                     props.setPreviewsShown(false);