diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
--- a/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwincompositing/model.cpp
@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@
     KDeclarative::KDeclarative kdeclarative;
     kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(engine());
     kdeclarative.setTranslationDomain(QStringLiteral(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN));
-    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
+    kdeclarative.setupContext();
+    kdeclarative.setupEngine(engine());
     QString path;
     switch (type) {
     case CompositingSettingsView:
diff --git a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kcm.cpp b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kcm.cpp
--- a/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kcm.cpp
+++ b/kcmkwin/kwindecoration/kcm.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
     KDeclarative::KDeclarative kdeclarative;
     kdeclarative.setDeclarativeEngine(m_quickView->engine());
     kdeclarative.setTranslationDomain(QStringLiteral(TRANSLATION_DOMAIN));
-    kdeclarative.setupBindings();
+    kdeclarative.setupContext();
+    kdeclarative.setupEngine(m_quickView->engine());
 
     qmlRegisterType<QAbstractItemModel>();
     QWidget *widget = QWidget::createWindowContainer(m_quickView, this);