diff --git a/windowsystem.cpp b/windowsystem.cpp
index bfbd16a47..d0afcc30b 100644
--- a/windowsystem.cpp
+++ b/windowsystem.cpp
@@ -1,92 +1,89 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2014 by Eike Hein <hein@kde.org>                        *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
  *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
  *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
  *                                                                         *
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  *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA .        *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "windowsystem.h"
 
 #include <QQuickItem>
 #include <QQuickWindow>
 
 #include <KWindowSystem>
 
 WindowSystem::WindowSystem(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
 {
 }
 
 WindowSystem::~WindowSystem()
 {
 }
 
 bool WindowSystem::eventFilter(QObject* watched, QEvent* event)
 {
     if (event->type() == QEvent::FocusOut) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this,
-            "focusOut",
-            Qt::QueuedConnection,
-            Q_ARG(QQuickWindow*, qobject_cast<QQuickWindow *>(watched)));
+        emit focusOut(qobject_cast<QQuickWindow *>(watched));
     }
 
     return false;
 }
 
 void WindowSystem::forceActive(QQuickItem *item)
 {
     if (!item || !item->window()) {
         return;
     }
 
     KWindowSystem::forceActiveWindow(item->window()->winId());
     KWindowSystem::raiseWindow(item->window()->winId());
 }
 
 bool WindowSystem::isActive(QQuickItem *item)
 {
     if (!item || !item->window()) {
         return false;
     }
 
     return item->window()->isActive();
 }
 
 void WindowSystem::monitorWindowFocus(QQuickItem* item)
 {
     if (!item || !item->window()) {
         return;
     }
 
     item->window()->installEventFilter(this);
 }
 
 void WindowSystem::monitorWindowVisibility(QQuickItem* item)
 {
     if (!item || !item->window()) {
         return;
     }
 
     connect(item->window(), &QQuickWindow::visibilityChanged, this,
         &WindowSystem::monitoredWindowVisibilityChanged, Qt::UniqueConnection);
 }
 
 void WindowSystem::monitoredWindowVisibilityChanged(bool visible) const
 {
     QQuickWindow *w = static_cast<QQuickWindow *>(QObject::sender());
 
     if (!visible) {
         emit hidden(w);
     }
 }