diff --git a/src/controls/private/DefaultListItemBackground.qml b/src/controls/private/DefaultListItemBackground.qml
index 96d7fe7b..f7c0c4c6 100644
--- a/src/controls/private/DefaultListItemBackground.qml
+++ b/src/controls/private/DefaultListItemBackground.qml
@@ -1,51 +1,60 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2016 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, 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 Library General Public License for more details
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.1
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.4
 
 Rectangle {
     id: background
     color: listItem.checked || listItem.highlighted || (listItem.supportsMouseEvents && listItem.pressed && !listItem.checked && !listItem.sectionDelegate)
         ? listItem.activeBackgroundColor
         : (listItem.alternatingBackground && index%2 ? listItem.alternateBackgroundColor : listItem.backgroundColor)
 
     visible: listItem.ListView.view ? listItem.ListView.view.highlight === null : true
     Rectangle {
         id: internal
         property bool indicateActiveFocus: listItem.pressed || Settings.tabletMode || listItem.activeFocus || (listItem.ListView.view ? listItem.ListView.view.activeFocus : false)
         anchors.fill: parent
         visible: !Settings.tabletMode && listItem.supportsMouseEvents
         color: listItem.activeBackgroundColor
         opacity: (listItem.hovered || listItem.highlighted || listItem.activeFocus) && !listItem.pressed ? 0.5 : 0
         Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: Units.longDuration } }
     }
 
     readonly property bool __separatorVisible: listItem.separatorVisible
 
-    on__SeparatorVisibleChanged: {
-        if (__separatorVisible) {
-            var newObject = Qt.createQmlObject('import QtQuick 2.0; import org.kde.kirigami 2.4; Separator {anchors {left: parent.left; right: parent.right; bottom: parent.top} visible: listItem.separatorVisible}',
-                                   background);
-            newObject = Qt.createQmlObject('import QtQuick 2.0; import org.kde.kirigami 2.4; Separator {anchors {left: parent.left; right: parent.right; bottom: parent.bottom} visible: listItem.separatorVisible}',
-                                   background);
+    Separator {
+        anchors {
+            left: parent.left
+            right: parent.right
+            bottom: parent.top
         }
+        visible: background.__separatorVisible
+    }
+
+    Separator {
+        anchors {
+            left: parent.left
+            right: parent.right
+            bottom: parent.bottom
+        }
+        visible: background.__separatorVisible
     }
 }