diff --git a/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp b/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
index a9d044b1b..a95c445d0 100644
--- a/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plasmaquick/appletquickitem.cpp
@@ -543,8 +543,7 @@ void AppletQuickItem::init()
     if (d->qmlObject->rootObject() && (width() <= 0 || height() <= 0)) {
         const qreal w = d->qmlObject->rootObject()->property("width").value<qreal>();
         const qreal h = d->qmlObject->rootObject()->property("height").value<qreal>();
-        setWidth(parentItem() ? std::min(parentItem()->width(), w) : w);
-        setHeight(parentItem() ? std::min(parentItem()->height(), h) : h);
+        setSize(parentItem() ? QSizeF(std::min(parentItem()->width(), w), std::min(parentItem()->height(), h)) : QSizeF(w, h));
     }
 
     //default fullrepresentation is our root main component, if none specified
diff --git a/src/plasmaquick/configview.cpp b/src/plasmaquick/configview.cpp
index 5c2920bdc..b6ef7acb1 100644
--- a/src/plasmaquick/configview.cpp
+++ b/src/plasmaquick/configview.cpp
@@ -333,8 +333,7 @@ void ConfigView::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *re)
     if (!rootObject()) {
         return;
     }
-    rootObject()->setWidth(re->size().width());
-    rootObject()->setHeight(re->size().height());
+    rootObject()->setSize(re->size());
 
     if (d->applet) {
         KConfigGroup cg = d->applet.data()->config();
diff --git a/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/wallpaperinterface.cpp b/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/wallpaperinterface.cpp
index adacbe19c..507c82f03 100644
--- a/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/wallpaperinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/scriptengines/qml/plasmoid/wallpaperinterface.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ WallpaperInterface::WallpaperInterface(ContainmentInterface *parent)
 
     //resize at the beginning to avoid as much resize events as possible
     if (parent) {
-        setWidth(parent->width());
-        setHeight(parent->height());
+        setSize(QSizeF(parent->width(), parent->height()));
     }
 
     if (!m_containmentInterface->containment()->wallpaper().isEmpty()) {