diff --git a/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.cpp b/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.cpp
index 5123f51be7f50b3bfd8fa8d4cd3a226c38127907..33e4cbc625e3c7dc2275c75597ccc57bbc7769c4 100644
--- a/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.cpp
+++ b/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.cpp
@@ -35,26 +35,19 @@
 
 #include "kactivities-kcm-features.h"
 
-#include "utils.h"
-
 class ActivitiesTab::Private {
 public:
-    std::unique_ptr<QQuickView> viewActivities;
     ExtraActivitiesInterface *extraActivitiesInterface;
 };
 
 ActivitiesTab::ActivitiesTab(QWidget *parent)
-    : QWidget(parent)
+    : QQuickWidget(parent)
     , d()
 {
-    new QVBoxLayout(this);
-
-    d->extraActivitiesInterface = new ExtraActivitiesInterface(this);
-
-    d->viewActivities = createView(this);
-    d->viewActivities->rootContext()->setContextProperty(
-        QStringLiteral("kactivitiesExtras"), d->extraActivitiesInterface);
-    setViewSource(d->viewActivities, QStringLiteral("/qml/activitiesTab/main.qml"));
+    setClearColor(QGuiApplication::palette().window().color());
+    setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("kactivitiesExtras"), d->extraActivitiesInterface);
+    setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(KAMD_KCM_DATADIR + QStringLiteral("/qml/activitiesTab/main.qml")));
 }
 
 ActivitiesTab::~ActivitiesTab()
diff --git a/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.h b/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.h
index 24162b12db0fbe8140385eaf7923dc3e7a9ec8c8..f88a7ab25876d43d50e89af58a9b407fdd841c5c 100644
--- a/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.h
+++ b/kcms/activities/ActivitiesTab.h
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 #ifndef ACTIVITIES_TAB_H
 #define ACTIVITIES_TAB_H
 
-#include <QWidget>
+#include <QQuickWidget>
 
 #include <utils/d_ptr.h>
 
 /**
  * ActivitiesTab
  */
-class ActivitiesTab : public QWidget {
+class ActivitiesTab : public QQuickWidget {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit ActivitiesTab(QWidget *parent);
diff --git a/kcms/activities/CMakeLists.txt b/kcms/activities/CMakeLists.txt
index 70a423e271ddb769afebe96a7e7d9cd0a2eee49a..a5d152858554490bfa0f51767f760cbb6e41777e 100644
--- a/kcms/activities/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcms/activities/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ add_library (kcm_activities MODULE ${KAMD_KCM_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries (kcm_activities
    Qt5::Quick
+   Qt5::QuickWidgets
    Qt5::Core
    Qt5::Sql
    Qt5::Qml
diff --git a/kcms/activities/PrivacyTab.cpp b/kcms/activities/PrivacyTab.cpp
index 7f36bf8172f1789d87db248bbace4361b2a7b411..5bc155f240378a53ab47536f87c444e5b3448940 100644
--- a/kcms/activities/PrivacyTab.cpp
+++ b/kcms/activities/PrivacyTab.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <QQmlComponent>
 #include <QDBusPendingCall>
 
-#include <QQuickView>
+#include <QQuickWidget>
 
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
@@ -43,22 +43,16 @@
 
 #include "common/dbus/common.h"
 
-#include "utils.h"
-
 class PrivacyTab::Private : public Ui::PrivacyTabBase {
 public:
     KActivityManagerdSettings *mainConfig;
     KActivityManagerdPluginsSettings *pluginConfig;
 
     BlacklistedApplicationsModel *blacklistedApplicationsModel;
-    QObject *viewBlacklistedApplicationsRoot;
-    std::unique_ptr<QQuickView> viewBlacklistedApplications;
 
     Private(QObject *parent)
         : mainConfig(new KActivityManagerdSettings(parent))
         , pluginConfig(new KActivityManagerdPluginsSettings(parent))
-        , viewBlacklistedApplicationsRoot(nullptr)
-        , viewBlacklistedApplications(nullptr)
     {
     }
 };
@@ -104,14 +98,10 @@ PrivacyTab::PrivacyTab(QWidget *parent)
     connect(d->blacklistedApplicationsModel, &BlacklistedApplicationsModel::changed, this, &PrivacyTab::blackListModelChanged);
     connect(d->blacklistedApplicationsModel, &BlacklistedApplicationsModel::defaulted, this, &PrivacyTab::blackListModelDefaulted);
 
-    new QGridLayout(d->viewBlacklistedApplicationsContainer);
-
-    d->viewBlacklistedApplications
-        = createView(d->viewBlacklistedApplicationsContainer);
+    d->viewBlacklistedApplications->setClearColor(QGuiApplication::palette().window().color());
     d->viewBlacklistedApplications->rootContext()->setContextProperty(
         QStringLiteral("applicationModel"), d->blacklistedApplicationsModel);
-    setViewSource(d->viewBlacklistedApplications,
-        QStringLiteral("/qml/privacyTab/BlacklistApplicationView.qml"));
+    d->viewBlacklistedApplications->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(KAMD_KCM_DATADIR  + QStringLiteral("/qml/privacyTab/BlacklistApplicationView.qml")));
 
     // React to changes
 
diff --git a/kcms/activities/imports/dialog.cpp b/kcms/activities/imports/dialog.cpp
index 0ef4f011516cbfa7329dff542194195914493d27..7f36ce639626aac6aade3f0529b81d7a9419606d 100644
--- a/kcms/activities/imports/dialog.cpp
+++ b/kcms/activities/imports/dialog.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <QTabWidget>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QGuiApplication>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KGlobalAccel>
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@
 #include "common/dbus/common.h"
 #include "utils/continue_with.h"
 #include "utils/d_ptr_implementation.h"
-#include "../utils.h"
 
 class Dialog::Private {
 public:
@@ -82,11 +82,14 @@ public:
 
         view->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("dialog"), q);
 
-        if (setViewSource(view, QStringLiteral("/qml/activityDialog/") + file)) {
+        const QString sourceFile = QStringLiteral(KAMD_KCM_DATADIR) +"qml/activityDialog/" + file;
+
+        if (QFile::exists(sourceFile)) {
+            view->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(sourceFile));
             tabs->addTab(view, title);
         } else {
             message->setText(i18n("Error loading the QML files. Check your installation.\nMissing %1",
-                                  QStringLiteral(KAMD_KCM_DATADIR) + QStringLiteral("/qml/activityDialog/") + file));
+                                  sourceFile));
             message->setVisible(true);
         }
 
diff --git a/kcms/activities/ui/PrivacyTabBase.ui b/kcms/activities/ui/PrivacyTabBase.ui
index cef3bfccdbb4aa8e801cdbf5d15f1ff3251ecf4a..a14bfbcc7bfd8ef075ef57e65b89ef713dda6c32 100644
--- a/kcms/activities/ui/PrivacyTabBase.ui
+++ b/kcms/activities/ui/PrivacyTabBase.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>500</width>
+    <width>629</width>
     <height>500</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -63,33 +63,33 @@
        <property name="flat">
         <bool>true</bool>
        </property>
-        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioRememberAllApplications">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>For a&amp;ll applications</string>
-           </property>
-           <property name="checked">
-            <bool>true</bool>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioDontRememberApplications">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>&amp;Do not remember</string>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioRememberSpecificApplications">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>O&amp;nly for specific applications:</string>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-        </layout>
-       </widget>
+       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioRememberAllApplications">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>For a&amp;ll applications</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="checked">
+           <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioDontRememberApplications">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>&amp;Do not remember</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioRememberSpecificApplications">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>O&amp;nly for specific applications:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="1" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="labelRememberDocuments">
@@ -101,13 +101,22 @@
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QWidget" name="viewBlacklistedApplicationsContainer" native="true">
+    <widget class="QQuickWidget" name="viewBlacklistedApplications">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Expanding">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>0</width>
+       <height>200</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="resizeMode">
+      <enum>QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView</enum>
+     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
@@ -132,25 +141,14 @@
    <extends>QFrame</extends>
    <header>kmessagewidget.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>QQuickWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header location="global">QtQuickWidgets/QQuickWidget</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections>
-  <connection>
-   <sender>radioRememberSpecificApplications</sender>
-   <signal>toggled(bool)</signal>
-   <receiver>viewBlacklistedApplicationsContainer</receiver>
-   <slot>setEnabled(bool)</slot>
-   <hints>
-    <hint type="sourcelabel">
-     <x>352</x>
-     <y>167</y>
-    </hint>
-    <hint type="destinationlabel">
-     <x>249</x>
-     <y>363</y>
-    </hint>
-   </hints>
-  </connection>
   <connection>
    <sender>radioRememberSpecificApplications</sender>
    <signal>toggled(bool)</signal>
diff --git a/kcms/activities/utils.h b/kcms/activities/utils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 13a7f0f45f0a968c28c3362c31c9b8698aa7374a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/kcms/activities/utils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   Copyright (C) 2015 - 2016 by Ivan Cukic <ivan.cukic@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) version 3 or any later version
- *   accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
- *   by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
- *   defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
- *
- *   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.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef UTILS_H
-#define UTILS_H
-
-#include <QGuiApplication>
-
-inline std::unique_ptr<QQuickView> createView(QWidget *parent)
-{
-    auto view = new QQuickView();
-    view->setColor(QGuiApplication::palette().window().color());
-    view->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
-
-    auto container = QWidget::createWindowContainer(view, parent);
-    container->setFocusPolicy(Qt::TabFocus);
-
-    parent->layout()->addWidget(container);
-
-    return std::unique_ptr<QQuickView>(view);
-}
-
-template <typename View>
-inline bool setViewSource(View &view, const QString &file)
-{
-    QString sourceFile = QStringLiteral(KAMD_KCM_DATADIR) + file;
-
-    if (QFile::exists(sourceFile)) {
-        view->setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(sourceFile));
-
-        return true;
-
-    } else {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-}
-
-#endif // UTILS_H
-