diff --git a/include/wx/qt/private/converter.h b/include/wx/qt/private/converter.h
index f6406a8009..7cdce58fad 100644
--- a/include/wx/qt/private/converter.h
+++ b/include/wx/qt/private/converter.h
@@ -12,27 +12,47 @@
 #define _WX_QT_CONVERTER_H_
 
 #include "wx/defs.h"
-#include <QtCore/Qt>
 
 #include "wx/kbdstate.h"
+#include "wx/gdicmn.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/QRect>
+#include <QtCore/QSize>
+#include <QtCore/QString>
 
 // Rely on overloading and let the compiler pick the correct version, which makes
 // them easier to use then to write wxQtConvertQtRectToWxRect() or wxQtConvertWxRectToQtRect()
 
-class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxPoint;
-class QPoint;
-wxPoint wxQtConvertPoint( const QPoint &point );
-QPoint wxQtConvertPoint( const wxPoint &point );
+inline wxPoint wxQtConvertPoint( const QPoint &point )
+{
+    return wxPoint( point.x(), point.y() );
+}
+inline QPoint wxQtConvertPoint( const wxPoint &point )
+{
+    return QPoint( point.x, point.y );
+}
 
-class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxRect;
-class QRect;
-wxRect wxQtConvertRect( const QRect &rect );
-QRect  wxQtConvertRect( const wxRect &rect );
+inline wxRect wxQtConvertRect( const QRect &rect )
+{
+    return wxRect( rect.x(), rect.y(), rect.width(), rect.height() );
+}
 
-class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxString;
-class QString;
-wxString wxQtConvertString( const QString &str );
-QString  wxQtConvertString( const wxString &str );
+inline QRect wxQtConvertRect( const wxRect &rect )
+{
+    return QRect( rect.GetX(), rect.GetY(), rect.GetWidth(), rect.GetHeight() );
+}
+
+// TODO: Check whether QString::toStdString/QString::toStdWString might be faster
+
+inline wxString wxQtConvertString( const QString &str )
+{
+    return wxString( str.toUtf8().data(), wxConvUTF8 );
+}
+
+inline QString wxQtConvertString( const wxString &str )
+{
+    return QString( str.utf8_str() );
+}
 
 #if wxUSE_DATETIME
 
@@ -44,10 +64,14 @@ QDate wxQtConvertDate(const wxDateTime& date);
 
 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
 
-class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxSize;
-class QSize;
-wxSize wxQtConvertSize( const QSize  &size );
-QSize  wxQtConvertSize( const wxSize &size );
+inline wxSize wxQtConvertSize( const QSize  &size )
+{
+    return wxSize(size.width(), size.height());
+}
+inline QSize wxQtConvertSize( const wxSize &size )
+{
+    return QSize(size.GetWidth(), size.GetHeight());
+}
 
 Qt::Orientation wxQtConvertOrientation( long style, wxOrientation defaultOrientation );
 wxOrientation wxQtConvertOrientation( Qt::Orientation );
diff --git a/src/qt/converter.cpp b/src/qt/converter.cpp
index fbc14a34c3..df4d69c99c 100644
--- a/src/qt/converter.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/converter.cpp
@@ -13,61 +13,14 @@
     #pragma hdrstop
 #endif
 
-#include <QtCore/QRect>
-#include <QtCore/QString>
 #include <QtGui/QFont>
-#include <QtCore/QSize>
 
 #if wxUSE_DATETIME
     #include "wx/datetime.h"
     #include <QtCore/QDate>
 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
 
-#include "wx/kbdstate.h"
-#include "wx/gdicmn.h"
-#include "wx/gdicmn.h"
-
-
-wxPoint wxQtConvertPoint( const QPoint &point )
-{
-    if (point.isNull())
-        return wxDefaultPosition;
-
-    return wxPoint( point.x(), point.y() );
-}
-
-QPoint wxQtConvertPoint( const wxPoint &point )
-{
-    if (point == wxDefaultPosition)
-        return QPoint();
-
-    return QPoint( point.x, point.y );
-}
-
-
-QRect wxQtConvertRect( const wxRect &rect )
-{
-    return QRect( rect.GetX(), rect.GetY(), rect.GetWidth(), rect.GetHeight() );
-}
-
-wxRect wxQtConvertRect( const QRect &rect )
-{
-    return wxRect( rect.x(), rect.y(), rect.width(), rect.height() );
-}
-
-// TODO: Check whether QString::toStdString/QString::toStdWString might be faster
-
-wxString wxQtConvertString( const QString &str )
-{
-    return wxString( str.toUtf8().data(), wxConvUTF8 );
-}
-
-QString  wxQtConvertString( const wxString &str )
-{
-    return QString( str.utf8_str() );
-}
-
-
+#include "wx/qt/private/converter.h"
 
 
 #if wxUSE_DATETIME
@@ -92,22 +45,6 @@ QDate wxQtConvertDate(const wxDateTime& date)
 
 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME
 
-wxSize wxQtConvertSize( const QSize  &size )
-{
-    if (size.isNull())
-        return wxDefaultSize;
-
-    return wxSize(size.width(), size.height());
-}
-
-QSize  wxQtConvertSize( const wxSize &size )
-{
-    if (size == wxDefaultSize)
-        return QSize();
-
-    return QSize(size.GetWidth(), size.GetHeight());
-}
-
 Qt::Orientation wxQtConvertOrientation( long style, wxOrientation defaultOrientation )
 {
     if (( style & ( wxHORIZONTAL | wxVERTICAL )) == 0 )