diff --git a/platform/qt/include/QQuickMapboxGL b/platform/qt/include/QQuickMapboxGL
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db109a1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/qt/include/QQuickMapboxGL
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "qquickmapboxgl.hpp"
diff --git a/platform/qt/include/QQuickMapboxGLMapParameter b/platform/qt/include/QQuickMapboxGLMapParameter
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..603fb2bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/qt/include/QQuickMapboxGLMapParameter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp"
diff --git a/platform/qt/include/qmapbox.hpp b/platform/qt/include/qmapbox.hpp
index b2e3b521d..3aaacb84e 100644
--- a/platform/qt/include/qmapbox.hpp
+++ b/platform/qt/include/qmapbox.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ typedef void (*CustomLayerRenderFunction)(void* context, const CustomLayerRender
 typedef void (*CustomLayerDeinitializeFunction)(void* context);
 
 Q_DECL_EXPORT void initializeGLExtensions();
-Q_DECL_EXPORT void registerTypes();
 
 } // namespace QMapbox
 
diff --git a/platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxgl.hpp b/platform/qt/include/qquickmapboxgl.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxgl.hpp
rename to platform/qt/include/qquickmapboxgl.hpp
diff --git a/platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp b/platform/qt/include/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp
rename to platform/qt/include/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp
diff --git a/platform/qt/qmlapp/main.cpp b/platform/qt/qmlapp/main.cpp
index 0dd8c96b7..860670400 100644
--- a/platform/qt/qmlapp/main.cpp
+++ b/platform/qt/qmlapp/main.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include <QMapbox>
+#include <QQuickMapboxGL>
+#include <QQuickMapboxGLMapParameter>
 
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QIcon>
@@ -13,9 +14,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(":icon.png"));
 #endif
 
-    // Exposes the QQuickMapboxGL module so we
-    // can do `import QQuickMapboxGL 1.0`.
-    QMapbox::registerTypes();
+    qmlRegisterType<QQuickMapboxGL>("QQuickMapboxGL", 1, 0, "MapboxMap");
+    qmlRegisterType<QQuickMapboxGLMapParameter>("QQuickMapboxGL", 1, 0, "MapParameter");
 
     QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
     engine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
diff --git a/platform/qt/qt5.cmake b/platform/qt/qt5.cmake
index 9c3dde60c..7210a3d5f 100644
--- a/platform/qt/qt5.cmake
+++ b/platform/qt/qt5.cmake
@@ -10,18 +10,16 @@ find_package(Qt5Sql      REQUIRED)
 set(MBGL_QT_LIBRARIES
     PRIVATE Qt5::Core
     PRIVATE Qt5::Gui
-    PRIVATE Qt5::Location
     PRIVATE Qt5::Network
     PRIVATE Qt5::OpenGL
-    PRIVATE Qt5::Quick
     PRIVATE Qt5::Sql
 )
 
 target_sources(qmapboxgl
+    PRIVATE platform/qt/include/qquickmapboxgl.hpp
+    PRIVATE platform/qt/include/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp
     PRIVATE platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxgl.cpp
-    PRIVATE platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxgl.hpp
     PRIVATE platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.cpp
-    PRIVATE platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp
     PRIVATE platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxglrenderer.cpp
     PRIVATE platform/qt/src/qquickmapboxglrenderer.hpp
 )
diff --git a/platform/qt/src/qmapbox.cpp b/platform/qt/src/qmapbox.cpp
index 379b0cdd5..b2f956935 100644
--- a/platform/qt/src/qmapbox.cpp
+++ b/platform/qt/src/qmapbox.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include <mbgl/util/traits.hpp>
 
 #if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-#include "qquickmapboxgl.hpp"
-#include "qquickmapboxglmapparameter.hpp"
 #include <QOpenGLContext>
 #else
 #include <QGLContext>
@@ -57,12 +55,4 @@ Q_DECL_EXPORT void initializeGLExtensions()
     });
 }
 
-Q_DECL_EXPORT void registerTypes()
-{
-#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
-    qmlRegisterType<QQuickMapboxGL>("QQuickMapboxGL", 1, 0, "MapboxMap");
-    qmlRegisterType<QQuickMapboxGLMapParameter>("QQuickMapboxGL", 1, 0, "MapParameter");
-#endif
-}
-
 }