diff --git a/examples/thumbnails/main.cpp b/examples/thumbnails/main.cpp
index e267cd32..9944871d 100644
--- a/examples/thumbnails/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/thumbnails/main.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class IconGrid : public QskLinearBox
         const int dim = dimension();
 
         // we know, that all items have the same size
-        const auto itemSize = qskItemSize( itemAtIndex( 0 ) );
+        const auto itemSize = itemAtIndex( 0 )->size();
 
         const int rowMin = rect.top() / ( itemSize.height() + spacing() );
         const int rowMax = rect.bottom() / ( itemSize.height() + spacing() );
diff --git a/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp b/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp
index 6f71bca4..b44eef1b 100644
--- a/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp
+++ b/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ QSK_QT_PRIVATE_END
 #include <qpa/qplatforminputcontext.h>
 #include <qpa/qplatformintegration.h>
 
-QSizeF qskItemSize( const QQuickItem* item )
-{
-    // obsolete for Qt >= 5.10
-    auto d = QQuickItemPrivate::get( item );
-    return QSizeF( d->width, d->height );
-}
-
 QRectF qskItemRect( const QQuickItem* item )
 {
     auto d = QQuickItemPrivate::get( item );
@@ -41,7 +34,7 @@ void qskSetItemGeometry( QQuickItem* item, const QRectF& rect )
     {
         control->setGeometry( rect );
     }
-    else
+    else if ( item )
     {
         item->setPosition( rect.topLeft() );
         item->setSize( rect.size() );
@@ -63,10 +56,10 @@ bool qskIsAncestorOf( const QQuickItem* item, const QQuickItem* child )
 
 bool qskIsVisibleToParent( const QQuickItem* item )
 {
-    if ( item )
-        return QQuickItemPrivate::get( item )->explicitVisible;
+    if ( item == nullptr )
+        return false;
 
-    return false;
+    return QQuickItemPrivate::get( item )->explicitVisible;
 }
 
 bool qskIsVisibleTo( const QQuickItem* item, const QQuickItem* ancestor )
diff --git a/src/controls/QskQuick.h b/src/controls/QskQuick.h
index 74d29b6b..bf35eb93 100644
--- a/src/controls/QskQuick.h
+++ b/src/controls/QskQuick.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ QSK_EXPORT QskSizePolicy qskSizePolicy( const QQuickItem* );
 QSK_EXPORT Qt::Alignment qskLayoutAlignmentHint( const QQuickItem* );
 QSK_EXPORT bool qskRetainSizeWhenHidden( const QQuickItem* );
 
-QSK_EXPORT QSizeF qskItemSize( const QQuickItem* );
 QSK_EXPORT QRectF qskItemRect( const QQuickItem* );
 
 QSK_EXPORT QRectF qskItemGeometry( const QQuickItem* );
diff --git a/src/controls/QskScrollArea.cpp b/src/controls/QskScrollArea.cpp
index e2078c2b..7f0ba937 100644
--- a/src/controls/QskScrollArea.cpp
+++ b/src/controls/QskScrollArea.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ QSizeF QskScrollArea::layoutSizeHint( Qt::SizeHint which, const QSizeF& constrai
             }
             else
             {
-                hint = qskItemSize( contentItem );
+                hint = contentItem->size();
             }
 
             if ( verticalScrollBarPolicy() != Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff )