diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
index a69cd2dcdd6..cfa432cc0b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ DesignDocumentView::~DesignDocumentView()
 {
 }
 
+ModelNode DesignDocumentView::insertModel(const ModelNode &modelNode)
+{
+    return m_modelMerger.insertModel(modelNode);
+}
+
+void DesignDocumentView::replaceModel(const ModelNode &modelNode)
+{
+    m_modelMerger.replaceModel(modelNode);
+}
+
 static QStringList arrayToStringList(const QByteArray &byteArray)
 {
     QString str(QString::fromUtf8(byteArray));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h
index d3fc45c38da..dd3346b6af2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.h
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@ public:
     DesignDocumentView(QObject *parent = 0);
     ~DesignDocumentView();
 
-    ModelNode insertModel(const ModelNode &modelNode)
-    { return m_modelMerger.insertModel(modelNode); }
-    void replaceModel(const ModelNode &modelNode)
-    { m_modelMerger.replaceModel(modelNode); }
+    ModelNode insertModel(const ModelNode &modelNode);
+    void replaceModel(const ModelNode &modelNode);
 
     void toClipboard() const;
     void fromClipboard();