diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qhighdpiscaling.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qhighdpiscaling.cpp
index d0d2a5a1191..f20bd842637 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qhighdpiscaling.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qhighdpiscaling.cpp
@@ -574,9 +574,7 @@ void QHighDpiScaling::setScreenFactor(QScreen *screen, qreal factor)
     else
         QHighDpiScaling::m_namedScreenScaleFactors.insert(name, factor);
 
-    // hack to force re-evaluation of screen geometry
-    if (screen->handle())
-        screen->d_func()->setPlatformScreen(screen->handle()); // updates geometries based on scale factor
+    screen->d_func()->updateGeometry();
 }
 
 QPoint QHighDpiScaling::mapPositionToNative(const QPoint &pos, const QPlatformScreen *platformScreen)
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qplatformscreen.h b/src/gui/kernel/qplatformscreen.h
index 3ef5798aa16..de704f46357 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qplatformscreen.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qplatformscreen.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ protected:
     QScopedPointer<QPlatformScreenPrivate> d_ptr;
 
 private:
-    friend class QScreenPrivate;
+    friend class QScreen;
 };
 
 // Qt doesn't currently support running with no platform screen
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qscreen.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qscreen.cpp
index 3932567eaea..d4e94a98a1e 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qscreen.cpp
@@ -37,29 +37,23 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
     \inmodule QtGui
 */
 
-QScreen::QScreen(QPlatformScreen *screen)
+QScreen::QScreen(QPlatformScreen *platformScreen)
     : QObject(*new QScreenPrivate(), nullptr)
 {
     Q_D(QScreen);
-    d->setPlatformScreen(screen);
-}
 
-void QScreenPrivate::setPlatformScreen(QPlatformScreen *screen)
-{
-    Q_Q(QScreen);
-    platformScreen = screen;
-    platformScreen->d_func()->screen = q;
-    orientation = platformScreen->orientation();
+    d->platformScreen = platformScreen;
+    platformScreen->d_func()->screen = this;
 
-    logicalDpi = QPlatformScreen::overrideDpi(platformScreen->logicalDpi());
-
-    refreshRate = platformScreen->refreshRate();
+    d->orientation = platformScreen->orientation();
+    d->logicalDpi = QPlatformScreen::overrideDpi(platformScreen->logicalDpi());
+    d->refreshRate = platformScreen->refreshRate();
     // safeguard ourselves against buggy platform behavior...
-    if (refreshRate < 1.0)
-        refreshRate = 60.0;
+    if (d->refreshRate < 1.0)
+        d->refreshRate = 60.0;
 
-    updateGeometry();
-    updatePrimaryOrientation(); // derived from the geometry
+    d->updateGeometry();
+    d->updatePrimaryOrientation(); // derived from the geometry
 }
 
 void QScreenPrivate::updateGeometry()
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qscreen_p.h b/src/gui/kernel/qscreen_p.h
index b9e726a9dce..964bc1cc58d 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qscreen_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qscreen_p.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class QScreenPrivate : public QObjectPrivate, public QScreenData
 {
     Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(QScreen)
 public:
-    void setPlatformScreen(QPlatformScreen *screen);
     void updateGeometry();
     void updatePrimaryOrientation();