diff --git a/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbolinformation.h b/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbolinformation.h
index 988fb0f0b7396ea091058abf96dda9e0766c925a..3c03c3085627bddd92402c120ddd3d6370245c6d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbolinformation.h
+++ b/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbolinformation.h
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public:
     inline const QString &type() const { return m_type; }
     inline int iconType() const { return m_iconType; }
     inline uint hash() const { return m_hash; }
+    inline bool operator==(const SymbolInformation &other) const
+    {
+        return iconType() == other.iconType() && name() == other.name()
+            && type() == other.type();
+    }
 
     /*!
        \brief Get an icon type sort order. Not pre-calculated - is needed for converting
@@ -69,21 +74,16 @@ private:
     uint m_hash;    //!< precalculated hash value - to speed up qHash
 };
 
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace ClassView
-
-inline bool operator==(const ClassView::Internal::SymbolInformation &a,
-                       const ClassView::Internal::SymbolInformation &b)
-{
-    return a.iconType() == b.iconType() && a.name() == b.name() && a.type() == b.type();
-}
-
 //! qHash overload for QHash/QSet
-inline uint qHash(const ClassView::Internal::SymbolInformation &information)
+inline uint qHash(const SymbolInformation &information)
 {
     return information.hash();
 }
 
+
+} // namespace Internal
+} // namespace ClassView
+
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ClassView::Internal::SymbolInformation)
 
 #endif // CLASSVIEWSYMBOLINFORMATION_H
diff --git a/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbollocation.h b/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbollocation.h
index b886a2470f6bb614742a72a7e9a180861f31792a..cc028bb002d49c9ba0f5c06d0054dd98ac526ab1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbollocation.h
+++ b/src/plugins/classview/classviewsymbollocation.h
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ public:
     inline int line() const { return m_line; }
     inline int column() const { return m_column; }
     inline int hash() const { return m_hash; }
+    inline bool operator==(const SymbolLocation &other) const
+    {
+        return line() == other.line() && column() == other.column()
+            && fileName() == other.fileName();
+    }
 
 private:
     QString m_fileName; //!< file name
@@ -62,21 +67,15 @@ private:
     int m_hash;         //!< precalculated hash value for the object, to speed up qHash
 };
 
-} // namespace Internal
-} // namespace ClassView
-
-inline bool operator==(const ClassView::Internal::SymbolLocation &a,
-                       const ClassView::Internal::SymbolLocation &b)
-{
-    return a.line() == b.line() && a.column() == b.column() && a.fileName() == b.fileName();
-}
-
 //! qHash overload for QHash/QSet
-inline uint qHash(const ClassView::Internal::SymbolLocation &location)
+inline uint qHash(const SymbolLocation &location)
 {
     return location.hash();
 }
 
+} // namespace Internal
+} // namespace ClassView
+
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ClassView::Internal::SymbolLocation)
 
 #endif // CLASSVIEWSYMBOLLOCATION_H