diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
index 9be9c4ced4..cc33329a97 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ void InsetText::setDrawFrame(bool flag)
 
 ColorCode InsetText::frameColor() const
 {
-	return ColorCode(frame_color_);
+	return frame_color_;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetText.h b/src/insets/InsetText.h
index 7d31968628..0f32ef062d 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetText.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetText.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define INSETTEXT_H
 
 #include "Inset.h"
+
+#include "ColorCode.h"
 #include "Text.h"
 
 #include "support/types.h"
@@ -147,10 +149,8 @@ private:
 
 	///
 	bool drawFrame_;
-	/** We store the ColorCode value as an int to get Color.h out
-	 *  of the header file.
-	 */
-	int frame_color_;
+	///
+	ColorCode frame_color_;
 	///
 	mutable pit_type old_pit;