diff --git a/src/insets/inset.C b/src/insets/inset.C
index 29c2a0c3eb..21b91021ea 100644
--- a/src/insets/inset.C
+++ b/src/insets/inset.C
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "lyxtext.h"
-#include "LColor.h"
 #include "metricsinfo.h"
 #include "coordcache.h"
 
@@ -30,29 +29,14 @@ using std::string;
 
 
 InsetOld::InsetOld()
-	: //background_color_(LColor::inherit)
-	  background_color_(LColor::background)
 {}
 
 
 InsetOld::InsetOld(InsetOld const & in)
-	: InsetBase(in), name_(in.name_),
-	  background_color_(in.background_color_)
+	: InsetBase(in), name_(in.name_)
 {}
 
 
-void InsetOld::setBackgroundColor(LColor_color color)
-{
-	background_color_ = color;
-}
-
-
-LColor_color InsetOld::backgroundColor() const
-{
-	return LColor::color(background_color_);
-}
-
-
 void InsetOld::setPosCache(PainterInfo const & pi, int x, int y) const
 {
 	//lyxerr << "InsetOld:: position cache to " << x << " " << y << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/insets/inset.h b/src/insets/inset.h
index f1a4d48560..73c8a4380f 100644
--- a/src/insets/inset.h
+++ b/src/insets/inset.h
@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@
 #define INSETOLD_H
 
 #include "insetbase.h"
-#include "dimension.h"
 
 
 namespace lyx {
 
-class LColor_color;
-
-
 /// Insets
 class InsetOld : public InsetBase {
 public:
@@ -40,10 +36,6 @@ public:
 	void setInsetName(docstring const & s) { name_ = s; }
 	///
 	virtual docstring const & getInsetName() const { return name_; }
-	///
-	virtual void setBackgroundColor(LColor_color);
-	///
-	LColor_color backgroundColor() const;
 	/// set x/y drawing position cache
 	void setPosCache(PainterInfo const &, int, int) const;
 
@@ -56,10 +48,6 @@ private:
 
 	///
 	docstring name_;
-	/** We store the LColor::color value as an int to get LColor.h out
-	 *  of the header file.
-	 */
-	int background_color_;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/insets/insetbase.C b/src/insets/insetbase.C
index 7aa2fef4a5..64bdb67c2c 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetbase.C
+++ b/src/insets/insetbase.C
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ static TranslatorMap const build_translator()
 }
 
 
+/// pretty arbitrary dimensions
+InsetBase::InsetBase(): dim_(10, 10, 10), background_color_(LColor::background)
+{}
+
+
+InsetBase::InsetBase(InsetBase const & i)
+: dim_(i.dim_), background_color_(i.background_color_)
+{}
+
+
 std::auto_ptr<InsetBase> InsetBase::clone() const
 {
 	std::auto_ptr<InsetBase> b = doClone();
@@ -345,6 +355,18 @@ void InsetBase::dump() const
 }
 
 
+void InsetBase::setBackgroundColor(LColor_color color)
+{
+	background_color_ = color;
+}
+
+
+LColor_color InsetBase::backgroundColor() const
+{
+	return LColor::color(background_color_);
+}
+
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////
 
 bool isEditableInset(InsetBase const * inset)
diff --git a/src/insets/insetbase.h b/src/insets/insetbase.h
index 46bdf22f19..09990a217a 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetbase.h
+++ b/src/insets/insetbase.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class FuncStatus;
 class InsetMath;
 class InsetText;
 class LaTeXFeatures;
+class LColor_color;
 class LCursor;
 class LyXLex;
 class LyXText;
@@ -445,6 +446,10 @@ public:
 	///
 	int scroll() const { return 0; }
 	///
+	void setBackgroundColor(LColor_color);
+	///
+	LColor_color backgroundColor() const;
+	///
 	enum CollapseStatus {
 		Collapsed,
 		Inlined,
@@ -453,9 +458,8 @@ public:
 	///
 	virtual void setStatus(LCursor &, CollapseStatus) {}
 protected:
-	/// pretty arbitrary dimensions
-	InsetBase(): dim_(10, 10, 10) {}
-	InsetBase(InsetBase const & i): dim_(i.dim_) {}
+	InsetBase();
+	InsetBase(InsetBase const & i);
 	/** The real dispatcher.
 	 *  Gets normally called from LCursor::dispatch(). LCursor::dispatch()
 	 *  assumes the common case of 'LFUN handled, need update'.
@@ -473,6 +477,10 @@ protected:
 	mutable Dimension dim_;
 private:
 	virtual std::auto_ptr<InsetBase> doClone() const = 0;
+	/** We store the LColor::color value as an int to get LColor.h out
+	 *  of the header file.
+	 */
+	int background_color_;
 };