diff --git a/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp b/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp
index fc6d7dd8..eb30e674 100644
--- a/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp
+++ b/kdeui/kernel/kapplication.cpp
@@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ void KApplication::saveState( QSessionManager& sm )
     // tell the session manager about our new lifecycle
     QStringList restartCommand = sm.restartCommand();
 
-    QByteArray multiHead = qgetenv("KDE_MULTIHEAD");
-    if (multiHead.toLower() == "true") {
+    if (KGlobalSettings::isMultiHead()) {
         // if multihead is enabled, we save our -display argument so that
         // we are restored onto the correct head... one problem with this
         // is that the display is hard coded, which means we cannot restore
diff --git a/kdeui/kernel/kglobalsettings.h b/kdeui/kernel/kglobalsettings.h
index 35c6b4fd..f2a9b1f5 100644
--- a/kdeui/kernel/kglobalsettings.h
+++ b/kdeui/kernel/kglobalsettings.h
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * This returns the current mouse settings.
-     * On Windows, settings are retrieved from the system.
      * @return the current mouse settings
      */
     static KMouseSettings & mouseSettings();
@@ -362,7 +361,6 @@ public:
      * Returns if the user specified multihead. In case the display
      * has multiple screens, the return value of this function specifies
      * if the user wants KDE to run on all of them or just on the primary
-     * On Windows, settings are retrieved from the system.
      * @return true if the user chose multi head
      */
     static bool isMultiHead();