diff --git a/components/mobileshell/mobileshellplugin.cpp b/components/mobileshell/mobileshellplugin.cpp
index 377b1c2d..c5bc8e92 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/mobileshellplugin.cpp
+++ b/components/mobileshell/mobileshellplugin.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void MobileShellPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
     qmlRegisterSingletonType(resolvePath("dataproviders/AudioInfo.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "AudioInfo");
     qmlRegisterSingletonType(resolvePath("dataproviders/BatteryInfo.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "BatteryInfo");
     qmlRegisterSingletonType(resolvePath("dataproviders/BluetoothInfo.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "BluetoothInfo");
-    qmlRegisterType(resolvePath("dataproviders/SignalStrengthInfo.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "SignalStrengthInfo");
+    qmlRegisterSingletonType(resolvePath("dataproviders/SignalStrengthInfo.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "SignalStrengthInfo");
 
     // /homescreen
     qmlRegisterType(resolvePath("homescreen/HomeScreen.qml"), uri, 1, 0, "HomeScreen");
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/dataproviders/SignalStrengthInfo.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/dataproviders/SignalStrengthInfo.qml
index 25c368f0..d448da21 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/dataproviders/SignalStrengthInfo.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/dataproviders/SignalStrengthInfo.qml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  *  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
 
+pragma Singleton
+
 import QtQuick 2.1
 import org.kde.plasma.mm 1.0
 
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
index aac83443..d5cff19a 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import org.kde.plasma.core as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.plasma5support 2.0 as P5Support
 import org.kde.plasma.components 3.0 as PlasmaComponents
 import org.kde.kitemmodels as KItemModels
+import org.kde.plasma.private.mobileshell 1.0 as MobileShell
 
 import "indicators" as Indicators
-import "../dataproviders" as DataProviders
 import "../components" as Components
 
 Item {
@@ -210,10 +210,8 @@ Item {
                 Item { Layout.fillWidth: true }
 
                 PlasmaComponents.Label {
-                    property var signalStrengthInfo: DataProviders.SignalStrengthInfo {}
-
                     visible: root.showTime
-                    text: signalStrengthInfo.label
+                    text: MobileShell.SignalStrengthInfo.label
                     color: Kirigami.Theme.disabledTextColor
                     font.pixelSize: root.smallerTextPixelSize
                     horizontalAlignment: Qt.AlignRight
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/indicators/SignalStrengthIndicator.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/indicators/SignalStrengthIndicator.qml
index ceaa1f27..60ef8f14 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/indicators/SignalStrengthIndicator.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/indicators/SignalStrengthIndicator.qml
@@ -11,14 +11,11 @@ import QtQuick.Layouts
 import org.kde.plasma.core as PlasmaCore
 import org.kde.plasma.components 3.0 as PlasmaComponents
 import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami
-
-import "../../dataproviders" as DataProviders
+import org.kde.plasma.private.mobileshell 1.0 as MobileShell
 
 Item {
     property InternetIndicator internetIndicator
-    
-    readonly property var provider: DataProviders.SignalStrengthInfo {}
-    
+        
     // check if the internet indicator icon is a mobile data related one
     readonly property bool isInternetIndicatorMobileData: internetIndicator && internetIndicator.icon && internetIndicator.icon.startsWith('network-mobile-')
     
@@ -35,10 +32,10 @@ Item {
         width: height
         height: parent.height
 
-        source: provider.icon
+        source: MobileShell.SignalStrengthInfo.icon
         
         // don't show mobile indicator icon if the networkmanager one is already showing
-        visible: !isInternetIndicatorMobileData && provider.showIndicator
+        visible: !isInternetIndicatorMobileData && MobileShell.SignalStrengthInfo.showIndicator
     }
     
     PlasmaComponents.Label {
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ Item {
         anchors.left: strengthIcon.right
         anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
 
-        text: provider.label
+        text: MobileShell.SignalStrengthInfo.label
         color: Kirigami.Theme.textColor
         font.pixelSize: textPixelSize
     }