diff --git a/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h b/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h
index 2d65c5586..588e06ea1 100644
--- a/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h
+++ b/profile-widget/divecartesianaxis.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class DepthAxis : public DiveCartesianAxis {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
 	DepthAxis(ProfileWidget2 *widget);
-protected:
+private:
 	QString textForValue(double value);
 	QColor colorForValue(double value);
 private
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ class TimeAxis : public DiveCartesianAxis {
 public:
 	TimeAxis(ProfileWidget2 *widget);
 	void updateTicks(color_index_t color = TIME_GRID);
-
-protected:
+private:
 	QString textForValue(double value);
 	QColor colorForValue(double value);
 };
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ class TemperatureAxis : public DiveCartesianAxis {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
 	TemperatureAxis(ProfileWidget2 *widget);
-protected:
+private:
 	QString textForValue(double value);
 };
 
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ public:
 public
 slots:
 	void settingsChanged();
-
 private:
 	DivePlotDataModel *model;
 };
diff --git a/profile-widget/divepixmapitem.h b/profile-widget/divepixmapitem.h
index cf5b86d7c..38007995c 100644
--- a/profile-widget/divepixmapitem.h
+++ b/profile-widget/divepixmapitem.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ class CloseButtonItem : public DivePixmapItem {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
 	CloseButtonItem(QGraphicsItem *parent = 0);
-protected:
-	void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) override;
 public slots:
 	void hide();
 	void show();
+private:
+	void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) override;
 };
 
 class DivePictureItem : public DivePixmapItem {
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ public slots:
 	void settingsChanged();
 	void removePicture();
 	void setFileUrl(const QString& s);
-protected:
+private:
 	void hoverEnterEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event);
 	void hoverLeaveEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event);
 	void mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event);
-private:
 	QString fileUrl;
 	QGraphicsRectItem *canvas;
 	QGraphicsRectItem *shadow;
diff --git a/profile-widget/diveprofileitem.h b/profile-widget/diveprofileitem.h
index 36f6e5980..df46b6e12 100644
--- a/profile-widget/diveprofileitem.h
+++ b/profile-widget/diveprofileitem.h
@@ -183,10 +183,8 @@ public
 slots:
 	void recalc();
 
-protected:
-	ProfileWidget2 *profileWidget;
-
 private:
+	ProfileWidget2 *profileWidget;
 	bool is3mIncrement;
 };
 
diff --git a/profile-widget/ruleritem.h b/profile-widget/ruleritem.h
index dd028fc1f..14cdbe36f 100644
--- a/profile-widget/ruleritem.h
+++ b/profile-widget/ruleritem.h
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ public:
 	void setPlotInfo(const struct plot_info &info);
 	void recalculate();
 
-protected:
-	void mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) override;
 private:
+	void mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) override;
 	struct plot_info pInfo;
 	int idx;
 	RulerItem2 *ruler;