diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxesDialog.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxesDialog.cpp
index 861a010e16a3d79023cbe3bfecafde66992d8355..8374423bd7dc35aff7b01549bbe696f2de6454ff 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxesDialog.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxesDialog.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Description          : General plot options dialog
 *   Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA                                           *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include "AxesDialog.h"
 #include "ApplicationWindow.h"
 #include "TextDialog.h"
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxisDetails.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxisDetails.cpp
index badf90ceef098fc9dfedab09401074077cbcfd6a..dcb1f34fadca616f0839715dec659387ddc6afea 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxisDetails.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/AxisDetails.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "DoubleSpinBox.h"
 #include <qwt_scale_widget.h>
 //#include <qwt_plot.h>
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include "MyParser.h"
 #include "Plot.h"
 #include "plot2D/ScaleEngine.h"
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Graph.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Graph.cpp
index c6fe0465feb4979e2d24006ffffcd0ab2de702cc..4925fffb45778cab79405c3a746c8f2b5a440163 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Graph.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Graph.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include <QVarLengthArray>
 
 #include "pixmaps.h"
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/GridDetails.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/GridDetails.cpp
index 3bf7273153d9b9c7809e9a8bdd61103562060bf8..8bc7b60434b9376322c6cb7e5da6fd31ea67c667 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/GridDetails.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/GridDetails.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "ApplicationWindow.h"
 #include <qwt_scale_widget.h>
 //#include <qwt_plot.h>
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include "Plot.h"
 #include "plot2D/ScaleEngine.h"
 #include "DoubleSpinBox.h"
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/InstrumentWidget/OneCurvePlot.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/InstrumentWidget/OneCurvePlot.cpp
index a91d3c8cb4c08e57d1dd2201dfba25028e810563..ea8e944da9099156c470d2fd8454272e96f7891b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/InstrumentWidget/OneCurvePlot.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Mantid/InstrumentWidget/OneCurvePlot.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <qwt_scale_engine.h>
 #include <qwt_scale_draw.h>
 #include <qwt_plot_canvas.h>
-#include <qwt_compat.h>
+#include <MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h>
 #include <qwt_plot_zoomer.h>
 #include <qwt_scale_widget.h>
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Plot.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Plot.cpp
index e44b275dd3b8b95d2ff58230fb4b53936aea3d36..7983e7e10631d7607f89e5af491bb9379edfcfbc 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Plot.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Plot.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *   Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA                                           *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include "Plot.h"
 #include "Graph.h"
 #include "Grid.h"
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp
index c31fc4179e748d79c12ae6a6d0c497fd9ffa40df..ef0cec7f03732ec466c6205dbe69e7cfcb3a5a82 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/ScaleDetails.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "DoubleSpinBox.h"
 #include <qwt_scale_widget.h>
 //#include <qwt_plot.h>
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include "Plot.h"
 #include "plot2D/ScaleEngine.h"
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Spectrogram.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Spectrogram.cpp
index 8df0e9d881cc4aff5edb06416d51edce004e2c7c..ece80d7b100332f706b13ad4a60a7d516e7de05b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Spectrogram.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/Spectrogram.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  *   Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA                                           *
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include "Spectrogram.h"
 #include <math.h>
 #include <QPen>
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/PowerScaleEngine.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/PowerScaleEngine.cpp
index 4fdae03130efca60095e7f65a973b0ed53e399f3..9f6a276f296cf92c0cbcc78f0d9ef2c6ac446e58 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/PowerScaleEngine.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/PowerScaleEngine.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "PowerScaleEngine.h"
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 
 /*!
   Return a dummy transformation
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/ScaleEngine.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/ScaleEngine.cpp
index 75e2e3d9d3b9e0afaacb404c7c685f82372cf4c3..1f51fdadad10118285ea24cb19720aa8b4164575 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/ScaleEngine.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/plot2D/ScaleEngine.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 #include "ScaleEngine.h"
 #include "PowerScaleEngine.h"
-#include "qwt_compat.h"
+#include "MantidQtAPI/qwt_compat.h"
 #include <limits.h>
 
 QwtScaleTransformation* ScaleEngine::transformation() const
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/qwt_compat.h b/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/qwt_compat.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f6d05c7c30c5ef607df7646cff77d5a39664e64f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidPlot/src/qwt_compat.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef MANTID_QWT_COMPAT
-#define MANTID_QWT_COMPAT
-
-#include <qwt_global.h>
-
-#if QWT_VERSION >= 0x050200
-// FAA 11/04/2010: QWT 5.2.0 changed some member functions
-// QwtScaleEngine 
-//   loMargin/hiMargin renamed to lowerMargin/upperMargin
-// QwtScaleDiv 
-//   lBound/hBound renamed to lowerBound/upperBound
-#   define lBound() lowerBound()
-#   define hBound() upperBound()
-#   define loMargin() lowerMargin()
-#   define hiMargin() upperMargin()
-#else
-#   define lowerMargin()  loMargin()
-#   define upperMargin()  hiMargin()
-#endif /* QWT_VERSION >= 0x050200 */
-
-#endif /* MANTID_QWT_COMPAT */