diff --git a/midori/midori-view.c b/midori/midori-view.c
index f9f50363..ca0d611e 100644
--- a/midori/midori-view.c
+++ b/midori/midori-view.c
@@ -118,24 +118,6 @@ struct _MidoriViewClass
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (MidoriView, midori_view, GTK_TYPE_VBOX);
 
-GType
-midori_load_status_get_type (void)
-{
-    static GType type = 0;
-    static const GEnumValue values[] = {
-     { MIDORI_LOAD_PROVISIONAL, "MIDORI_LOAD_PROVISIONAL", "Load Provisional" },
-     { MIDORI_LOAD_COMMITTED, "MIDORI_LOAD_COMMITTED", "Load Committed" },
-     { MIDORI_LOAD_FINISHED, "MIDORI_LOAD_FINISHED", "Load Finished" },
-     { 0, NULL, NULL }
-    };
-
-    if (type)
-        return type;
-
-    type = g_enum_register_static ("MidoriLoadStatus", values);
-    return type;
-}
-
 GType
 midori_new_view_get_type (void)
 {
@@ -3373,7 +3355,8 @@ midori_view_set_settings (MidoriView*        view,
  * midori_view_load_status:
  * @web_view: a #MidoriView
  *
- * Determines the current loading status of a view.
+ * Determines the current loading status of a view. There is no
+ * error state, unlike webkit_web_view_get_load_status().
  *
  * Return value: the current #MidoriLoadStatus
  **/
diff --git a/midori/midori-view.h b/midori/midori-view.h
index b0246e34..bdf21885 100644
--- a/midori/midori-view.h
+++ b/midori/midori-view.h
@@ -18,18 +18,11 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
-typedef enum
-{
-    MIDORI_LOAD_PROVISIONAL,
-    MIDORI_LOAD_COMMITTED,
-    MIDORI_LOAD_FINISHED
-} MidoriLoadStatus;
-
-GType
-midori_load_status_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
-
-#define MIDORI_TYPE_LOAD_STATUS \
-    (midori_load_status_get_type ())
+#define MIDORI_LOAD_PROVISIONAL WEBKIT_LOAD_PROVISIONAL
+#define MIDORI_LOAD_COMMITTED WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED
+#define MIDORI_LOAD_FINISHED WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED
+#define MidoriLoadStatus WebKitLoadStatus
+#define MIDORI_TYPE_LOAD_STATUS WEBKIT_TYPE_LOAD_STATUS
 
 typedef enum
 {