diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginesettings.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginesettings.py
index 4bf525c46..5ce4e1a05 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginesettings.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginesettings.py
@@ -244,6 +244,39 @@ def _init_profiles():
         private_profile.setSpellCheckEnabled(True)
 
 
+def inject_userscripts():
+    """Register user javascript files with the global profiles."""
+    # The greasemonkey metadata block support in qtwebengine only starts at 5.8
+    # Otherwise have to handle injecting the scripts into the page at very
+    # early load, probs same place in view as the enableJS check.
+    if not qtutils.version_check('5.8'):
+        return
+
+    # Since we are inserting scripts into profile.scripts they won't
+    # just get replaced by new gm scripts like if we were injecting them
+    # ourselves so we need to remove all gm scripts, while not removing
+    # any other stuff that might have been added. Like the one for
+    # stylsheets.
+    # Could either use a different world for gm scripts, check for gm metadata
+    # values (would mean no non-gm userscripts), or check the code for
+    # _qute_script_id
+    for profile in [default_profile, private_profile]:
+        scripts = profile.scripts()
+        for script in scripts.toList():
+            if script.worldId() == QWebEngineScript.MainWorld:
+                scripts.remove(script)
+
+    for profile in [default_profile, private_profile]:
+        scripts = profile.scripts()
+        greasemonkey = objreg.get('greasemonkey')
+        for script in greasemonkey.all_scripts():
+            new_script = QWebEngineScript()
+            new_script.setWorldId(QWebEngineScript.MainWorld)
+            new_script.setSourceCode(script.code())
+            log.greasemonkey.debug('adding script: %s', new_script.name())
+            scripts.insert(new_script)
+
+
 def init(args):
     """Initialize the global QWebSettings."""
     if args.enable_webengine_inspector:
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
index c8d7ef670..c97aaacbe 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webenginetab.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def init():
     objreg.register('webengine-download-manager', download_manager)
 
     greasemonkey = objreg.get('greasemonkey')
-    greasemonkey.scripts_reloaded.connect(inject_userscripts)
-    inject_userscripts()
+    greasemonkey.scripts_reloaded.connect(webenginesettings.inject_userscripts)
+    webenginesettings.inject_userscripts()
 
 
 # Mapping worlds from usertypes.JsWorld to QWebEngineScript world IDs.
@@ -83,42 +83,6 @@ _JS_WORLD_MAP = {
 }
 
 
-def inject_userscripts():
-    """Register user javascript files with the global profiles."""
-    # The greasemonkey metadata block support in qtwebengine only starts at 5.8
-    # Otherwise have to handle injecting the scripts into the page at very
-    # early load, probs same place in view as the enableJS check.
-    if not qtutils.version_check('5.8'):
-        return
-
-    # Since we are inserting scripts into profile.scripts they won't
-    # just get replaced by new gm scripts like if we were injecting them
-    # ourselves so we need to remove all gm scripts, while not removing
-    # any other stuff that might have been added. Like the one for
-    # stylsheets.
-    # Could either use a different world for gm scripts, check for gm metadata
-    # values (would mean no non-gm userscripts), or check the code for
-    # _qute_script_id
-    for profile in [webenginesettings.default_profile,
-                    webenginesettings.private_profile]:
-        scripts = profile.scripts()
-        for script in scripts.toList():
-            if script.worldId() == QWebEngineScript.MainWorld:
-                scripts.remove(script)
-
-    # Should we be adding to private profile too?
-    for profile in [webenginesettings.default_profile,
-                    webenginesettings.private_profile]:
-        scripts = profile.scripts()
-        greasemonkey = objreg.get('greasemonkey')
-        for script in greasemonkey.all_scripts():
-            new_script = QWebEngineScript()
-            new_script.setWorldId(QWebEngineScript.MainWorld)
-            new_script.setSourceCode(script.code())
-            log.greasemonkey.debug('adding script: %s', new_script.name)
-            scripts.insert(new_script)
-
-
 class WebEngineAction(browsertab.AbstractAction):
 
     """QtWebEngine implementations related to web actions."""