diff --git a/include/view.h b/include/view.h
index 7c4a24d9..77c2a0cb 100644
--- a/include/view.h
+++ b/include/view.h
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ void view_resize_relative(struct view *view,
 	int left, int right, int top, int bottom);
 void view_move_relative(struct view *view, int x, int y);
 void view_move(struct view *view, int x, int y);
-void view_move_to_cursor(struct view *view);
 void view_moved(struct view *view);
 void view_minimize(struct view *view, bool minimized);
 bool view_compute_centered_position(struct view *view,
diff --git a/src/action.c b/src/action.c
index 2f956d95..90535112 100644
--- a/src/action.c
+++ b/src/action.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,8 @@ run_action(struct view *view, struct server *server, struct action *action,
 			"Action MoveToCursor is deprecated. To ensure your config works in future labwc "
 			"releases, please use <action name=\"AutoPlace\" policy=\"cursor\">");
 		if (view) {
-			view_move_to_cursor(view);
+			view_place_by_policy(view, /* allow_cursor */ true,
+				LAB_PLACE_CURSOR);
 		}
 		break;
 	case ACTION_TYPE_SEND_TO_DESKTOP:
diff --git a/src/view.c b/src/view.c
index cb82ab22..ed9f133e 100644
--- a/src/view.c
+++ b/src/view.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ view_move_relative(struct view *view, int x, int y)
 	view_move(view, view->pending.x + x, view->pending.y + y);
 }
 
-void
+static void
 view_move_to_cursor(struct view *view)
 {
 	assert(view);