diff --git a/js/ui/layout.js b/js/ui/layout.js
index 9013aa97b..4cd066582 100644
--- a/js/ui/layout.js
+++ b/js/ui/layout.js
@@ -1204,7 +1204,8 @@ class HotCorner extends Clutter.Actor {
 
             if (Clutter.get_default_text_direction() == Clutter.TextDirection.RTL) {
                 this._corner.set_position(this.width - this._corner.width, 0);
-                this.set_anchor_point_from_gravity(Clutter.Gravity.NORTH_EAST);
+                this.set_pivot_point(1.0, 0.0);
+                this.translation_x = -this.width;
             } else {
                 this._corner.set_position(0, 0);
             }
diff --git a/js/ui/magnifier.js b/js/ui/magnifier.js
index 692cb1022..eae7bf464 100644
--- a/js/ui/magnifier.js
+++ b/js/ui/magnifier.js
@@ -489,7 +489,10 @@ var Magnifier = class Magnifier {
     _updateMouseSprite() {
         this._updateSpriteTexture();
         let [xHot, yHot] = this._cursorTracker.get_hot();
-        this._mouseSprite.set_anchor_point(xHot, yHot);
+        this._mouseSprite.set({
+            translation_x: -xHot,
+            translation_y: -yHot,
+        });
     }
 
     _updateSpriteTexture() {
diff --git a/js/ui/panel.js b/js/ui/panel.js
index 8f7dc95c0..90aea8dad 100644
--- a/js/ui/panel.js
+++ b/js/ui/panel.js
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class PanelCorner extends St.DrawingArea {
         let borderWidth = node.get_length('-panel-corner-border-width');
 
         this.set_size(cornerRadius, borderWidth + cornerRadius);
-        this.set_anchor_point(0, borderWidth);
+        this.translation_y = -borderWidth;
     }
 });