diff --git a/proto/protocol.xml b/proto/protocol.xml
index 362657e..47169be 100644
--- a/proto/protocol.xml
+++ b/proto/protocol.xml
@@ -528,20 +528,6 @@
       </description>
     </request>
 
-    <enum name="capabilities" since="1" bitfield="true">
-      <description summary="Seat capabilities">
-        A set of capabilities possible available on this seat. A client may bind to these
-        capabilies and an EIS implementation may then create device based on the bound
-        capabilities.
-
-        These capabilities are binary compatible with ei_device.capabilities.
-      </description>
-      <entry name="pointer" value="2" summary="the relative pointer capability"/>
-      <entry name="pointer_absolute" value="4" summary="the absolute pointer capability"/>
-      <entry name="keyboard" value="8" summary="the keyboard capability"/>
-      <entry name="touchscreen" value="16" summary="the touchscreen capability"/>
-    </enum>
-
     <request name="bind" since="1">
       <description summary="Seat binding">
         Bind to the bitmask of capabilities given. The bitmask is zero or more of the
@@ -555,7 +541,7 @@
         is interested in. If capabilities are dropped, the EIS implementation may
         ei_device.remove devices that have these capabilities.
       </description>
-      <arg name="capabilities" type="uint32" enum="capabilities"/>
+      <arg name="capabilities" type="uint32" enum="ei_device.capabilities"/>
     </request>
 
     <!-- ei_seat events version 1 -->
@@ -588,11 +574,9 @@
         capabilies and an EIS implementation may then create device based on the bound
         capabilities.
 
-        These capabilities are binary compatible with ei_device.capabilities.
-
         It is a protocol violation to send this event after the ei_seat.done event.
       </description>
-      <arg name="capabilities" type="uint32" enum="capabilities" summary="the seat capabilities"/>
+      <arg name="capabilities" type="uint32" enum="ei_device.capabilities" summary="the seat capabilities"/>
     </event>
 
     <event name="done" since="1">
diff --git a/src/libeis-seat.c b/src/libeis-seat.c
index 02abb12..ca6bdcc 100644
--- a/src/libeis-seat.c
+++ b/src/libeis-seat.c
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
 #include "libeis-private.h"
 #include "eis-proto.h"
 
-static_assert((1 << EIS_DEVICE_CAP_POINTER) == EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_POINTER, "ABI mismatch");
-static_assert((1 << EIS_DEVICE_CAP_POINTER_ABSOLUTE) == EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_ABSOLUTE, "ABI mismatch");
-static_assert((1 << EIS_DEVICE_CAP_KEYBOARD) == EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_KEYBOARD, "ABI mismatch");
-static_assert((1 << EIS_DEVICE_CAP_TOUCH) == EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_TOUCHSCREEN, "ABI mismatch");
-
 static void
 eis_seat_destroy(struct eis_seat *seat)
 {
@@ -96,14 +91,14 @@ client_msg_bind(struct eis_seat *seat, uint32_t caps)
 {
 	uint32_t allowed_caps = 0;
 
-	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_SINCE_VERSION)
-		allowed_caps |= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_POINTER;
-	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_ABSOLUTE_SINCE_VERSION)
-		allowed_caps |= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_ABSOLUTE;
-	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_KEYBOARD_SINCE_VERSION)
-		allowed_caps |= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_KEYBOARD;
-	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_TOUCHSCREEN_SINCE_VERSION)
-		allowed_caps |= EIS_SEAT_CAPABILITIES_TOUCHSCREEN;
+	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_SINCE_VERSION)
+		allowed_caps |= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_POINTER;
+	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_ABSOLUTE_SINCE_VERSION)
+		allowed_caps |= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_POINTER_ABSOLUTE;
+	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_KEYBOARD_SINCE_VERSION)
+		allowed_caps |= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_KEYBOARD;
+	if (seat->proto_object.version >= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_TOUCHSCREEN_SINCE_VERSION)
+		allowed_caps |= EIS_DEVICE_CAPABILITIES_TOUCHSCREEN;
 
 	if (caps & ~allowed_caps)
 		return brei_result_new(EIS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECT_REASON_VALUE,
diff --git a/test/test_protocol.py b/test/test_protocol.py
index c21ae16..0a168f1 100644
--- a/test/test_protocol.py
+++ b/test/test_protocol.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ try:
         EiCallback,
         EiConnection,
         EiConnectionSetup,
+        EiDevice,
         EiSeat,
     )
 except ImportError:
@@ -528,10 +529,10 @@ class TestEiProtocol:
                         caps = call.args["capabilities"]
                         assert (
                             caps
-                            == EiSeat.EiCapabilities.POINTER
-                            | EiSeat.EiCapabilities.POINTER_ABSOLUTE
-                            | EiSeat.EiCapabilities.KEYBOARD
-                            | EiSeat.EiCapabilities.TOUCHSCREEN
+                            == EiDevice.EiCapabilities.POINTER
+                            | EiDevice.EiCapabilities.POINTER_ABSOLUTE
+                            | EiDevice.EiCapabilities.KEYBOARD
+                            | EiDevice.EiCapabilities.TOUCHSCREEN
                         )
                     break
             else:
@@ -643,7 +644,7 @@ class TestEiProtocol:
 
         seat.connect("Destroyed", destroyed_cb)
         if bind_first:
-            ei.send(seat.Bind(EiSeat.EiCapabilities.POINTER))
+            ei.send(seat.Bind(EiDevice.EiCapabilities.POINTER))
         ei.send(seat.Release())
 
         ei.dispatch()
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ class TestEiProtocol:
                 seat = new_objects["seat"]
                 assert seat is not None
                 seat.connect("Device", on_device)
-                ei.send(seat.Bind(EiSeat.EiCapabilities.POINTER))
+                ei.send(seat.Bind(EiDevice.EiCapabilities.POINTER))
                 status.seats = True
 
             def on_disconnected(connection, last_serial, reason, explanation):