diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.h b/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.h
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.h
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     void interactiveChanged();
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
-    void settingsChanged();
+    void settingsChanged(const QString &file);
 
 private:
     bool isValid() const;
diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp b/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp
--- a/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/core/tooltip.cpp
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
 
     const QString configFile = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation) + QStringLiteral("/plasmarc");
     KDirWatch::self()->addFile(configFile);
-    QObject::connect(KDirWatch::self(), SIGNAL(created(QString)), this, SLOT(settingsChanged()));
-    QObject::connect(KDirWatch::self(), SIGNAL(dirty(QString)), this, SLOT(settingsChanged()));
+    QObject::connect(KDirWatch::self(), &KDirWatch::created, this, &ToolTip::settingsChanged);
+    QObject::connect(KDirWatch::self(), &KDirWatch::dirty, this, &ToolTip::settingsChanged);
 }
 
 ToolTip::~ToolTip()
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@
     }
 }
 
-void ToolTip::settingsChanged()
+void ToolTip::settingsChanged(const QString &file)
 {
+    if (!file.endsWith(QLatin1String("plasmarc"))) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("plasmarc"))->reparseConfiguration();
     loadSettings();
 }