diff --git a/plugins/akregator/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/akregator/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/plugins/akregator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/akregator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,23 +4,25 @@
 
 #set(akregatorkonqplugin_PART_SRCS akregatorplugin.cpp pluginbase.cpp )
 #
-#kde4_add_plugin(akregatorkonqplugin ${akregatorkonqplugin_PART_SRCS})
+#kde4_add_plugin(akregatorkonqplugin ${akregatorkonqplugin_PART_SRCS} ${akregatorplugin_DEBUG_SRCS})
 #
 #target_link_libraries(akregatorkonqplugin  ${KDE4_KDE3SUPPORT_LIBS} Qt5::Xml konq
 #    KF5::KHtml )
 #
 #install(TARGETS akregatorkonqplugin  DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR} )
 
 
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(akregatorplugin_DEBUG_SRCS HEADER akregatorplugindebug.h IDENTIFIER AKREGATORPLUGIN_LOG CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.konqueror.akregatorplugin)
+
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(akregatorkonqfeedicon_PART_SRCS konqfeedicon.cpp feeddetector.cpp pluginbase.cpp )
 
-add_library(akregatorkonqfeedicon MODULE ${akregatorkonqfeedicon_PART_SRCS})
+add_library(akregatorkonqfeedicon MODULE ${akregatorkonqfeedicon_PART_SRCS} ${akregatorplugin_DEBUG_SRCS})
 
 target_compile_definitions(akregatorkonqfeedicon PRIVATE TRANSLATION_DOMAIN="akregator_konqplugin")
 
-target_link_libraries(akregatorkonqfeedicon KF5::Parts KF5::KDELibs4Support)
+target_link_libraries(akregatorkonqfeedicon KF5::Parts KF5::IconThemes)
 
 install(TARGETS akregatorkonqfeedicon DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR} )
 
diff --git a/plugins/akregator/feeddetector.cpp b/plugins/akregator/feeddetector.cpp
--- a/plugins/akregator/feeddetector.cpp
+++ b/plugins/akregator/feeddetector.cpp
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 #include <qregexp.h>
 #include <qstring.h>
 #include <qstringlist.h>
+
 #include <kcharsets.h>
 
 #include "feeddetector.h"
-#include <kdebug.h>
+#include "akregatorplugindebug.h"
 
 using namespace Akregator;
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
         }
 
         if (!url.isEmpty()) {
-            kDebug() << "found feed:" << url << title;
+            qCDebug(AKREGATORPLUGIN_LOG) << "found feed:" << url << title;
             list.append(FeedDetectorEntry(url, title));
         }
     }
diff --git a/plugins/akregator/konqfeedicon.cpp b/plugins/akregator/konqfeedicon.cpp
--- a/plugins/akregator/konqfeedicon.cpp
+++ b/plugins/akregator/konqfeedicon.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 #include "konqfeedicon.h"
 #include "feeddetector.h"
 #include "pluginbase.h"
+#include "akregatorplugindebug.h"
 
-#include <kdebug.h>
 #include <kpluginfactory.h>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <kiconloader.h>
@@ -36,29 +36,23 @@
 #include <KParts/HtmlExtension>
 #include <KParts/SelectorInterface>
 #include <kprocess.h>
-#include <kstandarddirs.h>
-#include <kstatusbar.h>
 #include <kurllabel.h>
-
 #include <kprotocolinfo.h>
 
 #include <qcursor.h>
 #include <qobject.h>
 #include <qpixmap.h>
 #include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <qstatusbar.h>
 #include <QTextDocument>
-#include <KLocalizedString>
-
-//KDELibs4Support
-#include <kurl.h>
 
 using namespace Akregator;
 
 K_PLUGIN_FACTORY(KonqFeedIconFactory, registerPlugin<KonqFeedIcon>();)
 
-static KUrl baseUrl(KParts::ReadOnlyPart *part)
+static QUrl baseUrl(KParts::ReadOnlyPart *part)
 {
-    KUrl url;
+    QUrl url;
     KParts::HtmlExtension *ext = KParts::HtmlExtension::childObject(part);
     if (ext) {
         url = ext->baseUrl();
@@ -102,7 +96,7 @@
 bool KonqFeedIcon::feedFound()
 {
     // Ensure that it is safe to use the URL, before doing anything else with it
-    const KUrl partUrl(m_part->url());
+    const QUrl partUrl(m_part->url());
     if (!partUrl.isValid()) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -117,7 +111,6 @@
     QString doc;
     if (selectorInterface) {
         QList<KParts::SelectorInterface::Element> linkNodes = selectorInterface->querySelectorAll(QStringLiteral("head > link[rel=\"alternate\"]"), KParts::SelectorInterface::EntireContent);
-        //kDebug() << linkNodes.length() << "links";
         for (int i = 0; i < linkNodes.count(); i++) {
             const KParts::SelectorInterface::Element element = linkNodes.at(i);
 
@@ -131,7 +124,7 @@
             }
             doc += QLatin1String("/>");
         }
-        kDebug() << doc;
+        qCDebug(AKREGATORPLUGIN_LOG) << doc;
     }
 
     m_feedList = FeedDetector::extractFromLinkTags(doc);
@@ -225,7 +218,7 @@
         }
         addFeedsViaDBUS(list);
     } else {
-        kDebug() << "KonqFeedIcon::addFeeds(): use command line";
+        qCDebug(AKREGATORPLUGIN_LOG) << "use command line";
         KProcess proc;
         proc << QStringLiteral("akregator") << QStringLiteral("-g") << i18n("Imported Feeds");
 
diff --git a/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.h b/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.h
--- a/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.h
+++ b/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 class QString;
 class QStringList;
-class KUrl;
+class QUrl;
 
 namespace Akregator
 {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
      * Adds feed to aKregator via command line.
      */
     void addFeedViaCmdLine(const QString &url);
-    QString fixRelativeURL(const QString &s, const KUrl &baseurl);
+    QString fixRelativeURL(const QString &s, const QUrl &baseurl);
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.cpp b/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.cpp
--- a/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.cpp
+++ b/plugins/akregator/pluginbase.cpp
@@ -22,16 +22,18 @@
     without including the source code for Qt in the source distribution.
 */
 
-#include <kurl.h>
 #include <kprocess.h>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
+#include <KMessageBox>
 
 #include "feeddetector.h"
 #include "pluginbase.h"
+#include "akregatorplugindebug.h"
+
 #include <qstringlist.h>
+#include <qurl.h>
 #include <QtDBus>
-#include <kdebug.h>
-#include <KMessageBox>
+
 using namespace Akregator;
 
 PluginBase::PluginBase()
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@
 
 void PluginBase::addFeedsViaDBUS(const QStringList &urls)
 {
-    kDebug() << "PluginBase::addFeedsViaDBUS";
+    qCDebug(AKREGATORPLUGIN_LOG);
     QDBusInterface akregator(QStringLiteral("org.kde.akregator"), QStringLiteral("/Akregator"), QStringLiteral("org.kde.akregator.part"));
     QDBusReply<void> reply  = akregator.call(QStringLiteral("addFeedsToGroup"), urls, i18n("Imported Feeds"));
     if (!reply.isValid()) {
@@ -65,28 +67,28 @@
     proc.startDetached();
 }
 
-// handle all the wild stuff that KUrl doesn't handle
-QString PluginBase::fixRelativeURL(const QString &s, const KUrl &baseurl)
+// handle all the wild stuff that QUrl doesn't handle
+QString PluginBase::fixRelativeURL(const QString &s, const QUrl &baseurl)
 {
     QString s2 = s;
-    KUrl u;
-    if (KUrl::isRelativeUrl(s2)) {
+    QUrl u;
+    if (QUrl(s2).isRelative()) {
         if (s2.startsWith(QLatin1String("//"))) {
-            s2 = s2.prepend(baseurl.protocol() + ':');
-            u = s2;
+            s2 = s2.prepend(baseurl.scheme() + ':');
+            u.setUrl(s2);
         } else if (s2.startsWith(QLatin1String("/"))) {
-            KUrl b2(baseurl);
+            QUrl b2(baseurl);
             b2.setPath(QString()); // delete path and query, so that only protocol://host remains
             b2.setQuery(QString());
-            u = KUrl(b2, s2.remove(0, 1)); // remove leading "/"
+            u = b2.resolved(QUrl(s2.remove(0, 1))); // remove leading "/"
         } else {
-            u = KUrl(baseurl, s2);
+            u = baseurl.resolved(QUrl(s2));
         }
     } else {
-        u = s2;
+        u.setUrl(s2);
     }
 
-    u.cleanPath();
-    //kDebug() << "AKREGATOR_PLUGIN_FIXURL: " << "url=" << s << " baseurl=" << baseurl.url() << " fixed=" << u.url();
+    u = u.adjusted(QUrl::NormalizePathSegments);
+    //qCDebug(AKREGATORPLUGIN_LOG) << "url=" << s << " baseurl=" << baseurl.url() << "fixed=" << u.url();
     return u.url();
 }