diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/actionlist.cpp
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@
         | Activity::current()
         | Url::file();
 
-    // Due to KRecentDocument::add() bug, application name "<app>" could
-    // be stored instead of its desktop entry name "org.kde.<app>". Let's
-    // check for both in order to get all results for the application.
-    if (storageId.startsWith("org.kde.")) {
-        query = query | Agent(storageId.mid(8));
-    }
-
     ResultSet results(query);
 
     ResultSet::const_iterator resultIt;
@@ -305,13 +298,6 @@
             | Activity::current()
             | Url::file();
 
-        // Due to KRecentDocument::add() bug, application name "<app>" could
-        // be stored instead of its desktop entry name "org.kde.<app>". Let's
-        // check for both in order to get all results for the application.
-        if (storageId.startsWith("org.kde.")) {
-            query = query | Agent(storageId.mid(8));
-        }
-
         KAStats::forgetResources(query);
 
         return false;
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
--- a/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/plugin/backend.cpp
@@ -311,13 +311,6 @@
         | Activity::current()
         | Url::file();
 
-    // Due to KRecentDocument::add() bug, application name "<app>" could
-    // be stored instead of its desktop entry name "org.kde.<app>". Let's
-    // check for both in order to get all results for the application.
-    if (storageId.startsWith(QLatin1String("org.kde."))) {
-        query = query | Agent(storageId.mid(8));
-    }
-
     ResultSet results(query);
 
     ResultSet::const_iterator resultIt = results.begin();
@@ -408,13 +401,6 @@
             | Activity::current()
             | Url::file();
 
-        // Due to KRecentDocument::add() bug, application name "<app>" could
-        // be stored instead of its desktop entry name "org.kde.<app>". Let's
-        // check for both in order to get all results for the application.
-        if (agent.startsWith(QLatin1String("org.kde."))) {
-            query = query | Agent(agent.mid(8));
-        }
-
         KAStats::forgetResources(query);
 
         return;