diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Folder.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Folder.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Folder.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/dbus/Folder.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <QDomDocument>
 #include <QDomElement>
 #include <QDomNode>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
+#include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <KSaveFile>
 #include <KShell>
 #include <KDebug>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             itsDisabledCfg.name=QString::fromLatin1(KFI_ROOT_CFG_DIR)+fileName;
         else
         {
-            QString path=KGlobal::dirs()->localxdgconfdir();
+            QString path=QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericConfigLocation) + QLatin1Char('/');
 
             if(!Misc::dExists(path))
                 Misc::createDir(path);
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontsPackage.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontsPackage.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontsPackage.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/FontsPackage.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <KZip>
 #include <KTempDir>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
+#include <QDir>
 #include "FontsPackage.h"
 #include "KfiConstants.h"
 #include "Misc.h"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                     {
                         if(!(*tempDir))
                         {
-                            (*tempDir)=new KTempDir(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("tmp", KFI_TMP_DIR_PREFIX));
+                            (*tempDir)=new KTempDir(QDir::tempPath() + "/" KFI_TMP_DIR_PREFIX);
                             (*tempDir)->setAutoRemove(true);
                         }
 
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/JobRunner.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/JobRunner.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/JobRunner.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/kcmfontinst/JobRunner.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "Fc.h"
 #include "ActionLabel.h"
 #include <kio/netaccess.h>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KTempDir>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
@@ -687,7 +686,7 @@
             // Need to do actual download...
             if(!itsTempDir)
             {
-                itsTempDir=new KTempDir(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("tmp", "fontinst"));
+                itsTempDir=new KTempDir(QDir::tempPath() + "/fontinst");
                 itsTempDir->setAutoRemove(true);
             }
 
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/kio/KioFonts.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/kio/KioFonts.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/kio/KioFonts.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/kio/KioFonts.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <KComponentData>
 #include <KDebug>
 #include <KMimeType>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KTemporaryFile>
 #include <KTempDir>
 #include <KZip>
@@ -232,8 +231,8 @@
     {
         if(!itsTempDir)
         {
-            itsTempDir=new KTempDir(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("tmp",
-                                    QString::fromLatin1("kio_fonts_")+QString::number(getpid())));
+            itsTempDir=new KTempDir(QDir::tempPath() +
+                                    QString::fromLatin1("/kio_fonts_")+QString::number(getpid()));
             itsTempDir->setAutoRemove(true);
         }
 
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/kcms/kfontinst/lib/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 set(kfontinst_LIB_SRCS Misc.cpp Fc.cpp Family.cpp Style.cpp File.cpp WritingSystems.cpp)
 set(kfontinstui_LIB_SRCS FcEngine.cpp )
 
+configure_file(config-paths.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-paths.h)
+
 add_library(kfontinst SHARED ${kfontinst_LIB_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(kfontinst
     Qt5::Xml
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/lib/Misc.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/lib/Misc.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/lib/Misc.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/lib/Misc.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "Misc.h"
+#include "config-paths.h"
 #include <QtCore/QSet>
 #include <QtCore/QMap>
 #include <QtCore/QVector>
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QTextStream>
 #include <QtCore/QProcess>
 #include <QtCore/QTemporaryFile>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
+#include <QtCore/QStandardPaths>
 #include <kde_file.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -114,13 +115,16 @@
 
 bool createDir(const QString &dir)
 {
+    if (!QDir().mkpath(dir))
+        return false;
     //
-    // Clear any umask before dir is created
+    // Clear any umask before setting dir perms
     mode_t oldMask(umask(0000));
-    bool   status(KStandardDirs::makeDir(dir, DIR_PERMS));
+    const QByteArray d = QFile::encodeName(dir);
+    ::chmod(d.constData(), DIR_PERMS);
     // Reset umask
     ::umask(oldMask);
-    return status;
+    return true;
 }
 
 void setFilePerms(const QByteArray &f)
@@ -475,8 +479,12 @@
 {
     static QMap<QString, QString> apps;
     
-    if(!apps.contains(name))
-        apps[name]=KStandardDirs::findExe(name, path ? KStandardDirs::installPath(path) : QString());
+    if(!apps.contains(name)) {
+        QStringList installPaths;
+        if (qstrcmp(path, "libexec") == 0)
+            installPaths.append(KFONTINST_LIBEXEC_DIR);
+        apps[name] = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(name, installPaths);
+    }
     return apps[name];
 }
 
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/lib/config-paths.h.cmake b/kcms/kfontinst/lib/config-paths.h.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/lib/config-paths.h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef __CONFIG_KFONTINST_PATHS_H__
+#define __CONFIG_KFONTINST_PATHS_H__
+
+#define KFONTINST_LIBEXEC_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR}"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/thumbnail/FontThumbnail.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/thumbnail/FontThumbnail.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/thumbnail/FontThumbnail.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/thumbnail/FontThumbnail.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #include <KZip>
 #include <KTempDir>
 #include <KMimeType>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KDebug>
+#include <QDir>
 
 #define KFI_DBUG kDebug(7115)
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                         if(entry && entry->isFile())
                         {
                             delete tempDir;
-                            tempDir=new KTempDir(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("tmp", KFI_TMP_DIR_PREFIX));
+                            tempDir=new KTempDir(QDir::tempPath() + "/" KFI_TMP_DIR_PREFIX);
                             tempDir->setAutoRemove(true);
 
                             ((KArchiveFile *)entry)->copyTo(tempDir->name());
diff --git a/kcms/kfontinst/viewpart/FontViewPart.cpp b/kcms/kfontinst/viewpart/FontViewPart.cpp
--- a/kcms/kfontinst/viewpart/FontViewPart.cpp
+++ b/kcms/kfontinst/viewpart/FontViewPart.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 //#include <KFileMetaInfo>
 #include <KZip>
 #include <KTempDir>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 #include <KPluginLoader>
 #include <KStandardAction>
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@
                             if(entry && entry->isFile())
                             {
                                 delete itsTempDir;
-                                itsTempDir=new KTempDir(KStandardDirs::locateLocal("tmp", KFI_TMP_DIR_PREFIX));
+                                itsTempDir=new KTempDir(QDir::tempPath() + "/" KFI_TMP_DIR_PREFIX);
                                 itsTempDir->setAutoRemove(true);
 
                                 ((KArchiveFile *)entry)->copyTo(itsTempDir->name());