diff --git a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h
--- a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h
+++ b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
      */
     void copyToClipboard();
 
-    QVector<QPair<QLabel*, QLabel*> > labelsForClipboard;
+    QVector<QPair<QString, QString>> labelsForClipboard;
 
     /**
      * UI
diff --git a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp
--- a/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp
+++ b/Modules/about-distro/src/Module.cpp
@@ -157,11 +157,10 @@
     // as a product brand is different from Kubuntu.
     const QString distroName = cg.readEntry("Name", os.name);
     const QString versionId = cg.readEntry("Version", os.versionId);
-    ui->nameVersionLabel->setText(QStringLiteral("%1 %2").arg(distroName, versionId));
+    const QString nameVersionText = QStringLiteral("%1 %2").arg(distroName, versionId);
+    ui->nameVersionLabel->setText(nameVersionText);
 
-    const auto dummyDistroDescriptionLabel = new QLabel(i18nc("@title:row", "Operating System:"), this);
-    dummyDistroDescriptionLabel->hide();
-    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(dummyDistroDescriptionLabel, ui->nameVersionLabel);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("Operating System:"), nameVersionText); // Don't translate
 
     const QString variant = cg.readEntry("Variant", QString());
     if (variant.isEmpty()) {
@@ -185,16 +184,16 @@
         ui->plasmaLabel->hide();
     } else {
         ui->plasmaLabel->setText(plasma);
-        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->plasma, ui->plasmaLabel);
+        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("KDE Plasma version:"), plasma); // Don't translate
     }
 
     const QString frameworksVersion = KCoreAddons::versionString();
     ui->frameworksLabel->setText(frameworksVersion);
-    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->frameworksLabelKey, ui->frameworksLabel);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("KDE Frameworks version:"), frameworksVersion); // Don't translate
 
     const QString qversion = QString::fromLatin1(qVersion());
     ui->qtLabel->setText(qversion);
-    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->qt, ui->qtLabel);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("Qt version:"), qversion); // Don't translate
 }
 
 void Module::loadHardware()
@@ -205,14 +204,14 @@
         ui->kernelLabel->hide();
     } else {
         ui->kernelLabel->setText(QString::fromLatin1(utsName.release));
-        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->kernel, ui->kernelLabel);
+        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("Kernel version:"), QString::fromLatin1(utsName.release)); // Don't translate
     }
 
     const int bits = QT_POINTER_SIZE == 8 ? 64 : 32;
     const QString bitsStr = QString::number(bits);
     ui->bitsLabel->setText(i18nc("@label %1 is the CPU bit width (e.g. 32 or 64)",
                                  "%1-bit", bitsStr));
-    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->bitsKey, ui->bitsLabel);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("Operating System type:"), QStringLiteral("%1-bit").arg(bitsStr)); // Don't translate
 
     const QList<Solid::Device> list = Solid::Device::listFromType(Solid::DeviceInterface::Processor);
     ui->processor->setText(i18np("Processor:", "Processors:", list.count()));
@@ -246,29 +245,26 @@
         ui->processor->setHidden(true);
         ui->processorLabel->setHidden(true);
     } else {
-        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->processor, ui->processorLabel);
+        labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("Processor:"), processorLabel); // Don't translate
     }
 
     const qlonglong totalRam = calculateTotalRam();
+    const QString memoryText = KFormat().formatByteSize(totalRam);
     const QString memoryLabel = totalRam > 0
                              ? i18nc("@label %1 is the formatted amount of system memory (e.g. 7,7 GiB)",
-                                     "%1 of RAM", KFormat().formatByteSize(totalRam))
+                                     "%1 of RAM", memoryText)
                              : i18nc("Unknown amount of RAM", "Unknown");
     ui->memoryLabel->setText(memoryLabel);
-    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(ui->memory, ui->memoryLabel);
+    labelsForClipboard << qMakePair(QStringLiteral("Memory:"), totalRam > 0 ? QStringLiteral("%1 of RAM").arg(memoryText)
+                             : QStringLiteral("Unknown")); // Don't translate
 }
 
 void Module::copyToClipboard()
 {
     QString text;
     // note that this loop does not necessarily represent the same order as in the GUI
     for (auto labelPair : qAsConst(labelsForClipboard)) {
-        const auto valueLabel = labelPair.second;
-        if (!valueLabel->isHidden()) {
-            const auto descriptionLabelText = labelPair.first->text();
-            const auto valueLabelText = valueLabel->text();
-            text += i18nc("%1 is a label already including a colon, %2 is the corresponding value", "%1 %2", descriptionLabelText, valueLabelText) + QStringLiteral("\n");
-        }
+        text += labelPair.first + QStringLiteral(" ") + labelPair.second + QStringLiteral("\n");
     }
 
     QGuiApplication::clipboard()->setText(text);