diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 find_package(KF5CoreAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Codecs ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5ConfigWidgets ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
-find_package(KF5IconThemes ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5WidgetsAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5XmlGui ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     KF5::ConfigCore # for KConfigGroup
     KF5::ConfigWidgets # for KStandardAction
     KF5::XmlGui # for KActionCollection
-    KF5::IconThemes # for SmallIcon
 )
 if (TARGET Qt5::DBus)
   target_link_libraries(KF5Bookmarks PRIVATE Qt5::DBus) # dbus usage in kbookmarkmanager.cpp
diff --git a/src/kbookmarkdialog.cpp b/src/kbookmarkdialog.cpp
--- a/src/kbookmarkdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/kbookmarkdialog.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <QTreeWidget>
 #include <QHeaderView>
 
-#include <kiconloader.h>
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <kguiitem.h>
 
 KBookmarkDialogPrivate::KBookmarkDialogPrivate(KBookmarkDialog *q)
@@ -384,16 +384,16 @@
     : QTreeWidgetItem(tree), m_address(QLatin1String(""))
 {
     setText(0, KBookmarkDialog::tr("Bookmarks", "name of the container of all browser bookmarks"));
-    setIcon(0, SmallIcon(QStringLiteral("bookmarks")));
+    setIcon(0, QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("bookmarks")));
     tree->expandItem(this);
     tree->setCurrentItem(this);
     tree->setItemSelected(this, true);
 }
 
 KBookmarkTreeItem::KBookmarkTreeItem(QTreeWidgetItem *parent, QTreeWidget *tree, const KBookmarkGroup &bk)
     : QTreeWidgetItem(parent)
 {
-    setIcon(0, SmallIcon(bk.icon()));
+    setIcon(0, QIcon::fromTheme(bk.icon()));
     setText(0, bk.fullText());
     tree->expandItem(this);
     m_address = bk.address();