diff --git a/core/linkimporter.cpp b/core/linkimporter.cpp
--- a/core/linkimporter.cpp
+++ b/core/linkimporter.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <kio/copyjob.h>
-#include <kio/netaccess.h>
 
 //static QString REGULAR_EXPRESSION = "(((https?|ftp|gopher)://|(mailto|file|news):)[^’ <>\"]+|(www|web|w3).[-a-z0-9.]+)[^’ .,;<>\":]";
 // static QString REGULAR_EXPRESSION = "((http|https|ftp|ftps)+([\\:\\w\\d:#@%/;$()~_?\\+-=\\\\.&])*)";
@@ -80,9 +79,7 @@
     QUrl aux(m_tempFile);
     KIO::CopyJob *job = KIO::copy(m_url, aux, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
 
-    QMap<QString, QString> metaData;
-    bool ok = KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(job, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, &metaData);
-    if(!ok) {
+    if(!job->exec()) {
         emit error(ki18n("Error trying to get %1").subs(m_url.url()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/mostlocalurl.cpp b/core/mostlocalurl.cpp
--- a/core/mostlocalurl.cpp
+++ b/core/mostlocalurl.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #include "plugin/transferfactory.h"
 
 #include "kget_debug.h"
-#include <qdebug.h>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <KIO/StatJob>
 
 QUrl mostLocalUrl(const QUrl &url)
 {
@@ -35,8 +35,12 @@
         }
     }
 
-    qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Starting KIO::NetAccess::mostLocalUrl for:" << url;
-    return KIO::NetAccess::mostLocalUrl(url, nullptr);
+    qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Trying to find the most local URL for:" << url;
+    KIO::StatJob* job = KIO::mostLocalUrl(url, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
+    if (job->exec()) {
+        return job->mostLocalUrl();
+    };
+    return url;
 }
 
 MostLocalUrlJob *mostLocalUrlJob(const QUrl &url)
diff --git a/core/transfergroup.h b/core/transfergroup.h
--- a/core/transfergroup.h
+++ b/core/transfergroup.h
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QIcon>
 
-#include <kio/netaccess.h>
 #include <QDebug>
 
 #include "jobqueue.h"
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/checksumsearch/checksumsearchtransferdatasource.cpp b/transfer-plugins/checksumsearch/checksumsearchtransferdatasource.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/checksumsearch/checksumsearchtransferdatasource.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/checksumsearch/checksumsearchtransferdatasource.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <QFile>
 
 #include <KIO/DeleteJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 
 
@@ -63,7 +62,9 @@
             const QUrl dest = QUrl::fromLocalFile(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::DataLocation) + QStringLiteral("/checksumsearch/") + QString::number(files++));
             if (QFile::exists(dest.toLocalFile())) {
                 KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(dest, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-                KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+                if (!del->exec()) {
+                    qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << dest.path();
+                }
             }
 
             if (baseUrl.scheme() != "ftp" && baseUrl.scheme() != "sftp") {
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/kio/transferKio.cpp b/transfer-plugins/kio/transferKio.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/kio/transferKio.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/kio/transferKio.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <kio/scheduler.h>
 #include <KIO/DeleteJob>
 #include <KIO/CopyJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 
@@ -125,7 +124,9 @@
     if (options & DeleteFiles)//if the transfer is not finished, we delete the *.part-file
     {
         KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(QString(m_dest.path() + ".part"), KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete part " << QString(m_dest.path() + ".part");
+        }
     }//TODO: Ask the user if he/she wants to delete the *.part-file? To discuss (boom1992)
 }
 
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/metalink/abstractmetalink.cpp b/transfer-plugins/metalink/abstractmetalink.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/metalink/abstractmetalink.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/metalink/abstractmetalink.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "kget_debug.h"
 #include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KIO/DeleteJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KIO/RenameDialog>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalink.cpp b/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalink.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalink.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalink.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 #include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KIO/DeleteJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KIO/RenameDialog>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
@@ -290,7 +289,9 @@
     if ((options & Transfer::DeleteTemporaryFiles) && m_localMetalinkLocation.isLocalFile())
     {
         KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(m_localMetalinkLocation, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << m_localMetalinkLocation.path();
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkhttp.cpp b/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkhttp.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkhttp.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkhttp.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KIO/DeleteJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KIO/RenameDialog>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkxml.cpp b/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkxml.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkxml.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/metalink/metalinkxml.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KIO/DeleteJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KIO/RenameDialog>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
@@ -259,7 +258,9 @@
     if ((options & Transfer::DeleteTemporaryFiles) && m_localMetalinkLocation.isLocalFile())
     {
         KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(m_localMetalinkLocation, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << m_localMetalinkLocation.path();
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/mmsthreads/mmstransfer.cpp b/transfer-plugins/mmsthreads/mmstransfer.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/mmsthreads/mmstransfer.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/mmsthreads/mmstransfer.cpp
@@ -103,9 +103,13 @@
     /** Deleting the temporary file and the unfinish file*/
     if (options & Transfer::DeleteFiles) {
         KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(QUrl::fromLocalFile(m_fileTemp), KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << m_fileTemp;
+        }
         del = KIO::del(m_dest, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << m_dest.path();
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -126,7 +130,9 @@
         m_downloadSpeed = 0;
         setTransferChange(Tc_Status | Tc_Percent | Tc_DownloadSpeed, true);
         KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(QUrl::fromLocalFile(m_fileTemp), KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << m_fileTemp;
+        }
     }
      
     /** If m_retryDownload == true then some threads has fail to connect, so the download was
@@ -137,7 +143,9 @@
     if (m_retryDownload) {
         m_retryDownload = false;
         KIO::Job *del = KIO::del(QUrl::fromLocalFile(m_fileTemp), KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(del, nullptr);
+        if (!del->exec()) {
+            qCDebug(KGET_DEBUG) << "Could not delete " << m_fileTemp;
+        }
         start();
     }
 }
diff --git a/transfer-plugins/multisegmentkio/transfermultisegkio.cpp b/transfer-plugins/multisegmentkio/transfermultisegkio.cpp
--- a/transfer-plugins/multisegmentkio/transfermultisegkio.cpp
+++ b/transfer-plugins/multisegmentkio/transfermultisegkio.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 #include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KIO/CopyJob>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KMessageBox>
 
diff --git a/ui/history/transferhistoryitemdelegate.cpp b/ui/history/transferhistoryitemdelegate.cpp
--- a/ui/history/transferhistoryitemdelegate.cpp
+++ b/ui/history/transferhistoryitemdelegate.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <QDate>
 
 #include <QDebug>
-#include <kio/netaccess.h>
 #include <kio/global.h>
 #include <kio/pixmaploader.h>
 #include <KIconLoader>