diff --git a/src/core/installation.cpp b/src/core/installation.cpp
--- a/src/core/installation.cpp
+++ b/src/core/installation.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
+#include <QTemporaryDir>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
@@ -357,18 +358,20 @@
         porting, but will make many kde4 ksnsrc files work out of the box*/
        //wallpaper is already managed in the case of !xdgTargetDirectory.isEmpty()
         if (!standardResourceDirectory.isEmpty() && standardResourceDirectory != QLatin1String("wallpaper")) {
-            QStandardPaths::StandardLocation location = QStandardPaths::TempLocation;
-            //crude translation KStandardDirs names -> QStandardPaths enum
-            if (standardResourceDirectory == QLatin1String("tmp")) {
-                location = QStandardPaths::TempLocation;
-            } else if (standardResourceDirectory == QLatin1String("config")) {
-                location = QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation;
-            }
 
-            if (scope == ScopeUser) {
-                installdir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(location);
-            } else { // system scope
-                installdir = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(location).constLast();
+            if (standardResourceDirectory == QLatin1String("config")) {
+                if (scope == ScopeUser) {
+                    installdir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation);
+                } else { // system scope
+                    installdir = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation).constLast();
+                }
+            } else {
+                // no need for separate handling for system scope in case of tmp folder
+                // TODO: ideally we would clean-up after ourselves, once the installation post processing is done
+                // the responsilbility for that is yet to be defined, and would also include this temporary dir
+                QTemporaryDir tempDir(QDir::tempPath() + QLatin1String("/kns-XXXXXX"));
+                tempDir.setAutoRemove(false);
+                installdir = tempDir.path();
             }
             pathcounter++;
         }
@@ -533,8 +536,9 @@
             bool success = true;
             const bool update = ((entry.status() == KNS3::Entry::Updateable) || (entry.status() == KNS3::Entry::Updating));
 
-            if (QFile::exists(installpath) && QDir::tempPath() != installdir) {
-                if (!update) {
+            if (QFile::exists(installpath)) {
+                // always remove in case it's already present and in a temporary directory, as it's just intermediate storage
+                if (!update && !installdir.startsWith(QDir::tempPath())) {
                     Question question(Question::ContinueCancelQuestion);
                     question.setQuestion(i18n("Overwrite existing file?") + QStringLiteral("\n'") + installpath + QLatin1Char('\''));
                     question.setTitle(i18n("Download File"));
@@ -545,10 +549,6 @@
                 success = QFile::remove(installpath);
             }
             if (success) {
-                //remove in case it's already present and in a temporary directory, so we get to actually use the path again
-                if (installpath.startsWith(QDir::tempPath())) {
-                    file.remove(installpath);
-                }
                 success = file.rename(installpath);
                 qCDebug(KNEWSTUFFCORE) << "move: " << file.fileName() << " to " << installpath;
             }