diff --git a/src/widgets/krun.h b/src/widgets/krun.h
--- a/src/widgets/krun.h
+++ b/src/widgets/krun.h
@@ -234,11 +234,14 @@
      * @param suggestedFileName see setSuggestedFileName
      * @param asn Application startup notification id, if any (otherwise "").
      * @return 0 on error, the process ID on success
+     * @deprecated since 5.61, consider using runApplication instead
      * @since 5.6
      */
-    static qint64 runService(const KService &service, const QList<QUrl> &urls, QWidget *window,
+#ifndef KIOWIDGETS_NO_DEPRECATED
+    static qint64 KIOWIDGETS_DEPRECATED runService(const KService &service, const QList<QUrl> &urls, QWidget *window,
                              bool tempFiles = false, const QString &suggestedFileName = QString(),
-                             const QByteArray &asn = QByteArray()); // TODO KF6: deprecate/remove
+                             const QByteArray &asn = QByteArray());
+#endif
 
     enum RunFlag {
         DeleteTemporaryFiles = 0x1, ///< the URLs passed to the service will be deleted when it exits (if the URLs are local files)
diff --git a/src/widgets/krun.cpp b/src/widgets/krun.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/krun.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/krun.cpp
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@
     return runApplicationImpl(service, urls, window, flags, suggestedFileName, asn);
 }
 
+#ifndef KIOWIDGETS_NO_DEPRECATED
 qint64 KRun::runService(const KService &_service, const QList<QUrl> &_urls, QWidget *window,
                       bool tempFiles, const QString &suggestedFileName, const QByteArray &asn)
 {
@@ -849,6 +850,7 @@
     //qDebug() << "startServiceByDesktopPath worked fine";
     return pid;
 }
+#endif
 
 bool KRun::run(const QString &_exec, const QList<QUrl> &_urls, QWidget *window, const QString &_name,
                const QString &_icon, const QByteArray &asn)