diff --git a/src/widgets/krun.h b/src/widgets/krun.h
--- a/src/widgets/krun.h
+++ b/src/widgets/krun.h
@@ -214,9 +214,11 @@
      * @deprecated since 5.6, use runApplication instead. No change needed on the application side,
      * the only difference is the return value (qint64 instead of bool).
      */
+#ifndef KIOWIDGETS_NO_DEPRECATED
     static KIOWIDGETS_DEPRECATED bool run(const KService &service, const QList<QUrl> &urls, QWidget *window,
                     bool tempFiles = false, const QString &suggestedFileName = QString(),
                     const QByteArray &asn = QByteArray());
+#endif
 
     /**
      * Open a list of URLs with a certain service (application).
diff --git a/src/widgets/krun.cpp b/src/widgets/krun.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/krun.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/krun.cpp
@@ -745,12 +745,14 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+#ifndef KIOWIDGETS_NO_DEPRECATED
 bool KRun::run(const KService &_service, const QList<QUrl> &_urls, QWidget *window,
                bool tempFiles, const QString &suggestedFileName, const QByteArray &asn)
 {
     const RunFlags flags = tempFiles ? KRun::DeleteTemporaryFiles : RunFlags();
     return runApplication(_service, _urls, window, flags, suggestedFileName, asn) != 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 qint64 KRun::runApplication(const KService &service, const QList<QUrl> &urls, QWidget *window,
                             RunFlags flags, const QString &suggestedFileName,