diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 find_package(KF5Config ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5ConfigWidgets ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5CoreAddons ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
-find_package(KF5Emoticons ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5I18n ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5IconThemes ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5KIO ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 
 target_link_libraries(KF5PimTextEdit
     PRIVATE
-    KF5::Emoticons
     KF5::Codecs
     KF5::SonnetUi
     KF5::SonnetCore
diff --git a/src/emoticon/emoticontexteditselector.cpp b/src/emoticon/emoticontexteditselector.cpp
--- a/src/emoticon/emoticontexteditselector.cpp
+++ b/src/emoticon/emoticontexteditselector.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "emoticontexteditselector.h"
 #include "emoticonunicodetab.h"
 #include "textutils.h"
-#include <kemoticonstheme.h>
 
 #include <QHBoxLayout>