diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 find_package(KF5DocTools ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5KCMUtils ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Crash ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
-find_package(KF5IconThemes ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Libkleo ${LIBKLEO_LIB_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 option(DOMAIN_EXPERIMENTAL "Enable this feature if you want to build experimental domain library. Not Stable yet." FALSE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     KF5::KCMUtils
     KF5::Codecs
     KF5::GrantleeTheme
-    KF5::IconThemes
     KF5::Completion
     KF5::XmlGui
     KF5::JobWidgets
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
 
 set(kaddressbook_PART_SRCS kaddressbookpart.cpp kaddressbook_debug.cpp ${kaddressbook_qrc_SRCS})
 add_library(kaddressbookpart MODULE ${kaddressbook_PART_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(kaddressbookpart  kaddressbookprivate KF5::Parts KF5::IconThemes)
+target_link_libraries(kaddressbookpart  kaddressbookprivate KF5::Parts)
 install(TARGETS kaddressbookpart DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
 install(FILES data/kaddressbookpart.desktop DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KSERVICES5DIR})
 
diff --git a/src/configuration/CMakeLists.txt b/src/configuration/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/configuration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/configuration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 target_link_libraries(kaddressbook_config_plugins
     KF5::KCMUtils
     KF5::I18n
-    KF5::IconThemes
     KF5::PimCommon
     kaddressbookprivate
     KF5::XmlGui
diff --git a/src/kaddressbookpart.cpp b/src/kaddressbookpart.cpp
--- a/src/kaddressbookpart.cpp
+++ b/src/kaddressbookpart.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "kaddressbookmigrateapplication.h"
 
 #include "kaddressbook_debug.h"
-#include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
 #include <KParts/StatusBarExtension>
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@
     KAddressBookMigrateApplication migrate;
     migrate.migrate();
 
-    KIconLoader::global()->addAppDir(QStringLiteral("kaddressbook"));
     // create a canvas to insert our widget
     QWidget *canvas = new QWidget(parentWidget);
     canvas->setFocusPolicy(Qt::ClickFocus);
diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     KF5::Contacts
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::Completion
-    KF5::IconThemes
     KF5::WidgetsAddons
     )