diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 find_package(KF5Akonadi ${AKONADI_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_REQUIRED_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Widgets Test UiTools PrintSupport)
 find_package(KF5I18n ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
-find_package(KF5IconThemes ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5GuiAddons ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5KIO ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Mime ${KMIME_LIB_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
   KF5::I18n
   KF5::Completion
   KF5::KIOWidgets
-  KF5::IconThemes
   KF5::GuiAddons
   KF5::AkonadiWidgets
   KF5::Holidays
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
 
 #include <KMessageBox>
 #include <KIO/FileCopyJob>
-#include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QDrag>
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QTimeZone>
+#include <QStyle>
 
 #include "calendarsupport_debug.h"
 
@@ -271,9 +272,9 @@
 
     const QByteArray common = findMostCommonType(items);
     if (common == "Event") {
-        drag->setPixmap(BarIcon(QStringLiteral("view-calendar-day")));
+        drag->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("view-calendar-day")).pixmap(qApp->style()->pixelMetric(QStyle::PM_ToolBarIconSize)));
     } else if (common == "Todo") {
-        drag->setPixmap(BarIcon(QStringLiteral("view-calendar-tasks")));
+        drag->setPixmap(QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("view-calendar-tasks")).pixmap(qApp->style()->pixelMetric(QStyle::PM_ToolBarIconSize)));
     }
 
     return drag.release();