diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 find_package(KF5ConfigWidgets ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5I18n ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5IconThemes ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
-find_package(KF5TextWidgets ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5WidgetsAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5WindowSystem ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5Attica ${KF5_DEP_VERSION})
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     KF5::ItemViews           #KWidgetItemDelegate in KAboutApplicationPersonListDelegate
     KF5::I18n                #i18n and i18nc in many places
     KF5::IconThemes         #KIconLoader and KIconThemes in KToolBar
-    KF5::TextWidgets        #KTextEdit in kbugreport
     KF5::WindowSystem       #KKeyServer in kkeysequencewidget
     ${XMLGUI_EXTRA_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/src/kbugreport.cpp b/src/kbugreport.cpp
--- a/src/kbugreport.cpp
+++ b/src/kbugreport.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QGridLayout>
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <kemailsettings.h>
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <kmessagebox.h>
-#include <ktextedit.h>
 #include <ktitlewidget.h>
 
 #include "kdepackages.h"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     QProcess *m_process;
     KAboutData m_aboutData;
 
-    KTextEdit *m_lineedit;
+    QTextEdit *m_lineedit;
     QLineEdit *m_subject;
     QLabel *m_from;
     QLabel *m_version;
@@ -284,12 +284,10 @@
         lay->addWidget(label);
 
         // The multiline-edit
-        d->m_lineedit = new KTextEdit(this);
+        d->m_lineedit = new QTextEdit(this);
         d->m_lineedit->setMinimumHeight(180);   // make it big
         d->m_lineedit->setWordWrapMode(QTextOption::WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere);
         d->m_lineedit->setLineWrapMode(QTextEdit::WidgetWidth);
-        d->m_lineedit->setCheckSpellingEnabled(true);
-        d->m_lineedit->setSpellCheckingLanguage(QStringLiteral("en"));
         lay->addWidget(d->m_lineedit, 10 /*stretch*/);
 
         d->_k_slotSetFrom();
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@
   kwindowtest
 )
 
-add_subdirectory(krichtexteditor)
+# KTextWidgets dependency is only needed for this test
+find_package(KF5TextWidgets QUIET)
+if(TARGET KF5::TextWidgets)
+    add_subdirectory(krichtexteditor)
+endif()