diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     WidgetsAddons
     KIO
     XmlGui
-    IconThemes
     TextWidgets
     JobWidgets
 )
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@
 
 target_link_libraries(kolourpaint
     KF5::XmlGui
-    KF5::IconThemes
     KF5::TextWidgets
     Qt5::PrintSupport
     ${KSANE_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/dialogs/imagelib/transforms/kpTransformResizeScaleDialog.cpp b/dialogs/imagelib/transforms/kpTransformResizeScaleDialog.cpp
--- a/dialogs/imagelib/transforms/kpTransformResizeScaleDialog.cpp
+++ b/dialogs/imagelib/transforms/kpTransformResizeScaleDialog.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 #include "kpLogCategories.h"
-#include <kiconeffect.h>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 #include "layers/selections/kpAbstractSelection.h"
diff --git a/mainWindow/kpMainWindow_Image.cpp b/mainWindow/kpMainWindow_Image.cpp
--- a/mainWindow/kpMainWindow_Image.cpp
+++ b/mainWindow/kpMainWindow_Image.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
-#include <KIconLoader>
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QMenuBar>
diff --git a/widgets/kpDualColorButton.cpp b/widgets/kpDualColorButton.cpp
--- a/widgets/kpDualColorButton.cpp
+++ b/widgets/kpDualColorButton.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 #include <KColorMimeData>
 #include "kpLogCategories.h"
-#include <KIconLoader>
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QBitmap>
diff --git a/widgets/kpTransparentColorCell.cpp b/widgets/kpTransparentColorCell.cpp
--- a/widgets/kpTransparentColorCell.cpp
+++ b/widgets/kpTransparentColorCell.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 #include "imagelib/kpColor.h"
 
-#include <KIconLoader>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 #include <QContextMenuEvent>