diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,4 @@
   DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5} COMPONENT Devel
 )
 
-install( FILES kcontacts.renamecategories kcontacts.categories DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR} )
-
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
diff --git a/kcontacts.categories b/kcontacts.categories
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/kcontacts.categories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.kde.pim.kcontacts kcontacts (pim lib) IDENTIFIER [KCONTACTS_LOG]
diff --git a/kcontacts.renamecategories b/kcontacts.renamecategories
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/kcontacts.renamecategories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-log_kcontacts org.kde.pim.kcontacts
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@
   converter/ldifconverter.cpp
 )
 
-ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(kcontacts_converter_SRCS HEADER kcontacts_debug.h IDENTIFIER KCONTACTS_LOG CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.pim.kcontacts)
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(kcontacts_converter_SRCS
+    HEADER kcontacts_debug.h
+    IDENTIFIER KCONTACTS_LOG
+    CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.pim.kcontacts
+    OLD_CATEGORY_NAMES log_kcontacts
+    DESCRIPTION "kcontacts (pim lib)"
+    EXPORT KCONTACTS
+)
 
 add_library(KF5Contacts ${kcontacts_SRCS} ${kcontacts_converter_SRCS})
 
@@ -131,6 +138,12 @@
     COMPONENT Devel
 )
 
+ecm_qt_install_logging_categories(
+    EXPORT KCONTACTS
+    FILE kcontacts.categories
+    DESTINATION "${KDE_INSTALL_LOGGINGCATEGORIESDIR}"
+)
+
 ecm_generate_pri_file(BASE_NAME KContacts LIB_NAME KF5Contacts DEPS "CoreAddons" FILENAME_VAR PRI_FILENAME INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${KDE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR_KF5}/KContacts)
 install(FILES ${PRI_FILENAME} DESTINATION ${ECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR})