diff --git a/kcms/ksplash/splashscreensettings.kcfg b/kcms/ksplash/splashscreensettings.kcfg
--- a/kcms/ksplash/splashscreensettings.kcfg
+++ b/kcms/ksplash/splashscreensettings.kcfg
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
     </entry>
     <entry name="theme" key="Theme" type="String">
       <label>Name of the current splash theme</label>
-      <code>KConfigGroup cg(KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStringLiteral("kdeglobals")), "KDE");
-        QString defaultTheme = cg.readEntry("LookAndFeelPackage", QStringLiteral("org.kde.breeze.desktop"));
-     </code>
-      <default code="true">defaultTheme</default>
+      <default>org.kde.breeze.desktop</default>
     </entry>
   </group>
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/kcms/lookandfeel/kcm.cpp b/kcms/lookandfeel/kcm.cpp
--- a/kcms/lookandfeel/kcm.cpp
+++ b/kcms/lookandfeel/kcm.cpp
@@ -398,7 +398,10 @@
     }
 
     //TODO: option to enable/disable apply? they don't seem required by UI design
-    setSplashScreen(m_settings->lookAndFeelPackage());
+    const auto *item = m_model->item(pluginIndex(m_settings->lookAndFeelPackage()));
+    if (item->data(HasSplashRole).toBool()) {
+        setSplashScreen(m_settings->lookAndFeelPackage());
+    }
     setLockScreen(m_settings->lookAndFeelPackage());
 
     m_configGroup.sync();