diff --git a/recentdocuments/CMakeLists.txt b/recentdocuments/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/recentdocuments/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recentdocuments/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kio5_recentdocuments\")
 
 add_library(kio_recentdocuments MODULE recentdocuments.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(kio_recentdocuments KF5::KIOCore Qt5::DBus KF5::KDELibs4Support)
+target_link_libraries(kio_recentdocuments KF5::KIOCore KF5::I18n Qt5::DBus)
 set_target_properties(kio_recentdocuments PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "recentdocuments")
 install(TARGETS kio_recentdocuments DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5/kio)
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 set_target_properties(kded_recentdocumentsnotifier PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME recentdocumentsnotifier)
 kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(kded_recentdocumentsnotifier recentdocumentsnotifier.desktop)
 
-target_link_libraries(kded_recentdocumentsnotifier KF5::KIOCore KF5::DBusAddons KF5::KDELibs4Support)
+target_link_libraries(kded_recentdocumentsnotifier KF5::KIOCore KF5::DBusAddons)
 
 install(TARGETS kded_recentdocumentsnotifier  DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5/kded )
 
diff --git a/recentdocuments/recentdocuments.cpp b/recentdocuments/recentdocuments.cpp
--- a/recentdocuments/recentdocuments.cpp
+++ b/recentdocuments/recentdocuments.cpp
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDBusInterface>
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QUrl>
 
-#include <KDebug>
-#include <KComponentData>
 #include <KRecentDocument>
 #include <KDirWatch>
 #include <KDesktopFile>
 #include <KIO/Job>
-#include <KIO/NetAccess>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
-#include <QUrl>
-#include <KGlobal>
-#include <kde_file.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -22,8 +18,7 @@
 {
     // necessary to use other kio slaves
     QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-    KComponentData("kio_recentdocuments", "kio_recentdocuments");
-    KLocale::global();
+    app.setApplicationName("kio_recentdocuments");
     if (argc != 4) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Usage: kio_recentdocuments protocol domain-socket1 domain-socket2\n");
         exit(-1);
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@
                     // we do not want to wait for the event loop to delete the job
                     QScopedPointer<KIO::StatJob> sp(job);
                     job->setAutoDelete(false);
-                    if (KIO::NetAccess::synchronousRun(job, 0)) {
+                    if (job->exec()) {
                         uds = job->statResult();
                     }
                 }
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@
 void RecentDocuments::stat(const QUrl& url)
 {
     if (isRootUrl(url)) {
-        kDebug() << "Stat root" << url;
+        qDebug() << "Stat root" << url;
         //
         // stat the root path
         //
@@ -159,14 +154,14 @@
     }
     // results are forwarded
     else {
-        kDebug() << "Stat forward" << url;
+        qDebug() << "Stat forward" << url;
         ForwardingSlaveBase::stat(url);
     }
 }
 
 void RecentDocuments::mimetype(const QUrl& url)
 {
-    kDebug() << url;
+    qDebug() << url;
 
     // the root url is always a folder
     if (isRootUrl(url)) {
diff --git a/recentdocuments/recentdocumentsnotifier.cpp b/recentdocuments/recentdocumentsnotifier.cpp
--- a/recentdocuments/recentdocumentsnotifier.cpp
+++ b/recentdocuments/recentdocumentsnotifier.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #include <KDirWatch>
-#include <KGlobal>
-#include <KGlobalSettings>
 #include <KPluginFactory>
-#include <KPluginLoader>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <KDirNotify>
 #include <KRecentDocument>