diff --git a/kcms/mouse/kapplymousetheme.cpp b/kcms/mouse/kapplymousetheme.cpp
index fea1818ed..af7e48af2 100644
--- a/kcms/mouse/kapplymousetheme.cpp
+++ b/kcms/mouse/kapplymousetheme.cpp
@@ -1,68 +1,69 @@
 /*
  * main.cpp
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1999 Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <hoelzer@kde.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2005 Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
  * Copyright (c) 2017 Xuetian Weng <wengxt@gmail.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2018 Roman Gilg <subdiff@gmail.com>
  *
  * Requires the Qt widget libraries, available at no cost at
  * https://www.qt.io/
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 #include "backends/x11/x11_backend.h"
 
 #include <KWindowSystem/kwindowsystem.h>
 
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QFile>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
 int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 {
     int ret = 0;
+    QGuiApplication::setDesktopSettingsAware(false);
     QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
     if( argc != 3 )
         return 1;
     QString theme = QFile::decodeName(argv[ 1 ]);
     QString size = QFile::decodeName(argv[ 2 ]);
 
     if (!KWindowSystem::isPlatformX11()) {
         qDebug() << "X11 backend not detected. Exit.";
         return 2;
     }
 
     X11Backend *backend = X11Backend::implementation();
 
     if (!backend->isValid()) {
         return 2;
     }
 
     // Note: If you update this code, update main.cpp as well.
 
     // use a default value for theme only if it's not configured at all, not even in X resources
     if(theme.isEmpty() && backend->currentCursorTheme().isEmpty())
     {
         theme = "breeze_cursors";
         ret = 10; // means to switch to default
     }
 
     backend->applyCursorTheme(theme, size.toInt());
 
     delete backend;
     return ret;
 }