diff --git a/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.cpp b/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.cpp
index 48ae488ac..83289b8c3 100644
--- a/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.cpp
+++ b/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.cpp
@@ -1,84 +1,63 @@
 /*
     Copyright (C) 2014  Martin Klapetek <mklapetek@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library 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
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
 
 #include "notificationshelperplugin.h"
 #include "notificationshelper.h"
 #include "thumbnailer.h"
 #include "draghelper.h"
 
 #include <QtQml>
 #include <QProcess>
-#include <QQmlNetworkAccessManagerFactory>
 #include <QUrl>
 
-class NoAccessNetworkAccessManagerFactory : public QQmlNetworkAccessManagerFactory
-{
-public:
-    QNetworkAccessManager *create(QObject *parent) override {
-        QNetworkAccessManager *manager = new QNetworkAccessManager(parent);
-        manager->setNetworkAccessible(QNetworkAccessManager::NotAccessible);
-        return manager;
-    }
-};
-
 class UrlHelper : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
     public:
         Q_INVOKABLE bool isUrlValid(const QString &url) const {
            return QUrl::fromUserInput(url).isValid();
         }
 };
 
 static QObject *urlcheck_singletontype_provider(QQmlEngine *engine, QJSEngine *scriptEngine)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(engine)
     Q_UNUSED(scriptEngine)
 
     return new UrlHelper();
 }
 
 static QObject *draghelper_singletontype_provider(QQmlEngine *engine, QJSEngine *scriptEngine)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(engine)
     Q_UNUSED(scriptEngine)
 
     return new DragHelper();
 }
 
 void NotificationsHelperPlugin::registerTypes(const char *uri)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(uri == QLatin1String("org.kde.plasma.private.notifications"));
 
     qmlRegisterType<NotificationsHelper>(uri, 1, 0, "NotificationsHelper");
     qmlRegisterType<Thumbnailer>(uri, 1, 0, "Thumbnailer");
 
     qmlRegisterSingletonType<UrlHelper>(uri, 1, 0, "UrlHelper", urlcheck_singletontype_provider);
     qmlRegisterSingletonType<DragHelper>(uri, 1, 0, "DragHelper", draghelper_singletontype_provider);
 }
 
-void NotificationsHelperPlugin::initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri)
-{
-    Q_ASSERT(uri == QLatin1String("org.kde.plasma.private.notifications"));
-
-    auto oldFactory = engine->networkAccessManagerFactory();
-    engine->setNetworkAccessManagerFactory(nullptr);
-    delete oldFactory;
-    engine->setNetworkAccessManagerFactory(new NoAccessNetworkAccessManagerFactory);
-}
-
 #include "notificationshelperplugin.moc"
diff --git a/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.h b/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.h
index 9afe12b99..5d9149bd3 100644
--- a/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.h
+++ b/applets/notifications/plugin/notificationshelperplugin.h
@@ -1,37 +1,35 @@
 /*
     Copyright (C) 2014  Martin Klapetek <mklapetek@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library 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
     Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
 
 
 #ifndef NOTIFICATIONSHELPERPLUGIN_H
 #define NOTIFICATIONSHELPERPLUGIN_H
 
 #include <QQmlExtensionPlugin>
 
-class QQmlEngine;
 class NotificationsHelperPlugin : public QQmlExtensionPlugin
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.QQmlExtensionInterface")
 
 public:
     void registerTypes(const char *uri) override;
-    void initializeEngine(QQmlEngine *engine, const char *uri) override;
 
 };
 
 #endif // NOTIFICATIONSHELPERPLUGIN_H