diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ListItem.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ListItem.qml
index e898fc4df..3a5f30eca 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ListItem.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents/qml/ListItem.qml
@@ -1,151 +1,138 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2010 Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, 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 Library General Public License for more details
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  2.010-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.1
 import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
 import "private/Config.js" as Config
 
 /**
  * An item delegate for the primitive ListView component.
  *
  * It's intended to make all listviews look coherent.
  *
  * @inherit QtQuick.Item
  */
 Item {
     id: listItem
     default property alias content: paddingItem.data
 
     /**
      * type:bool Holds if the item emits signals related to mouse interaction.
      *
      * The default value is false.
      */
     property alias enabled: itemMouse.enabled
     //item has been clicked or pressed+hold
 
     /**
      * This signal is emitted when there is a click.
      *
      * This is disabled by default, set enabled to true to use it.
      * @see enabled
      */
     signal clicked
 
 
     /**
      * The user pressed the item with the mouse and didn't release it for a
      * certain amount of time.
      *
      * This is disabled by default, set enabled to true to use it.
      * @see enabled
      */
     signal pressAndHold
 
     /**
      * If true makes the list item look as checked or pressed. It has to be set
      * from the code, it won't change by itself.
      */
     //plasma extension
     //always look pressed?
     property bool checked: false
 
     /**
      * If true the item will be a delegate for a section, so will look like a
      * "title" for the otems under it.
      */
     //is this to be used as section delegate?
     property bool sectionDelegate: false
 
     /**
      * True if the list item contains mouse
      */
     property alias containsMouse: itemMouse.containsMouse
 
     /**
      * type: bool
      * True if the separator between items is visible
      * default: true
      */
     property bool separatorVisible: true
 
     width: parent ? parent.width : childrenRect.width
     height: paddingItem.childrenRect.height + background.margins.top + background.margins.bottom
 
     implicitHeight: paddingItem.childrenRect.height + background.margins.top + background.margins.bottom
 
-
-    Connections {
-        target: listItem
-        onCheckedChanged: background.prefix = (listItem.checked ? "pressed" : "normal")
-        onSectionDelegateChanged: background.prefix = (listItem.sectionDelegate ? "section" : "normal")
-    }
-
     PlasmaCore.FrameSvgItem {
         id : background
         imagePath: "widgets/listitem"
-        prefix: "normal"
+        prefix: (listItem.sectionDelegate ? "section" :
+                (itemMouse.pressed || listItem.checked) ? "pressed" : "normal")
 
         anchors.fill: parent
         visible: listItem.ListView.view ? listItem.ListView.view.highlight === null : true
-        opacity: itemMouse.containsMouse && !itemMouse.pressed ? 0.5 : 1
-        Component.onCompleted: {
-            prefix = (listItem.sectionDelegate ? "section" : (listItem.checked ? "pressed" : "normal"))
-        }
         Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: units.longDuration } }
     }
     PlasmaCore.SvgItem {
         svg: PlasmaCore.Svg {imagePath: "widgets/listitem"}
         elementId: "separator"
         anchors {
             left: parent.left
             right: parent.right
             top: parent.top
         }
         height: naturalSize.height
         visible: separatorVisible && (listItem.sectionDelegate || (typeof(index) != "undefined" && index > 0 && !listItem.checked && !itemMouse.pressed))
     }
 
     MouseArea {
         id: itemMouse
         property bool changeBackgroundOnPress: !listItem.checked && !listItem.sectionDelegate
         anchors.fill: background
         enabled: false
         hoverEnabled: Config.mouseOverEnabled
 
         onClicked: listItem.clicked()
         onPressAndHold: listItem.pressAndHold()
-        onPressed: if (changeBackgroundOnPress) background.prefix = "pressed"
-        onReleased: if (changeBackgroundOnPress) background.prefix = "normal"
-        onCanceled: if (changeBackgroundOnPress) background.prefix = "normal"
 
         Item {
             id: paddingItem
             anchors {
                 fill: parent
                 leftMargin: background.margins.left
                 topMargin: background.margins.top
                 rightMargin: background.margins.right
                 bottomMargin: background.margins.bottom
             }
         }
     }
 
     Accessible.role: Accessible.ListItem
 }