diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e03a2f0f2..ae35e2e737 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     Completion
     Declarative
     KCMUtils
-    KIO
     NewStuff
     Service
     TextWidgets
diff --git a/src/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e95354553..40c5a210e6 100644
--- a/src/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kcmkwin/kwinscripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ target_link_libraries(kcm_kwin_scripts
 
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::KCMUtils
-    KF5::KIOCore
     KF5::NewStuff
     KF5::Package
 )