diff --git a/clients/aurorae/src/CMakeLists.txt b/clients/aurorae/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fca2191199..a65e7650d5 100644
--- a/clients/aurorae/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clients/aurorae/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ target_link_libraries(kwin3_aurorae
     KF5::KConfigCore
     KF5::KService
     ${KDE4Support_LIBRARIES} # KGlobal
-    ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS} # needed for KDebug
     Qt5::Declarative
     kdecorations
 )
diff --git a/effects/CMakeLists.txt b/effects/CMakeLists.txt
index 83106e7363..e03fa6e962 100644
--- a/effects/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/effects/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set(kwin_effect_OWN_LIBS
 
 set(kwin_effect_KDE_LIBS
     ${KDE4Support_LIBRARIES}
-    ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS} # kdebug
+    KF5::KI18n
     KF5::KWindowSystem
     KF5::plasma # screenedge effect
     KF5::KDE4Attic # windowgeometry effect using KLocale