diff --git a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
index ccb72ac3e..b3d57d307 100644
--- a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ if(KDE_PLATFORM_FEATURE_BINARY_COMPATIBLE_FEATURE_REDUCTION)
     set(PLASMA_NO_KIO TRUE)
     set(PLASMA_NO_PACKAGEKIT TRUE)
     set(PLASMA_NO_PACKAGE_EXTRADATA TRUE)
-    set(PLASMA_NO_KUTILS TRUE)
     set(PLASMA_NO_GLOBAL_SHORTCUTS TRUE)
 endif()
 
@@ -29,10 +28,6 @@ endif()
 #                       URL "http://www.kde.org" TYPE OPTIONAL
 #                       PURPOSE "Needed for building several Plasma DataEngines")
 
-if(NOT PLASMA_NO_KIO)
-   set(PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS})
-endif()
-
 if(NOT PLASMA_NO_SOLID)
     set(PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS} KF5::Solid)
 endif()
@@ -42,11 +37,6 @@ if(NOT PLASMA_NO_PACKAGEKIT)
     set(PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS} Qt5::DBus)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT PLASMA_NO_KUTILS)
-   #FIXME: for kcmodule classes; should not be in libplasma if possible
-    set(PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS ${PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS} ${KCMUTILS_LIBS})
-endif()
-
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config-plasma.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-plasma.h)
 
 #FIXME: gpgme++ is in kdepimlibs, must move somewhere else!
diff --git a/src/plasma/applet.cpp b/src/plasma/applet.cpp
index 377204eee..f0630ac39 100644
--- a/src/plasma/applet.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/applet.cpp
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@
 #include <kservicetypetrader.h>
 #include <kwindowsystem.h>
 
-#if !PLASMA_NO_KUTILS
-#include <kcmoduleinfo.h>
-#include <kcmoduleproxy.h>
-#else
-#include <kcmodule.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "configloader.h"
 #include "containment.h"
 #include "corona.h"