diff --git a/kpart/plasmakpart.cpp b/kpart/plasmakpart.cpp
index 9af169f55..a6a2d0ec9 100644
--- a/kpart/plasmakpart.cpp
+++ b/kpart/plasmakpart.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ K_EXPORT_PLUGIN(plasmaKPartFactory("plasma-kpart","plasma-kpart") )
 PlasmaKPart::PlasmaKPart(QWidget *parentWidget, QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args)
     : KParts::ReadOnlyPart(parent),
       m_corona(0),
-      m_view(new PlasmaKPartView(0, 1, parentWidget)),
-      m_service(0)
+      m_view(new PlasmaKPartView(0, 1, parentWidget))
 {
     setComponentData(plasmaKPartFactory::componentData());
 
diff --git a/kpart/plasmakpart.h b/kpart/plasmakpart.h
index fa8f3546c..7b0473b79 100644
--- a/kpart/plasmakpart.h
+++ b/kpart/plasmakpart.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace Plasma
 }
 
 #include <KDE/KParts/Part>
-#include <KDE/KService>
 
 #include <QtCore/QHash>
 class QVariant;
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 private:
     PlasmaKPartCorona* m_corona;
     PlasmaKPartView* m_view;
-    KService::Ptr m_service;
     QHash<QString,Plasma::Applet*>* m_appletList;
     QVBoxLayout* m_configLayout;
 };