diff --git a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
index e0f6775d1..ec8cd9764 100644
--- a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(KF5Plasma
 PUBLIC
     Qt5::Widgets
-    KF5::ConfigWidgets
+    KF5::ConfigWidgets # KConfigSkeleton
     KF5::Service # For kplugininfo.h and kservice.h
 PRIVATE
     Qt5::Network
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ PRIVATE
     KF5::Declarative
     KF5::XmlGui
     KF5::GlobalAccel
-    KF5::DNSSD
     ${PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS}
 )
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/private/service_p.h b/src/plasma/private/service_p.h
index 7a5cba633..4f03d9e58 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/service_p.h
+++ b/src/plasma/private/service_p.h
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include <kplugininfo.h>
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 
-#include <dnssd/publicservice.h>
-#include <dnssd/servicebrowser.h>
-
 #include "plasma/configloader.h"
 
 namespace Plasma
@@ -77,8 +74,7 @@ class ServicePrivate
 public:
     ServicePrivate(Service *service)
         : q(service),
-          dummyConfig(0),
-          publicService(0)
+          dummyConfig(0)
     {        
     }
 
@@ -99,7 +95,6 @@ public:
     QString resourcename;
     QMap<QString, QVariantMap> operationsMap;
     KConfig *dummyConfig;
-    KDNSSD::PublicService *publicService;
     QSet<QString> disabledOperations;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/service.cpp b/src/plasma/service.cpp
index 731606bf3..63e9d4c91 100644
--- a/src/plasma/service.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/service.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <kservicetypetrader.h>
 #include <ksharedconfig.h>
 
-#include <dnssd/publicservice.h>
-#include <dnssd/servicebrowser.h>
 #include <qstandardpaths.h>
 
 #include "configloader.h"