diff --git a/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp b/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp
index 943d3af51..98bccabc2 100644
--- a/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/private/theme_p.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void ThemePrivate::colorsChanged()
     colorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Window, colors);
     buttonColorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Button, colors);
     viewColorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::View, colors);
-    scheduleThemeChangeNotification(PixmapCache);
+    scheduleThemeChangeNotification(PixmapCache | SvgElementsCache);
     emit applicationPaletteChange();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/svg.cpp b/src/plasma/svg.cpp
index ccd248ad9..6c9c75c26 100644
--- a/src/plasma/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/plasma/svg.cpp
@@ -672,17 +672,7 @@ void SvgPrivate::colorsChanged()
     }
 
     eraseRenderer();
-    //qCDebug(LOG_PLASMA) << "repaint needed from colorsChanged";
-
-    // in the case the theme follows the desktop settings, refetch the colorschemes
-    // and discard the svg pixmap cache
-    if (!theme.data()->d->colors) {
-        KSharedConfig::openConfig()->reparseConfiguration();
-        theme.data()->d->colorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Window);
-        theme.data()->d->buttonColorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Button);
-        theme.data()->d->viewColorScheme = KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::View);
-        theme.data()->d->discardCache(PixmapCache | SvgElementsCache);
-    }
+    qCDebug(LOG_PLASMA) << "repaint needed from colorsChanged";
 
     emit q->repaintNeeded();
 }