diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 102275750..7689401cc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ endif()
 
 set (QT_MIN_VERSION "5.2.0")
 
-find_package(kdeqt5staging REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
-
 # Load CMake, Compiler and InstallDirs settings from KF5 and the following are already somewhat "done" tier1/tier2 libs from kdelibs:
 find_package(KF5 MODULE REQUIRED COMPONENTS CMake Compiler InstallDirs
                                             KIdleTime ItemModels KWidgetsAddons KWindowSystem KCodecs KArchive KCoreAddons Solid ThreadWeaver
@@ -144,9 +142,7 @@ remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII -DQT_STRICT_ITERATORS -DQT_NO_CAST_FR
 
 
 ################# setup the include directories #################
-include_directories( ${kdeqt5staging_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                     ${kdeqt5staging_INCLUDE_DIR}
-                     ${KDE4_INCLUDES}
+include_directories( ${KDE4_INCLUDES}
                      ${KF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}  # since e-c-m 0.0.7
                    )
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
index 1392309c4..128c17ea2 100644
--- a/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                     ${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}
                     ${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}/KDE
                     ${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}/kio
-                    #FIXME: this will go into Qt upstream
-                    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/kdeqt5staging/
                     )
 
 
diff --git a/src/plasma/tests/kplugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/tests/kplugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c20c2785..5424b50f4 100644
--- a/src/plasma/tests/kplugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasma/tests/kplugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ add_executable(plugintest
     plugintest.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(plugintest kdeqt5staging plasma ${KI18n_LIBRARIES} ${KService_LIBRARIES} )
+target_link_libraries(plugintest plasma ${KI18n_LIBRARIES} ${KService_LIBRARIES} )
 
 message("INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}")
 
diff --git a/src/plasmapkg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasmapkg/CMakeLists.txt
index f1d01db51..af209a694 100644
--- a/src/plasmapkg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasmapkg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ add_executable(plasmapkg
     plasmapkg.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(plasmapkg kdeqt5staging plasma ${KI18n_LIBRARIES} ${KService_LIBRARIES} KF5::KCoreAddons)
+target_link_libraries(plasmapkg plasma ${KI18n_LIBRARIES} ${KService_LIBRARIES} KF5::KCoreAddons)
 
 message("INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}")
 
diff --git a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index 110f93bd6..4f310f04b 100644
--- a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ target_link_libraries(plasma-shell
  kdeclarative
  KF5::KI18n
  KF5::XmlGui
- kdeqt5staging
 )
 
 if(X11_FOUND)