diff --git a/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index aa3f12a6e..ac1b27814 100644
--- a/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 add_subdirectory(qtcurvepreset)
-add_subdirectory(kde4breeze)
 add_subdirectory(breezetobreezelight)
 add_subdirectory(breezehighcontrasttobreezedark)
 add_subdirectory(breezetobreezeclassic)
diff --git a/misc/kde4breeze/CMakeLists.txt b/misc/kde4breeze/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ec9a18da1..000000000
--- a/misc/kde4breeze/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
-find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS CoreAddons Config)
-
-
-add_definitions(-DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0)
-
-add_definitions(-DQT_USE_FAST_CONCATENATION -DQT_USE_FAST_OPERATOR_PLUS)
-add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
-
-remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII -DQT_STRICT_ITERATORS -DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY -DQT_NO_KEYWORDS)
-
-
-add_subdirectory( src )
-
diff --git a/misc/kde4breeze/src/CMakeLists.txt b/misc/kde4breeze/src/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f4c445ff..000000000
--- a/misc/kde4breeze/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# In this CMakeLists.txt we define which files
-# are used to compile the application
-set(kde4breeze_SRCS
-   #application.cpp
-   main.cpp
- )
-
-# Set the name of the application
-add_executable(kde4breeze ${kde4breeze_SRCS})
-
-# Select which libraries we need to link to
-target_link_libraries(kde4breeze Qt::Widgets KF5::CoreAddons KF5::ConfigCore)
-
-# Tell cmake to install the application binary
-install(TARGETS kde4breeze DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/kconf_update_bin/)
-install(FILES kde4breeze.upd DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KCONFUPDATEDIR})
-
-# Install the color scheme
-
diff --git a/misc/kde4breeze/src/Messages.sh b/misc/kde4breeze/src/Messages.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dda7e302..000000000
--- a/misc/kde4breeze/src/Messages.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-$EXTRACTRC `find . -name \*.rc` >> rc.cpp
-$XGETTEXT *.cpp -o $podir/kde4breeze.pot
diff --git a/misc/kde4breeze/src/kde4breeze.upd b/misc/kde4breeze/src/kde4breeze.upd
deleted file mode 100644
index f3293178c..000000000
--- a/misc/kde4breeze/src/kde4breeze.upd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Version=5
-Id=5.0KDE4Breeze_2
-Script=kde4breeze
diff --git a/misc/kde4breeze/src/main.cpp b/misc/kde4breeze/src/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index af6c9f6bc..000000000
--- a/misc/kde4breeze/src/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
- *
- *   SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
- */
-
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QDebug>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QStyleFactory>
-#include <kdelibs4migration.h>
-
-#include <KSharedConfig>
-#include <KConfigGroup>
-#include <kconfig.h>
-
-static const QString defaultLookAndFeelPackage = "org.kde.breeze.desktop";
-
-void applyColorScheme(const QString &colorScheme, KConfig *other)
-{
-    QString src = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "color-schemes/" + colorScheme + ".colors");
-
-    KSharedConfigPtr config = KSharedConfig::openConfig(src);
-
-    foreach (const QString &grp, config->groupList()) {
-        KConfigGroup cg(config, grp);
-        KConfigGroup cg2(other, grp);
-        cg.copyTo(&cg2, KConfigBase::Notify);
-    }
-}
-
-void cloneColorScheme(const QString &colorScheme)
-{
-    Kdelibs4Migration migration;
-    QString src = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "color-schemes/" + colorScheme + ".colors");
-    QString dest = migration.saveLocation("data", "color-schemes") + colorScheme + ".colors";
-
-    QDir dir;
-    dir.mkpath(migration.saveLocation("data", "color-schemes"));
-    QFile::remove(dest);
-    QFile::copy(src, dest);
-}
-
-QVariant readConfigValue(KSharedConfigPtr lnfConfig, KSharedConfigPtr defaultLnfConfig,
-                         const QString &group, const QString &key, const QVariant &defaultValue)
-{
-    QVariant value;
-
-    if (lnfConfig) {
-        KConfigGroup lnfCg(lnfConfig, "kdeglobals");
-        lnfCg = KConfigGroup(&lnfCg, group);
-        if (lnfCg.isValid()) {
-            value = lnfCg.readEntry(key, defaultValue);
-
-            if (!value.isNull()) {
-                return value;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    KConfigGroup lnfCg(defaultLnfConfig, "kdeglobals");
-    lnfCg = KConfigGroup(defaultLnfConfig, group);
-    if (lnfCg.isValid()) {
-        return lnfCg.readEntry(key, defaultValue);
-    }
-
-    return defaultValue;
-}
-
-void updateKdeGlobals()
-{
-    Kdelibs4Migration migration;
-    //Apply the color scheme
-    KConfig config(migration.saveLocation("config") + "kdeglobals", KConfig::SimpleConfig);
-
-    KSharedConfig::Ptr kf5Config = KSharedConfig::openConfig("kdeglobals");
-    KConfigGroup kf5Group(kf5Config, "General");
-    KConfigGroup kf52Group(kf5Config, "KDE");
-
-    const QString looknfeel = kf52Group.readEntry("LookAndFeelPackage", defaultLookAndFeelPackage);
-
-    KSharedConfigPtr lnfConfig;
-    KSharedConfigPtr defaultLnfConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "plasma/look-and-feel/" + defaultLookAndFeelPackage + "/contents/defaults"));
-    if (looknfeel != defaultLookAndFeelPackage) {
-        lnfConfig = KSharedConfig::openConfig(QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "plasma/look-and-feel/" + looknfeel + "/contents/defaults"));
-    }
-
-    const QString widgetStyle = readConfigValue(lnfConfig, defaultLnfConfig, "KDE", "widgetStyle", "Breeze").toString();
-    const QString colorScheme = readConfigValue(lnfConfig, defaultLnfConfig, "General", "ColorScheme", "BreezeLight").toString();
-    const QString icons = readConfigValue(lnfConfig, defaultLnfConfig, "Icons", "Theme", "breeze").toString();
-
-    cloneColorScheme(colorScheme);
-
-    //use only if the style from the look and feel package is installed
-    const bool hasWidgetStyle = QStyleFactory::keys().contains(widgetStyle);
-    KConfigGroup group(&config, "General");
-    group.writeEntry("ColorScheme", colorScheme);
-
-    qDebug() << "setting widget style:" << widgetStyle << hasWidgetStyle;
-    if (hasWidgetStyle) {
-        group.writeEntry("widgetStyle", widgetStyle);
-        //for some reason this seems necessary
-        group.sync();
-    }
-    applyColorScheme(colorScheme, &config);
-    group.sync();
-
-    KConfigGroup iconGroup(&config, "Icons");
-    iconGroup.writeEntry("Theme", icons);
-    iconGroup.sync();
-
-
-    kf5Group.writeEntry("ColorScheme", colorScheme);
-    kf5Group.sync();
-    if (hasWidgetStyle) {
-        kf5Group.writeEntry("widgetStyle", widgetStyle);
-    }
-    applyColorScheme(colorScheme, kf5Group.config());
-    kf5Group.sync();
-
-
-    kf52Group.writeEntry("ColorScheme", colorScheme);
-    if (hasWidgetStyle) {
-        kf52Group.writeEntry("widgetStyle", widgetStyle);
-    }
-    applyColorScheme(colorScheme, kf52Group.config());
-    kf52Group.sync();
-
-    KConfigGroup kf5IconGroup(kf5Config, "Icons");
-    kf5IconGroup.writeEntry("Theme", icons);
-    kf5IconGroup.sync();
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-
-    updateKdeGlobals();
-
-    return 0;
-}