diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c601cb12f..841fdc4c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ find_package(Qt5 ${QT_REQUIRED_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED DBus Network Test Widget
 set(LIBGRAVATAR_VERSION_LIB "5.3.40")
 set(MAILCOMMON_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.42")
 set(KDEPIM_APPS_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.40")
-set(MESSAGELIB_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.70")
+set(MESSAGELIB_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.71")
 set(LIBKLEO_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.44")
 set(PIMCOMMON_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.59")
 set(LIBKDEPIM_LIB_VERSION_LIB "5.3.42")
diff --git a/src/configuredialog/configureappearancepage.cpp b/src/configuredialog/configureappearancepage.cpp
index 87ba9d0ce..a65d362a3 100644
--- a/src/configuredialog/configureappearancepage.cpp
+++ b/src/configuredialog/configureappearancepage.cpp
@@ -408,8 +408,6 @@ void AppearancePage::ColorsTab::doLoadOther()
 void AppearancePage::ColorsTab::loadColor(bool loadFromConfig)
 {
     if (KMKernel::self()) {
-        KColorScheme scheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::View);
-
         KConfigGroup reader(KMKernel::self()->config(), "Reader");
 
         KConfigGroup collectionFolderView(KMKernel::self()->config(), "CollectionFolderView");
@@ -418,7 +416,7 @@ void AppearancePage::ColorsTab::loadColor(bool loadFromConfig)
             MessageCore::ColorUtil::self()->quoteLevel1DefaultTextColor(),
             MessageCore::ColorUtil::self()->quoteLevel2DefaultTextColor(),
             MessageCore::ColorUtil::self()->quoteLevel3DefaultTextColor(),
-            scheme.foreground(KColorScheme::LinkText).color(),   // link
+            MessageCore::ColorUtil::self()->linkColor(),   // link
             MessageList::Util::unreadDefaultMessageColor(), // unread mgs
             MessageList::Util::importantDefaultMessageColor(), // important msg
             MessageList::Util::todoDefaultMessageColor(), // action item mgs