diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index c67dca54..183a88a9 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <KActionCollection>
 #include <KCmdLineArgs>
 #include <KDebug>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 
 // Konsole
 #include "SessionManager.h"
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ Profile::Ptr Application::processProfileChangeArgs(KCmdLineArgs* args, Profile::
 
         // Note: KCmdLineArgs::count() return the number of arguments
         // that aren't options.
-        if (args->count() == 0 && KStandardDirs::findExe(commandExec).isEmpty()) {
+        if (args->count() == 0 && QStandardPaths::findExecutable(commandExec).isEmpty()) {
             // Example: konsole -e "man ls"
             ShellCommand shellCommand(args->getOption("e"));
             commandExec = shellCommand.command();
diff --git a/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp b/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp
index eed2d7ce..d23417f1 100644
--- a/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
 
 // Qt
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
+#include <QtCore/QStandardPaths>
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KShell>
 #include <KBookmarkMenu>
 #include <KBookmarkOwner>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 // Konsole
@@ -51,9 +52,13 @@ BookmarkHandler::BookmarkHandler(KActionCollection* collection,
 {
     setObjectName(QLatin1String("BookmarkHandler"));
 
-    _file = KStandardDirs::locate("data", "konsole/bookmarks.xml");
-    if (_file.isEmpty())
-        _file = KStandardDirs::locateLocal("data", "konsole/bookmarks.xml");
+    _file = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/bookmarks.xml"));
+
+    if (_file.isEmpty()) {
+        _file = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) + QStringLiteral("/konsole");
+        QDir().mkpath(_file);
+        _file += QStringLiteral("/bookmarks.xml");
+    }
 
     KBookmarkManager* manager = KBookmarkManager::managerForFile(_file, "konsole");
 
diff --git a/src/ColorSchemeManager.cpp b/src/ColorSchemeManager.cpp
index dd9758bf..fb808ab0 100644
--- a/src/ColorSchemeManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ColorSchemeManager.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 #include <QtCore/QIODevice>
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QtCore/QFile>
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
 
 // KDE
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KGlobal>
 #include <KConfig>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
@@ -268,16 +268,12 @@ bool ColorSchemeManager::loadKDE3ColorScheme(const QString& filePath)
 
 QStringList ColorSchemeManager::listColorSchemes()
 {
-    return KGlobal::dirs()->findAllResources("data",
-            "konsole/*.colorscheme",
-            KStandardDirs::NoDuplicates);
+    return QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/*.colorscheme"));
 }
 
 QStringList ColorSchemeManager::listKDE3ColorSchemes()
 {
-    return KGlobal::dirs()->findAllResources("data",
-            "konsole/*.schema",
-            KStandardDirs::NoDuplicates);
+    return QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/*.schema"));
 }
 
 const ColorScheme ColorSchemeManager::_defaultColorScheme;
@@ -297,7 +293,10 @@ void ColorSchemeManager::addColorScheme(ColorScheme* scheme)
     _colorSchemes.insert(scheme->name(), scheme);
 
     // save changes to disk
-    QString path = KGlobal::dirs()->saveLocation("data", "konsole/") + scheme->name() + ".colorscheme";
+
+    const QString dir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) + QStringLiteral("konsole/");
+    QDir().mkpath(dir);
+    const QString path = dir + scheme->name() + QStringLiteral(".colorscheme");
     KConfig config(path , KConfig::NoGlobals);
 
     scheme->write(config);
@@ -352,13 +351,12 @@ const ColorScheme* ColorSchemeManager::findColorScheme(const QString& name)
 
 QString ColorSchemeManager::findColorSchemePath(const QString& name) const
 {
-    QString path = KStandardDirs::locate("data", "konsole/" + name + ".colorscheme");
+    QString path = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/") + name + QStringLiteral(".colorscheme"));
 
-    if (!path.isEmpty())
+    if (!path.isEmpty()) {
         return path;
+    }
 
-    path = KStandardDirs::locate("data", "konsole/" + name + ".schema");
-
-    return path;
+    return QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/") + name + QStringLiteral(".schema"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/History.cpp b/src/History.cpp
index 67f07c96..3f2126a9 100644
--- a/src/History.cpp
+++ b/src/History.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 // KDE
 #include <kde_file.h>
 #include <KDebug>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 
 #include <QDir>
 
diff --git a/src/KeyboardTranslatorManager.cpp b/src/KeyboardTranslatorManager.cpp
index 27c481a2..f98e9576 100644
--- a/src/KeyboardTranslatorManager.cpp
+++ b/src/KeyboardTranslatorManager.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 // Qt
 #include <QtCore/QFile>
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
+#include <QtCore/QDir>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KDebug>
 #include <KGlobal>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 
 using namespace Konsole;
 
@@ -78,14 +78,12 @@ bool KeyboardTranslatorManager::deleteTranslator(const QString& name)
 
 QString KeyboardTranslatorManager::findTranslatorPath(const QString& name)
 {
-    return KStandardDirs::locate("data", "konsole/" + name + ".keytab");
+    return QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/") + name + QStringLiteral(".keytab"));
 }
 
 void KeyboardTranslatorManager::findTranslators()
 {
-    QStringList list = KGlobal::dirs()->findAllResources("data",
-                       "konsole/*.keytab",
-                       KStandardDirs::NoDuplicates);
+    QStringList list = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/*.keytab"));
 
     // add the name of each translator to the list and associated
     // the name with a null pointer to indicate that the translator
@@ -120,8 +118,9 @@ const KeyboardTranslator* KeyboardTranslatorManager::findTranslator(const QStrin
 
 bool KeyboardTranslatorManager::saveTranslator(const KeyboardTranslator* translator)
 {
-    const QString path = KGlobal::dirs()->saveLocation("data", "konsole/") + translator->name()
-                         + ".keytab";
+    const QString dir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) + QStringLiteral("konsole/");
+    QDir().mkpath(dir);
+    const QString path = dir + translator->name() + QStringLiteral(".keytab");
 
     //kDebug() << "Saving translator to" << path;
 
diff --git a/src/ManageProfilesDialog.cpp b/src/ManageProfilesDialog.cpp
index 29d25a62..705e0b32 100644
--- a/src/ManageProfilesDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/ManageProfilesDialog.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 
 // Qt
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
+#include <QtCore/QStandardPaths>
 #include <QStandardItem>
 
 // KDE
 #include <KKeySequenceWidget>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KDebug>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Profile::Ptr ManageProfilesDialog::currentProfile() const
 }
 bool ManageProfilesDialog::isProfileDeletable(Profile::Ptr profile) const
 {
-    static const QString systemDataLocation = KStandardDirs::installPath("data") + "konsole/";
+    static const QString systemDataLocation = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation).last() + QStringLiteral("konsole/");
 
     if (profile) {
         QFileInfo fileInfo(profile->path());
diff --git a/src/ProfileManager.cpp b/src/ProfileManager.cpp
index 4d938883..8d6f925f 100644
--- a/src/ProfileManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ProfileManager.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <KGlobal>
 #include <KDebug>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 
 // Konsole
 #include "ProfileReader.h"
@@ -90,7 +89,8 @@ ProfileManager::ProfileManager()
     }
 
     // load the default profile
-    const QString path = KStandardDirs::locate("data", "konsole/" + defaultProfileFileName);
+    const QString path = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/") + defaultProfileFileName);
+
     if (!path.isEmpty()) {
         Profile::Ptr profile = loadProfile(path);
         if (profile)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Profile::Ptr ProfileManager::loadProfile(const QString& shortPath)
 
     // if the file is not an absolute path, look it up
     if (!fileInfo.isAbsolute())
-        path = KStandardDirs::locate("data", path);
+        path = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, path);
 
     // if the file is not found, return immediately
     if (path.isEmpty()) {
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ void ProfileManager::loadShortcuts()
         // if the file is not an absolute path, look it up
         QFileInfo fileInfo(profilePath);
         if (!fileInfo.isAbsolute()) {
-            profilePath = KStandardDirs::locate("data", "konsole/" + profilePath);
+            profilePath = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/") + profilePath);
         }
 
         data.profilePath = profilePath;
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ void ProfileManager::saveShortcuts()
         if (fileInfo.isAbsolute()) {
             // Check to see if file is under KDE's data locations.  If not,
             // store full path.
-            QString location = KGlobal::dirs()->locate("data",
-                               "konsole/" + fileInfo.fileName());
+            const QString location = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation,
+                                                            QStringLiteral("konsole/") + fileInfo.fileName());
             if (location.isEmpty()) {
                 profileName = iter.value().profilePath;
             } else  {
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ void ProfileManager::saveFavorites()
         if (fileInfo.isAbsolute()) {
             // Check to see if file is under KDE's data locations.  If not,
             // store full path.
-            QString location = KGlobal::dirs()->locate("data",
-                               "konsole/" + fileInfo.fileName());
+            const QString location = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/") + fileInfo.fileName());
+
             if (location.isEmpty()) {
                 profileName = profile->path();
             } else {
diff --git a/src/ProfileReader.cpp b/src/ProfileReader.cpp
index 053f3e1a..9739b388 100644
--- a/src/ProfileReader.cpp
+++ b/src/ProfileReader.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <KConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KGlobal>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 
 // Konsole
 #include "ShellCommand.h"
@@ -41,8 +40,7 @@ static const char GENERAL_GROUP[]     = "General";
 
 QStringList KDE4ProfileReader::findProfiles()
 {
-    return KGlobal::dirs()->findAllResources("data", "konsole/*.profile",
-            KStandardDirs::NoDuplicates);
+    return QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, QStringLiteral("konsole/*.profile"));
 }
 void KDE4ProfileReader::readProperties(const KConfig& config, Profile::Ptr profile,
                                        const Profile::PropertyInfo* properties)
diff --git a/src/ProfileWriter.cpp b/src/ProfileWriter.cpp
index 143787bf..8420919c 100644
--- a/src/ProfileWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/ProfileWriter.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <KConfig>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KGlobal>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 
 // Konsole
 #include "ShellCommand.h"
@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@ static const char GENERAL_GROUP[]     = "General";
 QString KDE4ProfileWriter::getPath(const Profile::Ptr profile)
 {
     // both location have trailing slash
-    static const QString localDataLocation = KGlobal::dirs()->saveLocation("data", "konsole/");
-    static const QString systemDataLocation = KStandardDirs::installPath("data") + "konsole/";
+    static const QString localDataLocation = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation) + QStringLiteral("konsole/");
+    static const QString systemDataLocation = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation).last() + QStringLiteral("konsole/");
 
     const QString candidateLocalPath = localDataLocation + profile->untranslatedName() + ".profile";
     QString newPath;
diff --git a/src/Session.cpp b/src/Session.cpp
index 04fea2dd..6ed47b3b 100644
--- a/src/Session.cpp
+++ b/src/Session.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include <KRun>
 #include <KShell>
 #include <KProcess>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 
 // Konsole
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@ QString Session::checkProgram(const QString& program)
 
     exec = KRun::binaryName(exec, false);
     exec = KShell::tildeExpand(exec);
-    QString pexec = KStandardDirs::findExe(exec);
+    const QString pexec = QStandardPaths::findExecutable(exec);
     if (pexec.isEmpty()) {
         kError() << i18n("Could not find binary: ") << exec;
         return QString();
diff --git a/src/SessionController.cpp b/src/SessionController.cpp
index 1393eb81..061a1283 100644
--- a/src/SessionController.cpp
+++ b/src/SessionController.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <KRun>
 #include <KShell>
 #include <KToolInvocation>
-#include <KStandardDirs>
 #include <KToggleAction>
 #include <KSelectAction>
 #include <KXmlGuiWindow>