diff --git a/libtaskmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/libtaskmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fee85dd1..9e511cb42 100644
--- a/libtaskmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libtaskmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ target_link_libraries(taskmanager
         KF5::I18n
         KF5::KIOCore
         KF5::KIOGui
-        KF5::KIOWidgets
         KF5::Notifications
         KF5::WaylandClient
         KF5::WindowSystem
diff --git a/libtaskmanager/tasktools.cpp b/libtaskmanager/tasktools.cpp
index dfe04b1f5..a82b152e7 100644
--- a/libtaskmanager/tasktools.cpp
+++ b/libtaskmanager/tasktools.cpp
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include <KFileItem>
 #include <KApplicationTrader>
 #include <KNotificationJobUiDelegate>
-#include <KRun>
 #include <KServiceTypeTrader>
 #include <KStartupInfo>
 #include <KWindowSystem>
 #include <KProcessList>
 
 #include <KIO/ApplicationLauncherJob>
+#include <KIO/OpenUrlJob>
 
 #include <config-X11.h>
 
@@ -824,7 +824,10 @@ void runApp(const AppData &appData, const QList<QUrl> &urls)
             KActivities::ResourceInstance::notifyAccessed(QUrl(QStringLiteral("applications:") + service->storageId()),
                 QStringLiteral("org.kde.libtaskmanager"));
         } else {
-            new KRun(appData.url, nullptr, false, KStartupInfo::createNewStartupIdForTimestamp(timeStamp));
+            auto *job = new KIO::OpenUrlJob(appData.url);
+            job->setUiDelegate(new KNotificationJobUiDelegate(KJobUiDelegate::AutoErrorHandlingEnabled));
+            job->setStartupId(KStartupInfo::createNewStartupIdForTimestamp(timeStamp));
+            job->start();
 
             if (!appData.id.isEmpty()) {
                 KActivities::ResourceInstance::notifyAccessed(QUrl(QStringLiteral("applications:") + appData.id),