diff --git a/startkde/CMakeLists.txt b/startkde/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ed11fef9..c90789c58 100644
--- a/startkde/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/startkde/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 add_subdirectory(kcminit)
-add_subdirectory(ksyncdbusenv)
 add_subdirectory(waitforname)
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII)
@@ -18,11 +17,11 @@ add_executable(startplasma-waylandsession startplasma.cpp startplasma-waylandses
 add_executable(kde-systemd-start-condition kde-systemd-start-condition.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(startplasma-x11 PRIVATE ${X11_X11_INCLUDE_PATH})
-target_link_libraries(startplasma-x11 PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus KF5::ConfigCore
+target_link_libraries(startplasma-x11 PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus KF5::ConfigCore PW::KWorkspace
     ${X11_X11_LIB} # for kcheckrunning
 )
-target_link_libraries(startplasma-wayland PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus KF5::ConfigCore)
-target_link_libraries(startplasma-waylandsession PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus KF5::ConfigCore)
+target_link_libraries(startplasma-wayland PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus KF5::ConfigCore PW::KWorkspace)
+target_link_libraries(startplasma-waylandsession PRIVATE Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus KF5::ConfigCore PW::KWorkspace)
 target_link_libraries(kde-systemd-start-condition PUBLIC KF5::ConfigCore KF5::Service)
 add_subdirectory(plasma-session)
 add_subdirectory(plasma-shutdown)
diff --git a/startkde/ksyncdbusenv/CMakeLists.txt b/startkde/ksyncdbusenv/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fdb7654ce..000000000
--- a/startkde/ksyncdbusenv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-add_executable(ksyncdbusenv ksyncdbusenv.cpp)
-ecm_mark_nongui_executable(ksyncdbusenv)
-target_link_libraries(ksyncdbusenv Qt5::Core Qt5::DBus)
-
-install(TARGETS ksyncdbusenv DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR})
diff --git a/startkde/ksyncdbusenv/ksyncdbusenv.cpp b/startkde/ksyncdbusenv/ksyncdbusenv.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a01e7d6a..000000000
--- a/startkde/ksyncdbusenv/ksyncdbusenv.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2014  Martin Graesslin <mgraesslin@kde.org>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
- * the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
- * accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
- * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
- * defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QDBusConnection>
-#include <QDBusMessage>
-#include <QDBusMetaType>
-#include <QDBusPendingCall>
-#include <QProcessEnvironment>
-#include <QDebug>
-
-typedef QMap<QString,QString> EnvMap;
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(EnvMap)
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
-
-    QProcessEnvironment env = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
-
-    EnvMap envMap;
-    for (const QString &key : env.keys()) {
-        envMap.insert(key, env.value(key));
-    }
-
-    QDBusMessage msg = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(QStringLiteral("org.freedesktop.DBus"),
-                                                      QStringLiteral("/org/freedesktop/DBus"),
-                                                      QStringLiteral("org.freedesktop.DBus"),
-                                                      QStringLiteral("UpdateActivationEnvironment"));
-    qDBusRegisterMetaType<EnvMap>();
-    msg.setArguments(QList<QVariant>({QVariant::fromValue(envMap)}));
-
-    QDBusPendingCall reply = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().asyncCall(msg);
-    reply.waitForFinished();
-    if (reply.isError()) {
-	qDebug() << reply.error().name() << reply.error().message();
-    }
-    return reply.isError() ? 1 : 0;
-}
diff --git a/startkde/startplasma.cpp b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
index b3b1185f9..beea80533 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma.cpp
+++ b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <updatelaunchenvjob.h>
+
 #include "startplasma.h"
 
 QTextStream out(stderr);
@@ -284,14 +286,9 @@ void cleanupPlasmaEnvironment()
 // In that case, the update in startplasma might be too late.
 bool syncDBusEnvironment()
 {
-    int exitCode;
     // At this point all environment variables are set, let's send it to the DBus session server to update the activation environment
-    if (!QStandardPaths::findExecutable(QStringLiteral("dbus-update-activation-environment")).isEmpty()) {
-        exitCode = runSync(QStringLiteral("dbus-update-activation-environment"), { QStringLiteral("--systemd"), QStringLiteral("--all") });
-    } else {
-        exitCode = runSync(QStringLiteral(CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR "/ksyncdbusenv"), {});
-    }
-    return exitCode == 0;
+    auto job =  new UpdateLaunchEnvJob(QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment());
+    return job->exec();
 }
 
 void setupFontDpi()