diff --git a/runners/bookmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/runners/bookmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index d5f6af8f4..4ec99c736 100644
--- a/runners/bookmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runners/bookmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ add_library(krunner_bookmarks_common STATIC ${krunner_bookmarks_common_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(krunner_bookmarks_common
     Qt::Sql
     KF5::KIOCore
+    KF5::KIOGui
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::Runner
     KF5::Bookmarks
diff --git a/runners/bookmarks/bookmarksrunner.cpp b/runners/bookmarks/bookmarksrunner.cpp
index 51c8c43bb..b686633a2 100644
--- a/runners/bookmarks/bookmarksrunner.cpp
+++ b/runners/bookmarks/bookmarksrunner.cpp
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 #include "browsers/browser.h"
 
 #include <QDebug>
-#include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QStack>
 #include <QUrl>
 
 #include <KApplicationTrader>
+#include <KIO/OpenUrlJob>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ void BookmarksRunner::run(const Plasma::RunnerContext &context, const Plasma::Qu
         url.setScheme(QStringLiteral("http"));
     }
 
-    QDesktopServices::openUrl(url);
+    auto job = new KIO::OpenUrlJob(url);
+    job->start();
 }
 
 #include "bookmarksrunner.moc"
diff --git a/runners/webshortcuts/webshortcutrunner.cpp b/runners/webshortcuts/webshortcutrunner.cpp
index 41b8e585f..1c7954545 100644
--- a/runners/webshortcuts/webshortcutrunner.cpp
+++ b/runners/webshortcuts/webshortcutrunner.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <KApplicationTrader>
 #include <KIO/CommandLauncherJob>
+#include <KIO/OpenUrlJob>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KShell>
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <KUriFilter>
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QDBusConnection>
-#include <QDesktopServices>
 
 WebshortcutRunner::WebshortcutRunner(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &metaData, const QVariantList &args)
     : Plasma::AbstractRunner(parent, metaData, args)
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ void WebshortcutRunner::run(const Plasma::RunnerContext &context, const Plasma::
             auto *job = new KIO::CommandLauncherJob(command);
             job->start();
         } else {
-            QDesktopServices::openUrl(location);
+            auto job = new KIO::OpenUrlJob(location);
+            job->start();
         }
     }
 }