diff --git a/startkde/startkde.cmake b/startkde/startkde.cmake
index 14ce47a0b..c7634c566 100644
--- a/startkde/startkde.cmake
+++ b/startkde/startkde.cmake
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ if test $? -eq 255; then
   xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation."
 fi
 
-wait_drkonqi=`kreadconfig --file startkderc --group WaitForDrKonqi --key Enabled --default true`
+wait_drkonqi=`kreadconfig5 --file startkderc --group WaitForDrKonqi --key Enabled --default true`
 
 if test x"$wait_drkonqi"x = x"true"x ; then
     # wait for remaining drkonqi instances with timeout (in seconds)
-    wait_drkonqi_timeout=`kreadconfig --file startkderc --group WaitForDrKonqi --key Timeout --default 900`
+    wait_drkonqi_timeout=`kreadconfig5 --file startkderc --group WaitForDrKonqi --key Timeout --default 900`
     wait_drkonqi_counter=0
     while $qdbus | grep "^[^w]*org.kde.drkonqi" > /dev/null ; do
         sleep 5