diff --git a/recipes-application/network/kdeconnect-kde.inc b/recipes-application/network/kdeconnect-kde.inc
index 3d61e05..ff216d7 100644
--- a/recipes-application/network/kdeconnect-kde.inc
+++ b/recipes-application/network/kdeconnect-kde.inc
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     kiconthemes \
     knotifications \
     kio \
-    kcmutils \
     kirigami \
     kpeople \
     kpeoplevcard \
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ inherit kcoreaddons
 inherit kconfig
 inherit kauth
 inherit mime-xdg
+inherit kcmutils
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DEXPERIMENTALAPP_ENABLED=ON"
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DSMSAPP_ENABLED=OFF"
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/breeze.inc b/recipes-plasma/breeze.inc
index 4559c78..a73cd5b 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/breeze.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/breeze.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ PR = "r0"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
     fftw \
-    kcmutils \
     kconfigwidgets \
     kcoreaddons \
     kdecoration \
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 "
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
+inherit kcmutils
 
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles \
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/discover.inc b/recipes-plasma/discover.inc
index 4c5520d..9244ee0 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/discover.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/discover.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ PR = "r0"
 DEPENDS = " \
     attica \
     karchive \
-    kcmutils \
     kconfig \
     kcoreaddons \
     kcrash \
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
 inherit mime-xdg
+inherit kcmutils
 
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/qml/org/kde/discovernotifier \
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/kde-cli-tools.inc b/recipes-plasma/kde-cli-tools.inc
index cf3ab33..1999de3 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/kde-cli-tools.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/kde-cli-tools.inc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
 inherit kdoctools
+inherit kcmutils
 inherit mime-xdg
 
 FILES_SOLIBSDEV = ""
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/kscreen.inc b/recipes-plasma/kscreen.inc
index e21764d..d07d41f 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/kscreen.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/kscreen.inc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     kdbusaddons \
     plasma-framework \
     kconfigwidgets \
-    kcmutils \
     kglobalaccel \
     kwidgetsaddons \
     kxmlgui \
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 "
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
+inherit kcmutils
 
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/kded_kscreen \
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/kscreenlocker.inc b/recipes-plasma/kscreenlocker.inc
index 1268ebe..1075b96 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/kscreenlocker.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/kscreenlocker.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 PR = "r0"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
-    kcmutils \
     kcrash \
     kdeclarative \
     kglobalaccel \
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \
 "
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
+inherit kcmutils
 
 do_install:append() {
     install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/kwin.inc b/recipes-plasma/kwin.inc
index 60380c4..f451b7c 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/kwin.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/kwin.inc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " \
 "
 
 inherit cmake_plasma kdoctools
+inherit kcmutils
 
 do_install:append() {
     # dirty workaround for aurora crash on Wayland
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/plasma-phone-components.inc b/recipes-plasma/plasma-phone-components.inc
index 6e68c3d..a08fbd8 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/plasma-phone-components.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/plasma-phone-components.inc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 "
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
+inherit kcmutils
 
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/qml/QtQuick/VirtualKeyboard/Styles/Plasma/* \
diff --git a/recipes-plasma/plasma-workspace.inc b/recipes-plasma/plasma-workspace.inc
index 82d0b6f..a81fdcb 100644
--- a/recipes-plasma/plasma-workspace.inc
+++ b/recipes-plasma/plasma-workspace.inc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     breeze \
     kactivities \
     kactivitiesstats \
-    kcmutils \
     kcoreaddons \
     kcrash \
     kdbusaddons \
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 
 inherit cmake_plasma
 inherit mime-xdg
+inherit kcmutils
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += " -DBUILD_xembed-sni-proxy=OFF"