diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/baloo.bb b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/baloo.bb
index d9061cb6..93e17646 100644
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/baloo.bb
+++ b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/baloo.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8ddf85c6ae74dac868f37b562b80fdad753888f0c75b97ab26f01bdfc7
 
 SRC_URI += " \
     file://0001-fix-build-for-QT_NO_SESSIONMANAGER.patch \
-    file://org.kde.baloo.fileindexer.xml \
 "
 
 CMAKE_ALIGN_SYSROOT[1] = "KF5Baloo, -S${libdir}, -s${OE_QMAKE_PATH_HOST_LIBS}"
diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/0002-do-not-create-dbus-xml-for-fileindexer-our-native-qd.patch b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/0002-do-not-create-dbus-xml-for-fileindexer-our-native-qd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ad3f73c..00000000
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/0002-do-not-create-dbus-xml-for-fileindexer-our-native-qd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 58e317df45cfabe199d492ee8fd648ac21c3dd37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20M=C3=BCller?= <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
-Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 13:26:55 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] do not create dbus xml for fileindexer - our native
- qdbuscpp2xml is broken
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony@googlemail.com>
----
- src/dbus/CMakeLists.txt | 5 -----
- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/dbus/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dbus/CMakeLists.txt
-index 9381bfc..1863efb 100644
---- a/src/dbus/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/dbus/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ qt5_generate_dbus_interface(
- #
- set(contentindexer_xml org.kde.baloo.fileindexer.xml)
- 
--qt5_generate_dbus_interface(
--    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/file/filecontentindexer.h
--    ${contentindexer_xml}
--    OPTIONS -a
--)
- 
- set(
-     dbus_interface_xmls
--- 
-2.9.4
-
diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/fileindexerinterface.cpp b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/fileindexerinterface.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d8ee38b2..00000000
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/fileindexerinterface.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file was generated by qdbusxml2cpp version 0.8
- * Command line was: 
- *
- * qdbusxml2cpp is Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
- *
- * This is an auto-generated file.
- * This file may have been hand-edited. Look for HAND-EDIT comments
- * before re-generating it.
- */
-
-#include "fileindexerinterface.h"
-
-/*
- * Implementation of interface class OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface
- */
-
-OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface::OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface(const QString &service, const QString &path, const QDBusConnection &connection, QObject *parent)
-    : QDBusAbstractInterface(service, path, staticInterfaceName(), connection, parent)
-{
-}
-
-OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface::~OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface()
-{
-}
-
-
-#include "fileindexerinterface.moc"
diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/fileindexerinterface.h b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/fileindexerinterface.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 56e1d4e1..00000000
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/fileindexerinterface.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file was generated by qdbusxml2cpp version 0.8
- * Command line was: 
- *
- * qdbusxml2cpp is Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
- *
- * This is an auto-generated file.
- * Do not edit! All changes made to it will be lost.
- */
-
-#ifndef FILEINDEXERINTERFACE_H
-#define FILEINDEXERINTERFACE_H
-
-#include <QtCore/QObject>
-#include <QtCore/QByteArray>
-#include <QtCore/QList>
-#include <QtCore/QMap>
-#include <QtCore/QString>
-#include <QtCore/QStringList>
-#include <QtCore/QVariant>
-#include <QtDBus/QtDBus>
-
-/*
- * Proxy class for interface org.kde.baloo.fileindexer
- */
-class OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface: public QDBusAbstractInterface
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    static inline const char *staticInterfaceName()
-    { return "org.kde.baloo.fileindexer"; }
-
-public:
-    OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface(const QString &service, const QString &path, const QDBusConnection &connection, QObject *parent = 0);
-
-    ~OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface();
-
-    Q_PROPERTY(QString currentFile READ currentFile)
-    inline QString currentFile() const
-    { return qvariant_cast< QString >(property("currentFile")); }
-
-public Q_SLOTS: // METHODS
-    inline QDBusPendingReply<> registerMonitor()
-    {
-        QList<QVariant> argumentList;
-        return asyncCallWithArgumentList(QStringLiteral("registerMonitor"), argumentList);
-    }
-
-    inline QDBusPendingReply<> unregisterMonitor()
-    {
-        QList<QVariant> argumentList;
-        return asyncCallWithArgumentList(QStringLiteral("unregisterMonitor"), argumentList);
-    }
-
-Q_SIGNALS: // SIGNALS
-    void finishedIndexingFile(const QString &filePath);
-    void startedIndexingFile(const QString &filePath);
-};
-
-namespace org {
-  namespace kde {
-    namespace baloo {
-      typedef ::OrgKdeBalooFileindexerInterface fileindexer;
-    }
-  }
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/org.kde.baloo.fileindexer.xml b/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/org.kde.baloo.fileindexer.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 179e1bda..00000000
--- a/recipes-kde/kf5/tier3/baloo/files/org.kde.baloo.fileindexer.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd">
-<node>
-  <interface name="org.kde.baloo.fileindexer">
-    <property name="currentFile" type="s" access="read"/>
-    <signal name="startedIndexingFile">
-      <arg name="filePath" type="s" direction="out"/>
-    </signal>
-    <signal name="finishedIndexingFile">
-      <arg name="filePath" type="s" direction="out"/>
-    </signal>
-    <method name="registerMonitor">
-    </method>
-    <method name="unregisterMonitor">
-    </method>
-  </interface>
-</node>