1diff --git a/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp b/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp
2index 7c51806..4d8015b 100644
3--- a/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp
4+++ b/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp
5@@ -3,16 +3,7 @@
6 #include <QProcess>
7
8 void ColorScheme::setTheme(QString themeName) {
9- QProcess process;
10- QString locateProgram = "whereis";
11- QStringList programToLocate = {"plasma-apply-colorscheme"};
12-
13- process.start(locateProgram, programToLocate);
14- process.waitForFinished();
15-
16- QString program(process.readAllStandardOutput());
17- program.replace("plasma-apply-colorscheme: ", "");
18- program.replace("\n", "");
19+ QString program("@plasma-apply-colorscheme@");
20
21 QStringList arguments{themeName};
22 QProcess::startDetached(program, arguments);
23diff --git a/src/plugins/icons.cpp b/src/plugins/icons.cpp
24index 1cc306f..745d042 100644
25--- a/src/plugins/icons.cpp
26+++ b/src/plugins/icons.cpp
27@@ -5,16 +5,7 @@
28 void Icons::setTheme(QString iconTheme) {
29
30 // locate plasma-changeicons program
31- QProcess process;
32- QString locateProgram = "whereis";
33- QStringList programToLocate = {"plasma-changeicons"};
34-
35- process.start(locateProgram, programToLocate);
36- process.waitForFinished();
37-
38- QString program(process.readAllStandardOutput());
39- program.replace("plasma-changeicons: ", "");
40- program.replace("\n", "");
41+ QString program("@plasma-changeicons@");
42
43 // apply the icon theme
44 QStringList arguments{iconTheme};