diff --git a/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp b/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp
index 7c51806..4d8015b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/colorscheme.cpp
@@ -3,16 +3,7 @@
 #include <QProcess>
 
 void ColorScheme::setTheme(QString themeName) {
-  QProcess process;
-  QString locateProgram = "whereis";
-  QStringList programToLocate = {"plasma-apply-colorscheme"};
-
-  process.start(locateProgram, programToLocate);
-  process.waitForFinished();
-
-  QString program(process.readAllStandardOutput());
-  program.replace("plasma-apply-colorscheme: ", "");
-  program.replace("\n", "");
+  QString program("@plasma-apply-colorscheme@");
 
   QStringList arguments{themeName};
   QProcess::startDetached(program, arguments);
diff --git a/src/plugins/icons.cpp b/src/plugins/icons.cpp
index 1cc306f..745d042 100644
--- a/src/plugins/icons.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/icons.cpp
@@ -5,16 +5,7 @@
 void Icons::setTheme(QString iconTheme) {
 
   // locate plasma-changeicons program
-  QProcess process;
-  QString locateProgram = "whereis";
-  QStringList programToLocate = {"plasma-changeicons"};
-
-  process.start(locateProgram, programToLocate);
-  process.waitForFinished();
-
-  QString program(process.readAllStandardOutput());
-  program.replace("plasma-changeicons: ", "");
-  program.replace("\n", "");
+  QString program("@plasma-changeicons@");
 
   // apply the icon theme
   QStringList arguments{iconTheme};