diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c91a797f..4837ba1f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ set_package_properties(
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
 find_package(
-    KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}
+    KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} 5.42.0
     COMPONENTS ThreadWeaver
                ConfigWidgets
                CoreAddons
diff --git a/src/recordpage.cpp b/src/recordpage.cpp
index db4e4f0e..8d5ca935 100644
--- a/src/recordpage.cpp
+++ b/src/recordpage.cpp
@@ -177,17 +177,14 @@ RecordPage::RecordPage(QWidget* parent)
         ui->setupUi(contents);
     }
 
-    auto completion = ui->applicationName->completionObject();
     ui->applicationName->comboBox()->setEditable(true);
-    // NOTE: workaround until https://phabricator.kde.org/D7966 has landed and we bump the required version
-    ui->applicationName->comboBox()->setCompletionObject(completion);
     ui->applicationName->setMode(KFile::File | KFile::ExistingOnly | KFile::LocalOnly);
-#if KIO_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 31, 0)
+
     // we are only interested in executable files, so set the mime type filter accordingly
     // note that exe's build with PIE are actually "shared libs"...
     ui->applicationName->setMimeTypeFilters(
         {QStringLiteral("application/x-executable"), QStringLiteral("application/x-sharedlib")});
-#endif
+
     ui->workingDirectory->setMode(KFile::Directory | KFile::LocalOnly);
     ui->outputFile->setText(QDir::currentPath() + QDir::separator() + QStringLiteral("perf.data"));
     ui->outputFile->setMode(KFile::File | KFile::LocalOnly);
@@ -234,9 +231,6 @@ RecordPage::RecordPage(QWidget* parent)
 
     connect(ui->homeButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &RecordPage::homeButtonClicked);
     connect(ui->applicationName, &KUrlRequester::textChanged, this, &RecordPage::onApplicationNameChanged);
-    // NOTE: workaround until https://phabricator.kde.org/D7968 has landed and we bump the required version
-    connect(ui->applicationName->comboBox()->lineEdit(), &QLineEdit::textChanged, this,
-            &RecordPage::onApplicationNameChanged);
     connect(ui->startRecordingButton, &QPushButton::toggled, this, &RecordPage::onStartRecordingButtonClicked);
     connect(ui->workingDirectory, &KUrlRequester::textChanged, this, &RecordPage::onWorkingDirectoryNameChanged);
     connect(ui->viewPerfRecordResultsButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this,