diff --git a/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake b/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
index 092a457e..2b239172 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/KDE4Macros.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ set(_KDE4_ICON_GROUP_intl       "intl")
 
 # a "map" of short theme names to the theme directory
 set(_KDE4_ICON_THEME_ox "ariya")
-set(_KDE4_ICON_THEME_lo "locolor")
 set(_KDE4_ICON_THEME_hi "hicolor")
 
 # only used internally by KDE4_INSTALL_ICONS
diff --git a/kdeui/icons/kicontheme.cpp b/kdeui/icons/kicontheme.cpp
index 70d6ac9a..60029a7c 100644
--- a/kdeui/icons/kicontheme.cpp
+++ b/kdeui/icons/kicontheme.cpp
@@ -134,12 +134,11 @@ KIconTheme::KIconTheme(const QString& name, const QString& appName)
     QStringList themeDirs;
     QSet<QString> addedDirs; // Used for avoiding duplicates.
 
-    // Applications can have local additions to the global "locolor" and
-    // "hicolor" icon themes. For these, the _global_ theme description
-    // files are used..
+    // Applications can have local additions to the global "hicolor" icon
+    // themes. For these, the _global_ theme description files are used..
 
     if (!appName.isEmpty() &&
-       ( name == defaultThemeName() || name== "hicolor" || name == "locolor" ) ) {
+       ( name == defaultThemeName() || name== "hicolor" ) ) {
         icnlibs = KGlobal::dirs()->resourceDirs("data");
         for (it=icnlibs.constBegin(); it!=icnlibs.constEnd(); ++it) {
             const QString cDir = *it + appName + "/icons/" + name;
@@ -521,13 +520,12 @@ QString KIconTheme::current()
     if ( *_theme == QLatin1String("hicolor") ) {
         *_theme = defaultThemeName();
     }
-/*    if (_theme->isEmpty())
+/*
+    if (_theme->isEmpty())
     {
-        if (QX11Info::appDepth() > 8)
-            *_theme = defaultThemeName();
-        else
-            *_theme = QLatin1String("locolor");
-    }*/
+        *_theme = defaultThemeName();
+    }
+*/
     return *_theme;
 }
 
diff --git a/plasma/private/packages.cpp b/plasma/private/packages.cpp
index 88ab3df2..33cb377d 100644
--- a/plasma/private/packages.cpp
+++ b/plasma/private/packages.cpp
@@ -158,46 +158,6 @@ ThemePackage::ThemePackage(QObject *parent)
     addFileDefinition("opaque/widgets/tooltip", "opaque/widgets/tooltip.svgz",
                       i18n("Opaque background image for tooltips"));
 
-    addDirectoryDefinition("locolor/dialogs", "locolor/dialogs/",
-                           i18n("Low color images for dialogs"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/dialogs/background", "locolor/dialogs/background.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color generic dialog background"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/dialogs/background", "locolor/dialogs/background.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color generic dialog background"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/dialogs/shutdowndialog", "locolor/dialogs/shutdowndialog.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color theme for the logout dialog"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/dialogs/shutdowndialog", "locolor/dialogs/shutdowndialog.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color theme for the logout dialog"));
-
-    addDirectoryDefinition("locolor/widgets", "locolor/widgets/", i18n("Images for widgets"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/background", "locolor/widgets/background.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color background image for widgets"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/background", "locolor/widgets/background.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color background image for widgets"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/clock", "locolor/widgets/clock.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color analog clock face"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/clock", "locolor/widgets/clock.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color analog clock face"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/panel-background", "locolor/widgets/panel-background.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color background image for panels"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/panel-background", "locolor/widgets/panel-background.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color background image for panels"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/plot-background", "locolor/widgets/plot-background.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color background for graphing widgets"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/plot-background", "locolor/widgets/plot-background.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color background for graphing widgets"));
-
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/tooltip", "locolor/widgets/tooltip.svg",
-                      i18n("Low color background image for tooltips"));
-    addFileDefinition("locolor/widgets/tooltip", "locolor/widgets/tooltip.svgz",
-                      i18n("Low color background image for tooltips"));
-
     addFileDefinition("colors", "colors", i18n("KColorScheme configuration file"));
 
     QStringList mimetypes;
diff --git a/plasma/theme.cpp b/plasma/theme.cpp
index 4b3cc1ad..31fddb0e 100644
--- a/plasma/theme.cpp
+++ b/plasma/theme.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public:
           defaultWallpaperWidth(DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_WIDTH),
           defaultWallpaperHeight(DEFAULT_WALLPAPER_HEIGHT),
           cachesToDiscard(NoCache),
-          locolor(false),
           compositingActive(KWindowSystem::self()->compositingActive()),
           isDefault(false),
           useGlobal(true),
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ public:
     QString themeVersion;
     QString themeMetadataPath;
 
-    bool locolor : 1;
     bool compositingActive : 1;
     bool isDefault : 1;
     bool useGlobal : 1;
@@ -251,10 +249,7 @@ QString ThemePrivate::findInTheme(const QString &image, const QString &theme, bo
 
     QString search;
 
-    if (locolor) {
-        search = QLatin1String("desktoptheme/") + theme + QLatin1String("/locolor/") + image;
-        search =  KStandardDirs::locate("data", search);
-    } else if (!compositingActive) {
+    if (!compositingActive) {
         search = QLatin1String("desktoptheme/") + theme + QLatin1String("/opaque/") + image;
         search =  KStandardDirs::locate("data", search);
     } else {