diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 954f4ab2..460e9d53 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ set_package_properties(ZLIB PROPERTIES
     PURPOSE "Required by the core KDE libraries and some critical kioslaves"
 )
 
-find_package(SharedMimeInfo 0.70)
+find_package(SharedMimeInfo 0.91)
 set_package_properties(SharedMimeInfo PROPERTIES
     DESCRIPTION "Shared Mime Info"
     URL "http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info"
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindSharedMimeInfo.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindSharedMimeInfo.cmake
index ced04bcf..3ff7f6aa 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindSharedMimeInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindSharedMimeInfo.cmake
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #  UPDATE_MIME_DATABASE_EXECUTABLE - the update-mime-database executable
 #
 # The minimum required version of SharedMimeInfo can be specified using the
-# standard syntax, e.g. find_package(SharedMimeInfo 0.20)
+# standard syntax, e.g. find_package(SharedMimeInfo 0.91)
 #
 # For backward compatibility, the following two variables are also supported:
-#  SHARED_MIME_INFO_MINIMUM_VERSION - set to the minimum version you need, default is 0.18.
+#  SHARED_MIME_INFO_MINIMUM_VERSION - set to the minimum version you need, default is 0.91.
 #    When both are used, i.e. the version is set in the find_package() call and
 #   SHARED_MIME_INFO_MINIMUM_VERSION is set, the version specified in the find_package()
 #   call takes precedence.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # the minimum version of shared-mime-database we require
 if(NOT SharedMimeInfo_FIND_VERSION)
-    set(SharedMimeInfo_FIND_VERSION "0.18")
+    set(SharedMimeInfo_FIND_VERSION "0.91")
 endif()
 
 find_program (UPDATE_MIME_DATABASE_EXECUTABLE NAMES update-mime-database)
diff --git a/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp b/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp
index 0c2e0945..64093508 100644
--- a/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/services/kmimetyperepository.cpp
@@ -49,76 +49,6 @@ static int mimeDataBaseVersion()
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO: Remove the #idef'ed code below once the issue is fixed
-    // in QProcess or when we require s-m-i >= 0.91
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-    // Try to read the version number from the shared-mime-info.pc file
-    QStringList paths;
-    const QByteArray pkgConfigPath = qgetenv("PKG_CONFIG_PATH");
-    if (!pkgConfigPath.isEmpty()) {
-        paths << QFile::decodeName(pkgConfigPath).split(QLatin1Char(':'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-    }
-
-    // Add platform specific hard-coded default paths to the list...
-    paths << QLatin1String("/share/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/lib/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/lib32/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/lib64/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/usr/share/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/usr/lib/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/usr/lib32/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String("/usr/lib64/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String(KDEDIR "/share/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String(KDEDIR "/lib/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String(KDEDIR "/lib32/pkgconfig");
-    paths << QLatin1String(KDEDIR "/lib64/pkgconfig");
-
-    Q_FOREACH(const QString& path, paths) {
-        const QString fileName = path + QLatin1String("/shared-mime-info.pc");
-        if (!QFile::exists(fileName)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        QFile file (fileName);
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-            break;
-        }
-
-        while (!file.atEnd()) {
-            const QByteArray line = file.readLine().simplified();
-            if (!line.startsWith("Version")) { // krazy:exclude=strings
-                continue;
-            }
-            QRegExp versionRe(QString::fromLatin1("Version: (\\d+)\\.(\\d+)(\\.(\\d+))?"));
-            if (versionRe.indexIn(QString::fromLocal8Bit(line)) > -1) {
-                return KDE_MAKE_VERSION(versionRe.cap(1).toInt(), versionRe.cap(2).toInt(), versionRe.cap(4).toInt());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
-    // Execute "update-mime-database -v" to determine version number.
-    // NOTE: On *nix, the code below is known to cause freezes/hangs in apps
-    // that block signals. See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260719.
-    const QString umd = KStandardDirs::findExe(QString::fromLatin1("update-mime-database"));
-    if (umd.isEmpty()) {
-        kWarning(servicesDebugArea()) << "update-mime-database not found!";
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    QProcess smi;
-    smi.start(umd, QStringList() << QString::fromLatin1("-v"));
-    if (smi.waitForStarted() && smi.waitForFinished()) {
-        const QString out = QString::fromLocal8Bit(smi.readAllStandardError());
-        QRegExp versionRe(QString::fromLatin1("update-mime-database \\(shared-mime-info\\) (\\d+)\\.(\\d+)(\\.(\\d+))?"));
-        if (versionRe.indexIn(out) > -1) {
-            return KDE_MAKE_VERSION(versionRe.cap(1).toInt(), versionRe.cap(2).toInt(), versionRe.cap(4).toInt());
-        }
-        kWarning(servicesDebugArea()) << "Unexpected version scheme from update-mime-database -v: got" << out;
-    } else {
-        kWarning(servicesDebugArea()) << "Error running update-mime-database -v";
-    }
-
     return -1;
 }