diff --git a/plasma/CMakeLists.txt b/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
index b375dc36..be9e5bdb 100644
--- a/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plasma/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ target_link_libraries(plasma
     ${QT_QTDECLARATIVE_LIBRARY}
     ${KDE4_KDECORE_LIBS}
     ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS}
-    ${KDE4_THREADWEAVER_LIBS}
     ${KDE4_KDECLARATIVE_LIBS}
     ${PLASMA_EXTRA_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/plasma/private/runnerjobs.cpp b/plasma/private/runnerjobs.cpp
index 61be2c0e..abbcc292 100644
--- a/plasma/private/runnerjobs.cpp
+++ b/plasma/private/runnerjobs.cpp
@@ -23,140 +23,34 @@
 
 #include <kdebug.h>
 
-//#include <Weaver/DebuggingAids.h>
-#include <Weaver/ThreadWeaver.h>
-
 #include "runnermanager.h"
 #include "plasma/querymatch.h"
 
-using ThreadWeaver::Job;
-using ThreadWeaver::Weaver;
-
 namespace Plasma {
 
-DelayedRunnerPolicy::DelayedRunnerPolicy()
-    : QueuePolicy()
-{}
-
-DelayedRunnerPolicy::~DelayedRunnerPolicy()
-{}
-
-DelayedRunnerPolicy& DelayedRunnerPolicy::instance()
-{
-    static DelayedRunnerPolicy policy;
-    return policy;
-}
-
-bool DelayedRunnerPolicy::canRun(Job *job)
-{
-    FindMatchesJob *aJob = static_cast<FindMatchesJob*>(job);
-    if (QTimer *t = aJob->delayTimer()) {
-        // If the timer is active, the required delay has not been reached
-        //kDebug() << "delayed timer" << aJob->runner()->name() << !t->isActive();
-        return !t->isActive(); // DATA RACE!  (with QTimer start/stop from runnermanager.cpp)
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-void DelayedRunnerPolicy::free(Job *job)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(job)
-}
-
-void DelayedRunnerPolicy::release(Job *job)
-{
-    free(job);
-}
-
-void DelayedRunnerPolicy::destructed(Job *job)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(job)
-}
-
-DefaultRunnerPolicy::DefaultRunnerPolicy()
-    : QueuePolicy(),
-      m_cap(2)
-{}
-
-DefaultRunnerPolicy::~DefaultRunnerPolicy()
-{}
-
-DefaultRunnerPolicy& DefaultRunnerPolicy::instance()
-{
-    static DefaultRunnerPolicy policy;
-    return policy;
-}
-
-bool DefaultRunnerPolicy::canRun(Job *job)
-{
-    Plasma::AbstractRunner *runner = static_cast<FindMatchesJob*>(job)->runner();
-    QMutexLocker l(&m_mutex);
-
-    if (m_runCounts[runner->name()] > m_cap) {
-        return false;
-    } else {
-        ++m_runCounts[runner->name()];
-        return true;
-    }
-}
-
-void DefaultRunnerPolicy::free(Job *job)
-{
-    Plasma::AbstractRunner *runner = static_cast<FindMatchesJob*>(job)->runner();
-    QMutexLocker l(&m_mutex);
-
-    --m_runCounts[runner->name()];
-}
-
-void DefaultRunnerPolicy::release(Job *job)
-{
-    free(job);
-}
-
-void DefaultRunnerPolicy::destructed(Job *job)
-{
-    Q_UNUSED(job)
-}
-
 ////////////////////
 // Jobs
 ////////////////////
 
 FindMatchesJob::FindMatchesJob(Plasma::AbstractRunner *runner,
                                Plasma::RunnerContext *context, QObject *parent)
-    : ThreadWeaver::Job(parent),
+    : QThread(parent),
       m_context(*context, 0),
-      m_runner(runner),
-      m_timer(0)
+      m_runner(runner)
 {
-    if (runner->speed() == Plasma::AbstractRunner::SlowSpeed) {
-        assignQueuePolicy(&DelayedRunnerPolicy::instance());
-    } else {
-        assignQueuePolicy(&DefaultRunnerPolicy::instance());
-    }
 }
 
 FindMatchesJob::~FindMatchesJob()
 {
-}
-
-QTimer* FindMatchesJob::delayTimer() const
-{
-    return m_timer;
-}
-
-void FindMatchesJob::setDelayTimer(QTimer *timer)
-{
-    m_timer = timer;
+    wait(3000);
 }
 
 void FindMatchesJob::run()
 {
-//     kDebug() << "Running match for " << m_runner->objectName()
-//              << " in Thread " << thread()->id() << endl;
+    // kDebug() << "Running match for " << m_runner->objectName();
     if (m_context.isValid()) {
         m_runner->performMatch(m_context);
+        emit done(this);
     }
 }
 
@@ -170,50 +64,6 @@ Plasma::AbstractRunner* FindMatchesJob::runner() const
     return m_runner;
 }
 
-DelayedJobCleaner::DelayedJobCleaner(const QSet<FindMatchesJob *> &jobs, const QSet<AbstractRunner *> &runners)
-    : QObject(Weaver::instance()),
-      m_weaver(Weaver::instance()),
-      m_jobs(jobs),
-      m_runners(runners)
-{
-    connect(m_weaver, SIGNAL(finished()), this, SLOT(checkIfFinished()));
-
-    foreach (FindMatchesJob *job, m_jobs) {
-        connect(job, SIGNAL(done(ThreadWeaver::Job*)), this, SLOT(jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job*)));
-    }
-}
-
-DelayedJobCleaner::~DelayedJobCleaner()
-{
-    qDeleteAll(m_runners);
-}
-
-void DelayedJobCleaner::jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job *job)
-{
-    FindMatchesJob *runJob = dynamic_cast<FindMatchesJob *>(job);
-
-    if (!runJob) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    m_jobs.remove(runJob);
-    runJob->deleteLater();
-
-    if (m_jobs.isEmpty()) {
-        deleteLater();
-    }
-}
-
-void DelayedJobCleaner::checkIfFinished()
-{
-    if (m_weaver->isIdle()) {
-        qDeleteAll(m_jobs);
-        m_jobs.clear();
-        deleteLater();
-    }
-}
-
-
 } // Plasma namespace
 
-// #include "runnerjobs.moc"
+#include "moc_runnerjobs_p.cpp"
diff --git a/plasma/private/runnerjobs_p.h b/plasma/private/runnerjobs_p.h
index 0f400983..12bd8089 100644
--- a/plasma/private/runnerjobs_p.h
+++ b/plasma/private/runnerjobs_p.h
@@ -23,86 +23,20 @@
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QMutex>
 #include <QSet>
-
-#include <Weaver/Job.h>
-#include <Weaver/QueuePolicy.h>
+#include <QThread>
 
 #include "abstractrunner.h"
 
-using ThreadWeaver::Job;
-
-class QTimer;
-
 namespace Plasma {
 // Queue policies
 
-// QueuePolicy that only allows a job to be executed after
-// waiting in the queue for the specified timeout
-class DelayedRunnerPolicy : public ThreadWeaver::QueuePolicy
-{
-public:
-    ~DelayedRunnerPolicy();
-
-    static DelayedRunnerPolicy &instance();
-
-    bool canRun(Job *job);
-    void free(Job *job);
-    void release(Job *job);
-    void destructed(Job *job);
-private:
-    DelayedRunnerPolicy();
-    QMutex m_mutex;
-};
-
-// QueuePolicy that limits the instances of a particular runner
-class DefaultRunnerPolicy : public ThreadWeaver::QueuePolicy
-{
-public:
-    ~DefaultRunnerPolicy();
-
-    static DefaultRunnerPolicy &instance();
-
-    void setCap(int cap)
-    {
-        m_cap = cap;
-    }
-    int cap() const
-    {
-        return m_cap;
-    }
-
-    bool canRun(Job *job);
-    void free(Job *job);
-    void release(Job *job);
-    void destructed(Job *job);
-private:
-    DefaultRunnerPolicy();
-
-    int m_cap;
-    QHash<QString, int> m_runCounts;
-    QMutex m_mutex;
-};
-
-/* ThreadWeaver work around:
- * There is no method exposed that allows us to inform
- * ThreadWeaver that a previously unavailable job is now
- * available; thus, we use an empty job to wake up the threads
- */
-class DummyJob : public ThreadWeaver::Job
-{
-    public:
-        DummyJob(QObject *parent) : Job(parent) {}
-        ~DummyJob() {}
-    private:
-        void run() {}
-};
-
 /*
  * FindMatchesJob class
  * Class to run queries in different threads
  */
-class FindMatchesJob : public Job
+class FindMatchesJob : public QThread
 {
+    Q_OBJECT
 public:
     FindMatchesJob(Plasma::AbstractRunner *runner,
                    Plasma::RunnerContext *context, QObject *parent = 0);
@@ -111,8 +45,8 @@ public:
     int priority() const;
     Plasma::AbstractRunner* runner() const;
 
-    QTimer* delayTimer() const;
-    void setDelayTimer(QTimer *timer);
+signals:
+    void done(QThread *thread);
 
 protected:
     void run();
@@ -120,23 +54,6 @@ protected:
 private:
     Plasma::RunnerContext m_context;
     Plasma::AbstractRunner *m_runner;
-    QTimer *m_timer;
-};
-
-class DelayedJobCleaner : public QObject
-{
-public:
-    DelayedJobCleaner(const QSet<FindMatchesJob*> &jobs, const QSet<AbstractRunner *> &runners = QSet<AbstractRunner *>());
-    ~DelayedJobCleaner();
-
-private Q_SLOTS:
-    void jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job*);
-    void checkIfFinished();
-
-private:
-    ThreadWeaver::WeaverInterface *m_weaver;
-    QSet<FindMatchesJob*> m_jobs;
-    QSet<AbstractRunner *> m_runners;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/plasma/runnermanager.cpp b/plasma/runnermanager.cpp
index ea6d76eb..55c4838c 100644
--- a/plasma/runnermanager.cpp
+++ b/plasma/runnermanager.cpp
@@ -32,23 +32,10 @@
 #include <kservicetypetrader.h>
 #include <kstandarddirs.h>
 
-#ifndef PLASMA_NO_SOLID
-#include <solid/device.h>
-#include <solid/deviceinterface.h>
-#endif
-
-#include <Weaver/DebuggingAids.h>
-#include <Weaver/State.h>
-#include <Weaver/Thread.h>
-#include <Weaver/ThreadWeaver.h>
-
 #include "private/runnerjobs_p.h"
 #include "pluginloader.h"
 #include "querymatch.h"
 
-using ThreadWeaver::Weaver;
-using ThreadWeaver::Job;
-
 //#define MEASURE_PREPTIME
 
 namespace Plasma
@@ -74,11 +61,9 @@ public:
         singleRunnerWasLoaded(false)
     {
         matchChangeTimer.setSingleShot(true);
-        delayTimer.setSingleShot(true);
 
         QObject::connect(&matchChangeTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), q, SLOT(matchesChanged()));
         QObject::connect(&context, SIGNAL(matchesChanged()), q, SLOT(scheduleMatchesChanged()));
-        QObject::connect(&delayTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), q, SLOT(unblockJobs()));
     }
 
     ~RunnerManagerPrivate()
@@ -101,24 +86,9 @@ public:
     {
         KConfigGroup config = configGroup();
 
-        //The number of threads used scales with the number of processors.
-#ifndef PLASMA_NO_SOLID
-        const int numProcs =
-            qMax(Solid::Device::listFromType(Solid::DeviceInterface::Processor).count(), 1);
-#else
-        const int numProcs = 1;
-#endif
+        // TODO: instead of that hard-limit use QThreadPool and QRunnable
         //This entry allows to define a hard upper limit independent of the number of processors.
-        const int maxThreads = config.readEntry("maxThreads", 16);
-        const int numThreads = qMin(maxThreads, 2 + ((numProcs - 1) * 2));
-        //kDebug() << "setting up" << numThreads << "threads for" << numProcs << "processors";
-        if (numThreads > Weaver::instance()->maximumNumberOfThreads()) {
-            Weaver::instance()->setMaximumNumberOfThreads(numThreads);
-        }
-        // Limit the number of instances of a single normal speed runner and all of the slow runners
-        // to half the number of threads
-        const int cap = qMax(2, numThreads/2);
-        DefaultRunnerPolicy::instance().setCap(cap);
+        maxThreads = config.readEntry("maxThreads", 32);
 
         context.restore(config);
     }
@@ -232,7 +202,7 @@ public:
                 QSet<FindMatchesJob *> deadJobs;
                 foreach (FindMatchesJob *job, searchJobs) {
                     if (deadRunners.contains(job->runner())) {
-                        QObject::disconnect(job, SIGNAL(done(ThreadWeaver::Job*)), q, SLOT(jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job*)));
+                        QObject::disconnect(job, SIGNAL(done(QThread*)), q, SLOT(jobDone(QThread*)));
                         searchJobs.remove(job);
                         deadJobs.insert(job);
                     }
@@ -248,7 +218,11 @@ public:
             if (deadJobs.isEmpty()) {
                 qDeleteAll(deadRunners);
             } else {
-                new DelayedJobCleaner(deadJobs, deadRunners);
+                // cleaner
+                foreach (FindMatchesJob *job, deadJobs) {
+                    job->quit();
+                }
+                deadJobs.clear();
             }
         }
 
@@ -301,7 +275,7 @@ public:
         return runner;
     }
 
-    void jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job *job)
+    void jobDone(QThread *job)
     {
         FindMatchesJob *runJob = dynamic_cast<FindMatchesJob *>(job);
 
@@ -338,13 +312,6 @@ public:
             return;
         }
 
-        if (Weaver::instance()->isIdle()) {
-            qDeleteAll(searchJobs);
-            searchJobs.clear();
-            qDeleteAll(oldSearchJobs);
-            oldSearchJobs.clear();
-        }
-
         if (searchJobs.isEmpty() && oldSearchJobs.isEmpty()) {
             if (allRunnersPrepped) {
                 foreach (AbstractRunner *runner, runners) {
@@ -369,21 +336,6 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
-    void unblockJobs()
-    {
-        // WORKAROUND: Queue an empty job to force ThreadWeaver to awaken threads
-        if (searchJobs.isEmpty() && Weaver::instance()->isIdle()) {
-            qDeleteAll(oldSearchJobs);
-            oldSearchJobs.clear();
-            checkTearDown();
-            return;
-        }
-
-        DummyJob *dummy = new DummyJob(q);
-        Weaver::instance()->enqueue(dummy);
-        QObject::connect(dummy, SIGNAL(done(ThreadWeaver::Job*)), dummy, SLOT(deleteLater()));
-    }
-
     void runnerMatchingSuspended(bool suspended)
     {
         if (suspended || !prepped || teardownRequested) {
@@ -400,24 +352,21 @@ public:
     void startJob(AbstractRunner *runner)
     {
         if ((runner->ignoredTypes() & context.type()) == 0) {
-            FindMatchesJob *job = new FindMatchesJob(runner, &context, Weaver::instance());
-            QObject::connect(job, SIGNAL(done(ThreadWeaver::Job*)), q, SLOT(jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job*)));
-            if (runner->speed() == AbstractRunner::SlowSpeed) {
-                job->setDelayTimer(&delayTimer);
+            if (searchJobs.count() >= maxThreads) {
+                // kWarning() << "not starting a runner due to hard limit of" << maxThreads;
+                return;
             }
-            Weaver::instance()->enqueue(job);
+            FindMatchesJob *job = new FindMatchesJob(runner, &context, q);
+            QObject::connect(job, SIGNAL(done(QThread*)), q, SLOT(jobDone(QThread*)));
+            job->start();
             searchJobs.insert(job);
         }
     }
 
-    // Delay in ms before slow runners are allowed to run
-    static const int slowRunDelay = 400;
-
     RunnerManager *q;
     QueryMatch deferredRun;
     RunnerContext context;
     QTimer matchChangeTimer;
-    QTimer delayTimer; // Timer to control when to run slow runners
     QHash<QString, AbstractRunner*> runners;
     QHash<QString, QString> advertiseSingleRunnerIds;
     AbstractRunner* currentSingleRunner;
@@ -432,6 +381,7 @@ public:
     bool teardownRequested : 1;
     bool singleMode : 1;
     bool singleRunnerWasLoaded : 1;
+    int maxThreads;
 };
 
 /*****************************************************
@@ -443,7 +393,6 @@ RunnerManager::RunnerManager(QObject *parent)
       d(new RunnerManagerPrivate(this))
 {
     d->loadConfiguration();
-    //ThreadWeaver::setDebugLevel(true, 4);
 }
 
 RunnerManager::RunnerManager(KConfigGroup &c, QObject *parent)
@@ -454,13 +403,20 @@ RunnerManager::RunnerManager(KConfigGroup &c, QObject *parent)
     // more sense.
     d->conf = KConfigGroup(&c, "PlasmaRunnerManager");
     d->loadConfiguration();
-    //ThreadWeaver::setDebugLevel(true, 4);
 }
 
 RunnerManager::~RunnerManager()
 {
     if (!qApp->closingDown() && (!d->searchJobs.isEmpty() || !d->oldSearchJobs.isEmpty())) {
-        new DelayedJobCleaner(d->searchJobs + d->oldSearchJobs);
+        // cleaner
+        foreach (FindMatchesJob *job, d->searchJobs) {
+            job->quit();
+        }
+        d->searchJobs.clear();
+        foreach (FindMatchesJob *job, d->oldSearchJobs) {
+            job->quit();
+        }
+        d->searchJobs.clear();
     }
 
     delete d;
@@ -756,9 +712,6 @@ void RunnerManager::launchQuery(const QString &untrimmedTerm, const QString &run
 
         d->startJob(r);
     }
-
-    // Start timer to unblock slow runners
-    d->delayTimer.start(RunnerManagerPrivate::slowRunDelay);
 }
 
 bool RunnerManager::execQuery(const QString &term)
@@ -813,17 +766,10 @@ QString RunnerManager::query() const
 
 void RunnerManager::reset()
 {
-    // If ThreadWeaver is idle, it is safe to clear previous jobs
-    if (Weaver::instance()->isIdle()) {
-        qDeleteAll(d->searchJobs);
-        qDeleteAll(d->oldSearchJobs);
-        d->oldSearchJobs.clear();
-    } else {
-        Q_FOREACH(FindMatchesJob *job, d->searchJobs) {
-            Weaver::instance()->dequeue(job);
-        }
-        d->oldSearchJobs += d->searchJobs;
+    Q_FOREACH(FindMatchesJob *job, d->searchJobs) {
+        job->terminate();
     }
+    d->oldSearchJobs += d->searchJobs;
 
     d->searchJobs.clear();
 
diff --git a/plasma/runnermanager.h b/plasma/runnermanager.h
index 382f76a5..9d46c6c8 100644
--- a/plasma/runnermanager.h
+++ b/plasma/runnermanager.h
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ class PLASMA_EXPORT RunnerManager : public QObject
     private:
         Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void scheduleMatchesChanged())
         Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void matchesChanged())
-        Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void jobDone(ThreadWeaver::Job*))
-        Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void unblockJobs())
+        Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void jobDone(QThread*))
         Q_PRIVATE_SLOT(d, void runnerMatchingSuspended(bool))
 
         RunnerManagerPrivate * const d;