diff --git a/kdecore/tests/klocaletest.cpp b/kdecore/tests/klocaletest.cpp
index 46116227..900b7fdb 100644
--- a/kdecore/tests/klocaletest.cpp
+++ b/kdecore/tests/klocaletest.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "ksystemtimezone.h"
 #include <QtCore/QString>
 #include <QtCore/qdatetime.h>
-#include <QtDBus/QtDBus>
 
 #include "moc_klocaletest.cpp"
 
@@ -385,11 +384,6 @@ KLocaleTest::formatDateTime()
 	qdt = qdt.addDays(-1);
 	QCOMPARE(locale.formatDateTime(qdt, KLocale::FancyLongDate), qdt.toString(full));
 
-	// The use of KSystemTimeZones requires kded to be running
-	if (!QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface()->isServiceRegistered("org.kde.kded")) {
-	    QSKIP( "kded not running", SkipAll );
-	}
-
 	small = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M";
 	smallsecs = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S";
 	full = "%A %d %B %Y %H:%M";
diff --git a/kdeui/tests/ktimezonewidget_unittest.cpp b/kdeui/tests/ktimezonewidget_unittest.cpp
index 0b119ae3..47ead34e 100644
--- a/kdeui/tests/ktimezonewidget_unittest.cpp
+++ b/kdeui/tests/ktimezonewidget_unittest.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "qtest_kde.h"
 #include <ktimezonewidget.h>
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
-#include <QtDBus/QtDBus>
 #include "../../kdecore/tests/ktimezonestest_p.h"
 
 class KTimeZoneWidgetTest : public QObject
@@ -44,10 +43,6 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void testSetSelected()
     {
-        if (!QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface()->isServiceRegistered("org.kde.kded")) {
-            QSKIP("kded not running", SkipSingle);
-        }
-
         KTimeZoneWidget tzw;
         QVERIFY(tzw.topLevelItemCount() > 0);
         QVERIFY(tzw.selectedItems().isEmpty());
@@ -75,10 +70,6 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 
     void testCheckableItems()
     {
-        //if (!QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface()->isServiceRegistered("org.kde.kded")) {
-        //    QSKIP("kded not running", SkipSingle);
-        //}
-
         KTimeZoneWidget tzw;
         tzw.setItemsCheckable(true);
         QVERIFY(tzw.topLevelItemCount() > 0);