diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix
index 9c42152a153..e5a0857c7f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/dolphin.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ kdeApp {
     solid
     kiconthemes
     kcompletion
-    ktexteditor
     kwindowsystem
     knotifications
     phonon
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ kdeApp {
     kfilemetadata
     ki18n
     kio
+    ktexteditor
   ];
   meta = {
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2 fdl12 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/kate.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/kate.nix
index 1a79791599e..1053d97d412 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/kate.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde-apps-15.08/kate.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ kdeApp {
     kinit
     kjobwidgets
     kparts
-    ktexteditor
     kwindowsystem
     kxmlgui
     kdbusaddons
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ kdeApp {
     kactivities
     ki18n
     kio
+    ktexteditor
   ];
   meta = {
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl3 lgpl3 lgpl2 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix
index d9eddf050b9..fe860f2956f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5.4/plasma-workspace/default.nix
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ plasmaPackage {
   ];
   buildInputs = [
     kcmutils kcrash kdbusaddons kdesu kdewebkit kjsembed knewstuff
-    knotifyconfig kpackage ktexteditor ktextwidgets kwallet
+    knotifyconfig kpackage ktextwidgets kwallet
     kwayland kwin kxmlrpcclient libdbusmenu libkscreen libSM
     libXcursor networkmanager-qt pam phonon plasma-framework qtquick1
     qtscript qtx11extras solid wayland
   ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     baloo kactivities kdeclarative kdelibs4support kglobalaccel
-    kidletime krunner libksysguard
+    kidletime krunner ktexteditor libksysguard
   ];
   patches = [ ./0001-startkde-NixOS-patches.patch ];