diff -Naur a/krunner/update/krunnerglobalshortcuts.cpp b/krunner/update/krunnerglobalshortcuts.cpp
--- a/krunner/update/krunnerglobalshortcuts.cpp
+++ b/krunner/update/krunnerglobalshortcuts.cpp
@@ -58,24 +58,16 @@
 
     QList<QKeySequence> oldRunCommand;
     QList<QKeySequence> oldRunClipboard;
-
-    // It can happen that the old component is not active so we do it unconditionally
-    KActionCollection oldActions(nullptr, oldCompomentName);
-    QAction oldRunCommandAction, oldRunClipboardAction;
-    oldActions.addAction(QStringLiteral("run command"), &oldRunCommandAction);
-    oldActions.addAction(QStringLiteral("run command on clipboard contents"), &oldRunClipboardAction);
-    oldRunCommand = KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(oldCompomentName, oldRunCommandAction.objectName());
-    oldRunClipboard = KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(oldCompomentName, oldRunClipboardAction.objectName());
-    KGlobalAccel::self()->setShortcut(&oldRunCommandAction, {});
-    KGlobalAccel::self()->setShortcut(&oldRunClipboardAction, {});
-    KGlobalAccel::self()->removeAllShortcuts(&oldRunCommandAction);
-    KGlobalAccel::self()->removeAllShortcuts(&oldRunClipboardAction);
-    KGlobalAccel::self()->cleanComponent(oldCompomentName);
-
-    if (KGlobalAccel::isComponentActive(oldDesktopFile)) {
+    if (KGlobalAccel::isComponentActive(oldCompomentName)) {
+        oldRunCommand = KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(oldCompomentName, QStringLiteral("run command"));
+        oldRunClipboard = KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(oldCompomentName, QStringLiteral("run command on clipboard contents"));
+        KGlobalAccel::self()->cleanComponent(oldCompomentName);
+    } else if (KGlobalAccel::isComponentActive(oldDesktopFile)) {
         oldRunCommand = KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(oldDesktopFile, runCommandAction->objectName());
         oldRunClipboard = KGlobalAccel::self()->globalShortcut(oldDesktopFile, runClipboardAction->objectName());
         KGlobalAccel::self()->cleanComponent(oldDesktopFile);
+    } else {
+        return 0;
     }
 
     shortCutActions.takeAction(runCommandAction);