diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
index 65b94f61c4ae..eb0373c686c5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
@@ -28,52 +28,11 @@ let
 
   libsForQt5 = pkgs.plasma5Packages;
   inherit (libsForQt5) kdeGear kdeFrameworks plasma5;
-  inherit (pkgs) writeText;
   inherit (lib)
     getBin optionalString literalExpression
     mkRemovedOptionModule mkRenamedOptionModule
     mkDefault mkIf mkMerge mkOption mkPackageOptionMD types;
 
-  ini = pkgs.formats.ini { };
-
-  gtkrc2 = writeText "gtkrc-2.0" ''
-    # Default GTK+ 2 config for NixOS Plasma 5
-    include "/run/current-system/sw/share/themes/Breeze/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
-    style "user-font"
-    {
-      font_name="Sans Serif Regular"
-    }
-    widget_class "*" style "user-font"
-    gtk-font-name="Sans Serif Regular 10"
-    gtk-theme-name="Breeze"
-    gtk-icon-theme-name="breeze"
-    gtk-fallback-icon-theme="hicolor"
-    gtk-cursor-theme-name="breeze_cursors"
-    gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
-    gtk-menu-images=1
-    gtk-button-images=1
-  '';
-
-  gtk3_settings = ini.generate "settings.ini" {
-    Settings = {
-      gtk-font-name = "Sans Serif Regular 10";
-      gtk-theme-name = "Breeze";
-      gtk-icon-theme-name = "breeze";
-      gtk-fallback-icon-theme = "hicolor";
-      gtk-cursor-theme-name = "breeze_cursors";
-      gtk-toolbar-style = "GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS";
-      gtk-menu-images = 1;
-      gtk-button-images = 1;
-    };
-  };
-
-  kcminputrc = ini.generate "kcminputrc" {
-    Mouse = {
-      cursorTheme = "breeze_cursors";
-      cursorSize = 0;
-    };
-  };
-
   activationScript = ''
     ${set_XDG_CONFIG_HOME}
 
@@ -119,37 +78,6 @@ let
     XDG_CONFIG_HOME=''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}
   '';
 
-  startplasma = ''
-    ${set_XDG_CONFIG_HOME}
-    mkdir -p "''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}"
-  '' + optionalString config.hardware.pulseaudio.enable ''
-    # Load PulseAudio module for routing support.
-    # See also: http://colin.guthr.ie/2009/10/so-how-does-the-kde-pulseaudio-support-work-anyway/
-      ${getBin config.hardware.pulseaudio.package}/bin/pactl load-module module-device-manager "do_routing=1"
-  '' + ''
-    ${activationScript}
-
-    # Create default configurations if Plasma has never been started.
-    kdeglobals="''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/kdeglobals"
-    if ! [ -f "$kdeglobals" ]; then
-      kcminputrc="''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/kcminputrc"
-      if ! [ -f "$kcminputrc" ]; then
-          cat ${kcminputrc} >"$kcminputrc"
-      fi
-
-      gtkrc2="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"
-      if ! [ -f "$gtkrc2" ]; then
-          cat ${gtkrc2} >"$gtkrc2"
-      fi
-
-      gtk3_settings="''${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/gtk-3.0/settings.ini"
-      if ! [ -f "$gtk3_settings" ]; then
-          mkdir -p "$(dirname "$gtk3_settings")"
-          cat ${gtk3_settings} >"$gtk3_settings"
-      fi
-    fi
-  '';
-
 in
 
 {
@@ -474,7 +402,6 @@ in
 
       # Update the start menu for each user that is currently logged in
       system.userActivationScripts.plasmaSetup = activationScript;
-      services.xserver.displayManager.setupCommands = startplasma;
 
       nixpkgs.config.firefox.enablePlasmaBrowserIntegration = true;
     })