diff -up kio-5.56.0/src/core/slave.cpp.slave_path kio-5.56.0/src/core/slave.cpp
--- kio-5.56.0/src/core/slave.cpp.slave_path	2019-03-02 07:42:49.000000000 -0600
+++ kio-5.56.0/src/core/slave.cpp	2019-03-05 11:47:45.518940711 -0600
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ Slave *Slave::createSlave(const QString
 
         // search paths
         const QStringList searchPaths = QStringList()
-            << QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() // then look where our application binary is located
             << qlibexec
             << qlibexecKF5
             << QFile::decodeName(CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBEXECDIR_KF5); // look at our installation location