diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b7d2c094a..70e3e73845 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-09-28  Christian Schaller <christian@fluendo.com>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	Remove kioslave plugin. Markey is brewing a new working one
+	* ext/Makefile.am: Remove kioslave plugin
+	* ext/kio: remove
+
 2004-09-27  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/tcp/gstmultifdsink.c: (gst_multifdsink_add),
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b650ce88b7..cba07ad131 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1111,71 +1111,6 @@ for dir in $qt_lib_dirs; do
   fi
 done
 
-dnl * KDE *
-
-translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_KIO, true)
-GST_CHECK_FEATURE(KIO, [kio], kio, [
-  AC_PATH_PROG(KDE_MOC, moc, no)
-  if test x$KDE_MOC = xno; then
-    HAVE_KIO="no"
-  else
-    AC_PATH_PROG(KDE_CONFIG, kde-config, no)
-
-    if test x$KDE_CONFIG != xno; then
-      KDE_PREFIX=`$KDE_CONFIG --prefix`
-    fi
-
-    kde_include_dirs="/usr/lib/kde/include /usr/local/kde/include /usr/local/include /usr/kde/include /usr/include/kde /usr/include /opt/kde3/include /opt/kde/include"
-    kde_lib_dirs="/usr/lib/kde/lib /usr/local/kde/lib /usr/kde/lib /usr/lib/kde /usr/lib/kde3 /usr/lib /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib /opt/kde3/lib /opt/kde/lib /usr/X11R6/kde/lib"
-
-    if test -n "$KDE_PREFIX"; then
-      kde_include_dirs="$KDE_PREFIX/include $KDE_PREFIX/include/kde $KDE_PREFIX $kde_include_dirs"
-      kde_lib_dirs="$KDE_PREFIX/lib $KDE_PREFIX $kde_lib_dirs"
-    fi
-    if test -n "$KDEDIR"; then
-      kde_include_dirs="$KDEDIR/include $KDEDIR/include/kde $KDEDIR $kde_include_dirs"
-      kde_lib_dirs="$KDEDIR/lib $KDEDIR $kde_lib_dirs"
-    fi
-
-    for dir in $kde_include_dirs; do
-      if test -r "$dir/kglobal.h" && test -r "$dir/kdemacros.h"; then
-	kde_include_dir=$dir
-	break
-      fi
-    done
-
-    for dir in $kde_lib_dirs; do
-      try="ls -1 $dir/libkio.*"
-      if test -n "`$try 2> /dev/null`"; then
-	kde_lib_dir=$dir
-	break
-      fi
-    done
-
-    if test -n $kde_include_dir && test -n $kde_lib_dir; then
-      KIO_CFLAGS="-I$kde_include_dir -I$qt_include_dir"
-      KIO_LIBS="-L$KDE_PREFIX/lib -L$qt_lib_dir -lkio -lqt-mt"
-      AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
-      save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-      save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-      LIBS="$LIBS $KIO_LIBS"
-      CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $KIO_CFLAGS"
-      AC_TRY_LINK([
-#include <kio/job.h>
-		   ], [
-  KIO::get ("bla")
-		   ], HAVE_KIO="yes", HAVE_KIO="no")
-      LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-      CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
-      AC_LANG_POP(C++)
-      AC_SUBST(KIO_CFLAGS)
-      AC_SUBST(KIO_LIBS)
-    else
-      HAVE_KIO="no"
-    fi
-  fi
-])
-
 dnl *** ladspa ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_LADSPA, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(LADSPA, [ladspa], ladspa, [
@@ -1951,7 +1886,6 @@ ext/hermes/Makefile
 dnl ext/http/Makefile
 ext/jack/Makefile
 ext/jpeg/Makefile
-ext/kio/Makefile
 ext/ladspa/Makefile
 ext/lame/Makefile
 ext/ivorbis/Makefile
diff --git a/ext/Makefile.am b/ext/Makefile.am
index 41a029cfcb..a8fd3c8397 100644
--- a/ext/Makefile.am
+++ b/ext/Makefile.am
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@ else
 JPEG_DIR=
 endif
 
-if USE_KIO
-KIO_DIR=kio
-else
-KIO_DIR=
-endif
-
 if USE_LADSPA
 LADSPA_DIR=ladspa
 else