diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index cf84b0b..d33586f 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kdelibs-4.2.2.tar.bz2
+kdelibs-4.2.3.tar.bz2
diff --git a/kde4.csh b/kde4.csh
index c5e839f..0a464b1 100755
--- a/kde4.csh
+++ b/kde4.csh
@@ -13,13 +13,3 @@ if ( -f /etc/sysconfig/prelink ) then
    unset PRELINKING
 endif
 
-# handled in startkde, but this sets for other DE's too
-set KDE4_QTPLUGINS=`kde4-config --path qtplugins`
-if ( $?QT_PLUGIN_PATH ) then
-  if ( "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" !~ *"${KDE4_QTPLUGINS}"* ) then
-    setenv QT_PLUGIN_PATH ${QT_PLUGIN_PATH}:${KDE4_QTPLUGINS}
-  endif 
-else
-  setenv QT_PLUGIN_PATH ${KDE4_QTPLUGINS} 
-endif
-unset KDE4_QTPLUGINS
diff --git a/kde4.sh b/kde4.sh
index 59edb00..a4662f8 100755
--- a/kde4.sh
+++ b/kde4.sh
@@ -10,14 +10,3 @@ if [ -z "$KDE_IS_PRELINKED" ] ; then
   KDE_IS_PRELINKED=1 && export KDE_IS_PRELINKED
 fi
 
-
-# handled in startkde, but this sets for other DE's too
-if [ -n "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" ] ; then
-  if ! echo "$QT_PLUGIN_PATH" | grep -qw `kde4-config --path qtplugins` ; then
-    QT_PLUGIN_PATH="$QT_PLUGIN_PATH:`kde4-config --path qtplugins`"
-  fi
-else
-  QT_PLUGIN_PATH="`kde4-config --path qtplugins`"
-fi
-export QT_PLUGIN_PATH
-
diff --git a/kdelibs.spec b/kdelibs.spec
index a70b5fc..f5933fb 100644
--- a/kdelibs.spec
+++ b/kdelibs.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: K Desktop Environment 4 - Libraries
 Version: 4.2.3
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 8
 Name: kdelibs
@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 12 2009 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-3
+- kde4.(sh|csh): drop QT_PLUGINS_PATH munging, kde4-config call (#498809)
+
 * Mon May 04 2009 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 4.2.3-2
 - better fix for strcasestr detection