diff -ur kdebase-3.5.10/kcontrol/colors/colorscm.cpp kdebase-3.5.10-libkrdb_dep/kcontrol/colors/colorscm.cpp
--- kdebase-3.5.10/kcontrol/colors/colorscm.cpp	2007-01-15 12:31:49.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-3.5.10-libkrdb_dep/kcontrol/colors/colorscm.cpp	2008-09-21 06:45:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@
     cfg2.sync();
     QApplication::syncX();
 
+#if 0
     // Notify all qt-only apps of the KDE palette changes
     uint flags = KRdbExportQtColors;
     if ( exportColors )
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@
 #endif
     }
     runRdb( flags );	// Save the palette to qtrc for KStyles
+#endif
 
     // Notify all KDE applications
     KIPC::sendMessageAll(KIPC::PaletteChanged);
diff -ur kdebase-3.5.10/kcontrol/colors/Makefile.am kdebase-3.5.10-libkrdb_dep/kcontrol/colors/Makefile.am
--- kdebase-3.5.10/kcontrol/colors/Makefile.am	2006-03-17 11:17:17.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-3.5.10-libkrdb_dep/kcontrol/colors/Makefile.am	2008-09-21 06:44:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 kcm_colors_la_SOURCES = colorscm.cpp widgetcanvas.cpp 
 kcm_colors_la_LDFLAGS = $(KDE_RPATH) -module -avoid-version $(all_libraries) -no-undefined
-kcm_colors_la_LIBADD = $(LIB_KDEUI) $(LIB_KIO) $(top_builddir)/kcontrol/krdb/libkrdb.la
+kcm_colors_la_LIBADD = $(LIB_KDEUI) $(LIB_KIO)
 METASOURCES = colorscm.moc widgetcanvas.moc
 
 noinst_HEADERS = colorscm.h widgetcanvas.h