diff --git a/shell_integration/dolphin/CMakeLists.txt b/shell_integration/dolphin/CMakeLists.txt
index 07e609661d..f595868b12 100644
--- a/shell_integration/dolphin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shell_integration/dolphin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINOVERLAYPLUGIN} KF5::CoreAddons KF5::KIOCo
 
 #---ACTION PLUGIN---
 set(OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN ${APPLICATION_EXECUTABLE}dolphinactionplugin)
-configure_file(ownclouddolphinactionplugin.desktop.in ${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN}.desktop ESCAPE_QUOTES @ONLY)
+configure_file(ownclouddolphinactionplugin.json.in ${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN}.json ESCAPE_QUOTES @ONLY)
 kcoreaddons_add_plugin(${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN} INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kf5/kfileitemaction"
                        SOURCES ownclouddolphinactionplugin.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN} KF5::CoreAddons KF5::KIOCore KF5::KIOWidgets ${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINHELPER})
-kcoreaddons_desktop_to_json(${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${OWNCLOUDDOLPHINACTIONPLUGIN}.desktop)
diff --git a/shell_integration/dolphin/ownclouddolphinactionplugin.desktop.in b/shell_integration/dolphin/ownclouddolphinactionplugin.desktop.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d8a062ca8..0000000000
--- a/shell_integration/dolphin/ownclouddolphinactionplugin.desktop.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Type=Service
-Name=@APPLICATION_NAME@Action
-ServiceTypes=KFileItemAction/Plugin
-MimeType=application/octet-stream;inode/directory;
-X-KDE-Library=@APPLICATION_EXECUTABLE@dolphinactionplugin
diff --git a/shell_integration/dolphin/ownclouddolphinactionplugin.json.in b/shell_integration/dolphin/ownclouddolphinactionplugin.json.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93bdc142ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell_integration/dolphin/ownclouddolphinactionplugin.json.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "KPlugin": {
+        "MimeTypes": [
+            "application/octet-stream",
+            "inode/directory"
+        ],
+        "Name": "@APPLICATION_NAME@Action",
+        "ServiceTypes": [
+            "KFileItemAction/Plugin"
+        ]
+    },
+    "MimeType": "application/octet-stream;inode/directory;"
+}