diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
index 6842f4ed5..684a30457 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/Branding.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@
 
 #include <functional>
 
-#ifdef WITH_KOSRelease
 #include <KMacroExpander>
 #include <KOSRelease>
-#endif
 
 [[noreturn]] static void
 bail( const QString& descriptorPath, const QString& message )
@@ -238,7 +236,6 @@ Branding::Branding( const QString& brandingFilePath, QObject* parent, qreal devi
             initSimpleSettings( doc );
             initSlideshowSettings( doc );
 
-#ifdef WITH_KOSRelease
             // Copy the os-release information into a QHash for use by KMacroExpander.
             KOSRelease relInfo;
 
@@ -261,9 +258,7 @@ Branding::Branding( const QString& brandingFilePath, QObject* parent, qreal devi
                 { QStringLiteral( "LOGO" ), relInfo.logo() } } };
             auto expand = [ & ]( const QString& s ) -> QString
             { return KMacroExpander::expandMacros( s, relMap, QLatin1Char( '$' ) ); };
-#else
-            auto expand = []( const QString& s ) -> QString { return s; };
-#endif
+
             // Massage the strings, images and style sections.
             loadStrings( m_strings, doc, "strings", expand );
             loadStrings( m_images,
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e36b26a4..109601478 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ calamares_add_library(calamaresui
     SOVERSION ${CALAMARES_SOVERSION}
 )
 target_link_libraries(calamaresui PRIVATE yamlcpp::yamlcpp)
-target_compile_definitions(calamaresui PRIVATE WITH_KOSRelease)
 target_link_libraries(calamaresui PRIVATE ${kfname}::CoreAddons)
 
 if(WITH_QML)
diff --git a/src/modules/hostinfo/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/hostinfo/CMakeLists.txt
index 320be0243..d432bd91d 100644
--- a/src/modules/hostinfo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/hostinfo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ calamares_add_plugin(hostinfo
     NO_CONFIG
 )
 
-target_compile_definitions(calamares_job_hostinfo PRIVATE WITH_KOSRelease)
 target_link_libraries(calamares_job_hostinfo PRIVATE ${kfname}::CoreAddons)
 
 calamares_add_test(hostinfotest SOURCES Tests.cpp HostInfoJob.cpp LIBRARIES yamlcpp::yamlcpp)
diff --git a/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp b/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp
index 481fbe28a..40dbdc531 100644
--- a/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hostinfo/HostInfoJob.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFile>
 
-#ifdef WITH_KOSRelease
 #include <KOSRelease>
-#endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_FREEBSD
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -56,13 +54,11 @@ hostOS()
 QString
 hostOSName()
 {
-#ifdef WITH_KOSRelease
     KOSRelease r;
     if ( !r.name().isEmpty() )
     {
         return r.name();
     }
-#endif
     return hostOS();
 }