diff --git a/lib/konq/konqdefaults.h b/lib/konq/konqdefaults.h
index cfd535c255..ffd41f8d23 100644
--- a/lib/konq/konqdefaults.h
+++ b/lib/konq/konqdefaults.h
@@ -48,17 +48,6 @@
 #define DEFAULT_UNDERLINELINKS true
 #define DEFAULT_WORDWRAPTEXT true // kfm-like, sorry Reggie :-)
 
-// browser window color defaults -- Bernd
-#define HTML_DEFAULT_BG_COLOR Qt::lightGray
-#define HTML_DEFAULT_LNK_COLOR Qt::blue
-#define HTML_DEFAULT_TXT_COLOR Qt::black
-#define HTML_DEFAULT_VLNK_COLOR Qt::magenta
-
-// FM colors
-#define FM_DEFAULT_BG_COLOR Qt::white
-#define FM_DEFAULT_TXT_COLOR Qt::black
-#define FM_DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHTED_TXT_COLOR Qt::blue
-
 // icon spacing defaults (is it used ?)
 #define DEFAULT_ICON_SPACING 5
 
diff --git a/lib/konq/konqsettings.cc b/lib/konq/konqsettings.cc
index 49f1813b18..94522833ed 100644
--- a/lib/konq/konqsettings.cc
+++ b/lib/konq/konqsettings.cc
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ void KonqFMSettings::init( KConfig * config )
   // Fonts and colors
   m_standardFont = config->readFontEntry( "StandardFont" );
 
-  m_normalTextColor = config->readColorEntry( "NormalTextColor", &FM_DEFAULT_TXT_COLOR );
-  m_highlightedTextColor = config->readColorEntry( "HighlightedTextColor", &FM_DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHTED_TXT_COLOR );
+  m_normalTextColor = KGlobalSettings::textColor();
+  m_normalTextColor = config->readColorEntry( "NormalTextColor", &m_normalTextColor );
+  m_highlightedTextColor = KGlobalSettings::highlightedTextColor();
+  m_highlightedTextColor = config->readColorEntry( "HighlightedTextColor", &m_highlightedTextColor );
   m_bWordWrapText = config->readBoolEntry( "WordWrapText", DEFAULT_WORDWRAPTEXT );
 
   // Behaviour