diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp
index cefedfc2c8..1ff60d09c8 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanager.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ void KItemListKeyboardSearchManager::addKeys(const QString& keys)
 {
     const bool keyboardTimeWasValid = m_keyboardInputTime.isValid();
     const qint64 keyboardInputTimeElapsed = m_keyboardInputTime.restart();
-    if (keyboardInputTimeElapsed > QApplication::keyboardInputInterval()
-        || !keyboardTimeWasValid || keys.isEmpty()) {
+    const qint64 timeout = 5000;
+    if (keyboardInputTimeElapsed > timeout || !keyboardTimeWasValid || keys.isEmpty()) {
         m_searchedString.clear();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp b/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp
index be483930d9..14a09a31cc 100644
--- a/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/kitemlistkeyboardsearchmanagertest.cpp
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ void KItemListKeyboardSearchManagerTest::testAbortedKeyboardSearch()
     QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 1);
     QCOMPARE(spy.takeFirst(), QList<QVariant>() << "fi" << false);
 
-    // If the delay between two key presses is larger than QApplication::keyboardInputInterval(),
+    // If the delay between two key presses is larger than 5000 milliseconds,
     // a new search is started. We add a small safety margin to avoid race conditions.
-    QTest::qWait(QApplication::keyboardInputInterval() + 10);
+    QTest::qWait(5000 + 10);
 
     m_keyboardSearchManager.addKeys("l");
     QCOMPARE(spy.count(), 1);