diff --git a/components/mobileshell/CMakeLists.txt b/components/mobileshell/CMakeLists.txt
index f3466673..e60c45c8 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/mobileshell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ ecm_target_qml_sources(mobileshellplugin SOURCES
     qml/statusbar/indicators/VolumeIndicator.qml
     qml/statusbar/ClockText.qml
     qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
-    qml/statusbar/TaskWidget.qml
 
     qml/widgets/krunner/KRunnerScreen.qml
     qml/widgets/mediacontrols/BlurredBackground.qml
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/ContentContainer.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/ContentContainer.qml
index 7398193e..aef9d156 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/ContentContainer.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/actiondrawer/private/ContentContainer.qml
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ Item {
         showDropShadow: false
         showTime: root.actionDrawer.mode == MobileShell.ActionDrawer.Portrait
 
-        // security reasons, system tray also doesn't work on lockscreen
-        disableSystemTray: root.actionDrawer.restrictedPermissions
-
         opacity: brightnessPressedValue
     }
 
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
index cd2913cc..d07d890d 100644
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
+++ b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/StatusBar.qml
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ Item {
      */
     property bool showTime: true
 
-    /**
-     * Disables showing system tray indicators, preventing SIGABRT when used on the lockscreen.
-     */
-    property bool disableSystemTray: false
-
     readonly property real textPixelSize: Math.round(11 * ShellSettings.Settings.statusBarScaleFactor)
     readonly property real smallerTextPixelSize: Math.round(9 * ShellSettings.Settings.statusBarScaleFactor)
     readonly property real elementSpacing: Math.round(Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing * 1.5)
@@ -59,14 +54,6 @@ Item {
         id: clockSource
     }
 
-    property alias statusNotifierSource: statusNotifierSourceLoader.item
-
-    Loader {
-        id: statusNotifierSourceLoader
-        active: !disableSystemTray
-        sourceComponent: SystemTray.StatusNotifierModel { }
-    }
-
     MobileShellState.PanelSettingsDBusClient {
         id: panelSettings
         screenName: Screen.name
@@ -131,16 +118,6 @@ Item {
                     Layout.fillWidth: true
                 }
 
-                // system tray
-                Repeater {
-                    id: statusNotifierRepeater
-                    model: root.statusNotifierSource
-
-                    delegate: TaskWidget {
-                        Layout.leftMargin: root.elementSpacing
-                    }
-                }
-
                 // system indicators
                 // using Layout.fillHeight here seems to cause polish loops, instead just define the height of the row
                 RowLayout {
diff --git a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/TaskWidget.qml b/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/TaskWidget.qml
deleted file mode 100644
index d96dbee0..00000000
--- a/components/mobileshell/qml/statusbar/TaskWidget.qml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
- *
- *   SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
- */
-
-import QtQuick
-import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami
-
-Item {
-    id: taskIcon
-    width: parent.height
-    height: width
-    //hide application status icons
-    opacity: (Category != "ApplicationStatus" && Status != "Passive") ? 1 : 0
-    onOpacityChanged: visible = opacity
-
-    Behavior on opacity {
-        NumberAnimation {
-            duration: Kirigami.Units.longDuration
-            easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad
-        }
-    }
-
-    Kirigami.Icon {
-        id: icon
-        source: IconName ? IconName : Icon
-        width: Math.min(parent.width, parent.height)
-        height: width
-        anchors.centerIn: parent
-    }
-
-    MouseArea {
-        anchors.fill: taskIcon
-        onClicked: {
-            //print(iconSvg.hasElement(IconName))
-            var service = statusNotifierSource.serviceForSource(DataEngineSource)
-            var operation = service.operationDescription("Activate")
-            operation.x = parent.x
-
-            // kmix shows main window instead of volume popup if (parent.x, parent.y) == (0, 0), which is the case here.
-            // I am passing a position right below the panel (assuming panel is at screen's top).
-            // Plasmoids' popups are already shown below the panel, so this make kmix's popup more consistent
-            // to them.
-            operation.y = parent.y + parent.height + 6
-            service.startOperationCall(operation)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/ActionDrawerTest.qml b/tests/ActionDrawerTest.qml
index 434f2982..e90d7a01 100644
--- a/tests/ActionDrawerTest.qml
+++ b/tests/ActionDrawerTest.qml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         showSecondRow: false
         showDropShadow: true
         showTime: true
-        disableSystemTray: true // prevent SIGABRT, since loading the system tray leads to bad... things
     }
 
     MobileShell.ActionDrawerOpenSurface {
diff --git a/tests/LockScreenTest.qml b/tests/LockScreenTest.qml
index 831c2213..8ce179a8 100644
--- a/tests/LockScreenTest.qml
+++ b/tests/LockScreenTest.qml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         showSecondRow: false
         showDropShadow: true
         showTime: true
-        disableSystemTray: true // prevent SIGABRT, since loading the system tray leads to bad... things
     }
 
     MobileShell.ActionDrawerOpenSurface {