diff --git a/kcms/cellularnetwork/cellularnetworksettings.cpp b/kcms/cellularnetwork/cellularnetworksettings.cpp
index ee61348d..6063bbdd 100644
--- a/kcms/cellularnetwork/cellularnetworksettings.cpp
+++ b/kcms/cellularnetwork/cellularnetworksettings.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ CellularNetworkSettings::CellularNetworkSettings(QObject *parent, const KPluginM
     , m_modemList{}
     , m_simList{}
 {
+    setButtons({});
+
     CellularNetworkSettings::staticInst = this;
 
     qmlRegisterType<ProfileSettings>("cellularnetworkkcm", 1, 0, "ProfileSettings");
diff --git a/kcms/hotspot/hotspotsettings.cpp b/kcms/hotspot/hotspotsettings.cpp
index f00ec7ef..cc0098b0 100644
--- a/kcms/hotspot/hotspotsettings.cpp
+++ b/kcms/hotspot/hotspotsettings.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public:
     HotspotSettings(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &metaData)
         : KQuickConfigModule(parent, metaData)
     {
+        setButtons({});
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/kcms/info/info.cpp b/kcms/info/info.cpp
index d4dfd75b..0b43587d 100644
--- a/kcms/info/info.cpp
+++ b/kcms/info/info.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Info::Info(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &metaData)
     , m_softwareInfo(new SoftwareInfo(this))
     , m_hardwareInfo(new HardwareInfo(this))
 {
-    setButtons(Apply | Default);
+    setButtons({});
 
     qDebug() << "Info module loaded.";
 }
diff --git a/kcms/time/timesettings.cpp b/kcms/time/timesettings.cpp
index b15c85a3..2c2cea18 100644
--- a/kcms/time/timesettings.cpp
+++ b/kcms/time/timesettings.cpp
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ TimeSettings::TimeSettings(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &metaData)
     : KQuickConfigModule(parent, metaData)
     , m_useNtp(true)
 {
+    setButtons({});
+
     qDebug() << "time settings init";
     m_timeZonesModel = nullptr;
     setTimeZone(QTimeZone::systemTimeZone().id());
 
-    setButtons(Apply | Default);
-
     qmlRegisterAnonymousType<TimeZoneModel>("org.kde.timesettings", 1);
     qmlRegisterAnonymousType<TimeZoneFilterProxy>("org.kde.timesettings", 1);
 
diff --git a/kcms/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboard.cpp b/kcms/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboard.cpp
index 7be811f7..36404e9f 100644
--- a/kcms/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboard.cpp
+++ b/kcms/virtualkeyboard/virtualkeyboard.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ VirtualKeyboard::VirtualKeyboard(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &metaDat
     , m_gsettings(new GSettingsItem("/org/maliit/keyboard/maliit/", parent))
     , m_langModel(new LanguageModel(this, m_gsettings))
 {
+    setButtons({});
+
     qmlRegisterAnonymousType<LanguageModel>("org.kde.kcm.virtualkeyboard", 1);
 
     m_autoCapitalize = m_gsettings->value("auto-capitalization").toBool();
diff --git a/kcms/wifi/wifisettings.cpp b/kcms/wifi/wifisettings.cpp
index 9699e1c3..fd91a520 100644
--- a/kcms/wifi/wifisettings.cpp
+++ b/kcms/wifi/wifisettings.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ K_PLUGIN_CLASS_WITH_JSON(WifiSettings, "kcm_mobile_wifi.json")
 WifiSettings::WifiSettings(QObject *parent, const KPluginMetaData &metaData)
     : KQuickConfigModule(parent, metaData)
 {
+    setButtons({});
 }
 
 QVariantMap WifiSettings::getConnectionSettings(const QString &connection, const QString &type)