diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index fc82267..89705fd 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #
 #################################################
 
-include( KDE3Macros ) # we will need this module for a while
 include( CheckCXXCompilerFlag )
 
 
@@ -474,6 +473,144 @@ macro( tde_automoc )
 endmacro( tde_automoc )
 
 
+#################################################
+#####
+##### tde_create_dcop_kidl
+
+macro( tde_create_dcop_kidl _kidl _kidl_source )
+
+  get_filename_component( _kidl_source ${_kidl_source} ABSOLUTE )
+  get_filename_component( _kidl_basename ${_kidl_source} NAME_WE )
+  set( _kidl_output ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_kidl_basename}.kidl )
+  file( RELATIVE_PATH _kidl_target "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${_kidl_output}" )
+  string( REPLACE "/" "+" _kidl_target "${_kidl_target}" )
+
+  if( NOT TARGET ${_kidl_target} )
+    add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT ${_kidl_output}
+      COMMAND ${KDE3_DCOPIDL_EXECUTABLE}
+      ARGS ${_kidl_source} > ${_kidl_output}
+      DEPENDS ${_kidl_source}
+    )
+    add_custom_target( ${_kidl_target} DEPENDS ${_kidl_output} )
+    if( NOT TDE_FOUND )
+      add_dependencies( ${_kidl_target} dcopidl )
+    endif( )
+  endif( )
+
+  set( ${_kidl} ${_kidl_output} )
+
+endmacro( tde_create_dcop_kidl )
+
+
+#################################################
+#####
+##### tde_add_dcop_skels
+
+macro( tde_add_dcop_skels _sources )
+  foreach( _current_FILE ${ARGN} )
+
+    get_filename_component( _tmp_FILE ${_current_FILE} ABSOLUTE )
+    get_filename_component( _basename ${_tmp_FILE} NAME_WE )
+
+    set( _skel ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}_skel.cpp )
+    file( RELATIVE_PATH _skel_target "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${_skel}" )
+    string( REPLACE "/" "+" _skel_target "${_skel_target}" )
+
+    tde_create_dcop_kidl( _kidl ${_tmp_FILE} )
+
+    if( NOT TARGET ${_skel_target} )
+      add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${_skel}
+        COMMAND ${KDE3_DCOPIDL2CPP_EXECUTABLE}
+        ARGS --c++-suffix cpp --no-signals --no-stub ${_kidl}
+        DEPENDS ${_kidl_target}
+      )
+      add_custom_target( ${_skel_target} DEPENDS ${_skel} )
+      if( NOT TDE_FOUND )
+        add_dependencies( ${_skel_target} dcopidl2cpp )
+      endif( )
+    endif( )
+
+    list( APPEND ${_sources} ${_skel} )
+
+  endforeach( _current_FILE )
+endmacro( tde_add_dcop_skels )
+
+
+#################################################
+#####
+##### tde_add_dcop_stubs
+
+macro( tde_add_dcop_stubs _sources )
+  foreach( _current_FILE ${ARGN} )
+
+    get_filename_component( _tmp_FILE ${_current_FILE} ABSOLUTE )
+    get_filename_component( _basename ${_tmp_FILE} NAME_WE )
+
+    set( _stub_CPP ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}_stub.cpp )
+    set( _stub_HEADER ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}_stub.h )
+    file( RELATIVE_PATH _stub_target "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${_stub_CPP}" )
+    string( REPLACE "/" "+" _stub_target "${_stub_target}" )
+
+    tde_create_dcop_kidl( _kidl ${_tmp_FILE} )
+
+    if( NOT TARGET ${_stub_target} )
+      add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${_stub_CPP} ${_stub_HEADER}
+        COMMAND ${KDE3_DCOPIDL2CPP_EXECUTABLE}
+        ARGS --c++-suffix cpp --no-signals --no-skel ${_kidl}
+        DEPENDS ${_kidl_target}
+      )
+      add_custom_target( ${_stub_target} DEPENDS ${_stub_CPP} ${_stub_HEADER} )
+      if( NOT TDE_FOUND )
+        add_dependencies( ${_stub_target} dcopidl2cpp )
+      endif( )
+    endif( )
+
+    list( APPEND ${_sources} ${_stub_CPP} )
+
+  endforeach( _current_FILE )
+endmacro( tde_add_dcop_stubs )
+
+
+#################################################
+#####
+##### tde_add_kcfg_files
+
+macro( tde_add_kcfg_files _sources )
+  foreach( _current_FILE ${ARGN} )
+
+    get_filename_component( _tmp_FILE ${_current_FILE} ABSOLUTE )
+    get_filename_component( _basename ${_tmp_FILE} NAME_WE )
+
+    file( READ ${_tmp_FILE} _contents )
+    string( REGEX REPLACE "^(.*\n)?File=([^\n]+)\n.*$" "\\2"  _kcfg_FILE "${_contents}" )
+
+    set( _src_FILE    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}.cpp )
+    set( _header_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}.h )
+    file( RELATIVE_PATH _kcfg_target "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" "${_src_FILE}" )
+    string( REPLACE "/" "+" _kcfg_target "${_kcfg_target}" )
+
+    if( NOT TARGET ${_kcfg_target} )
+      add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${_src_FILE} ${_header_FILE}
+        COMMAND ${KDE3_KCFGC_EXECUTABLE}
+        ARGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_kcfg_FILE} ${_tmp_FILE}
+        DEPENDS ${_tmp_FILE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_kcfg_FILE}
+      )
+      add_custom_target( ${_kcfg_target} DEPENDS ${_src_FILE} ${_header_FILE} )
+      if( NOT TDE_FOUND )
+        add_dependencies( ${_kcfg_target} tdeconfig_compiler )
+      endif( )
+    endif( )
+
+    list( APPEND ${_sources} ${_src_FILE} )
+
+  endforeach( _current_FILE )
+endmacro( tde_add_kcfg_files )
+
+
 #################################################
 #####
 ##### __tde_internal_process_sources
@@ -498,15 +635,15 @@ macro( __tde_internal_process_sources _sources )
 
     # handle .skel files
     elseif( ${_ext} STREQUAL ".skel" )
-      kde3_add_dcop_skels( ${_sources} ${_path}/${_name}.h )
+      tde_add_dcop_skels( ${_sources} ${_path}/${_name}.h )
 
     # handle .stub files
     elseif( ${_ext} STREQUAL ".stub" )
-      kde3_add_dcop_stubs( ${_sources} ${_path}/${_name}.h )
+      tde_add_dcop_stubs( ${_sources} ${_path}/${_name}.h )
 
     # handle .kcfgc files
     elseif( ${_ext} STREQUAL ".kcfgc" )
-      kde3_add_kcfg_files( ${_sources} ${_arg} )
+      tde_add_kcfg_files( ${_sources} ${_arg} )
 
     # handle any other files
     else( ${_ext} STREQUAL ".ui" )