diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/default.nix
index 28dfa434f7b0..aaf1519ceaeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/default.nix
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     ./hwclock-path.patch
     ./tzdir.patch
     ./kcm-access.patch
+    ./no-discover-shortcut.patch
   ];
   CXXFLAGS =
     [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/no-discover-shortcut.patch b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/no-discover-shortcut.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f186671c9cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/plasma-desktop/no-discover-shortcut.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+index 6bb27695d..25e621810 100644
+--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
++++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
+     </entry>
+     <entry name="launchers" type="StringList">
+       <label>The list of launcher tasks on the widget. Usually .desktop file or executable URLs. Special URLs such as preferred://browser that expand to default applications are supported.</label>
+-      <default>applications:systemsettings.desktop,applications:org.kde.discover.desktop,preferred://filemanager,preferred://browser</default>
++      <default>applications:systemsettings.desktop,preferred://filemanager,preferred://browser</default>
+     </entry>
+     <entry name="middleClickAction" type="Enum">
+       <label>What to do on middle-mouse click on a task button.</label>