diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffButton.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffButton.qml
index 1e87e1a0df..91b88ac778 100644
--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffButton.qml
+++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffButton.qml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PlasmaComponents.TabButton {
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
             elide: Text.ElideRight
             wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
-            font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+            font: theme.smallestFont
         }
     }
 } // button
diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffConfigurationButton.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffConfigurationButton.qml
index a221d07848..a0c6842774 100644
--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffConfigurationButton.qml
+++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffConfigurationButton.qml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ PlasmaCore.FrameSvgItem {
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
             elide: Text.ElideRight
             color: PlasmaCore.ColorScope.textColor
-            font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+            font: theme.smallestFont
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItem.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItem.qml
index b8c92df1d2..ab26270631 100644
--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItem.qml
+++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItem.qml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Item {
 
         text: model.description || ""
         opacity: isCurrent ? 0.8 : 0.6
-        font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+        font: theme.smallestFont
         elide: Text.ElideMiddle
         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignLeft
     }
diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
index 7ddeffb59a..d4ed7abfe2 100644
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/ToolTipInstance.qml
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
                     lineHeight: 1
                     elide: parent.state ? Text.ElideNone : Text.ElideRight
                     text: artist || ""
-                    font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+                    font: theme.smallestFont
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletAlternatives.qml b/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletAlternatives.qml
index b105f12688..4f7dacfa86 100644
--- a/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletAlternatives.qml
+++ b/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletAlternatives.qml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ PlasmaCore.Dialog {
                             PlasmaComponents.Label {
                                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                                 text: model.description
-                                font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+                                font: theme.smallestFont
                                 maximumLineCount: 2
                                 wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                                 elide: Text.ElideRight
diff --git a/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletDelegate.qml b/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletDelegate.qml
index d6484f9b73..11ae289505 100644
--- a/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletDelegate.qml
+++ b/desktoppackage/contents/explorer/AppletDelegate.qml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Item {
                 // otherwise causes binding loop due to the way the Plasma sets the height
                 height: implicitHeight
                 text: model.description
-                font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+                font: theme.smallestFont
                 wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
                 elide: Text.ElideRight
                 maximumLineCount: heading.lineCount === 1 ? 3 : 2
diff --git a/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index 79ceb05db8..1fa45c25bc 100644
--- a/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/kcms/workspaceoptions/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ KCM.SimpleKCM {
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             text: singleClick.checked ? i18n("Select by clicking on item's selection marker") : i18n("Select by single-clicking")
             elide: Text.ElideRight
-            font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+            font: theme.smallestFont
         }
 
         Item {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ KCM.SimpleKCM {
             visible: scrollbarLeftClickNavigatesByPage.checked
             text: i18n("Middle-click to scroll to clicked location")
             elide: Text.ElideRight
-            font.pointSize: theme.smallestFont.pointSize
+            font: theme.smallestFont
         }
     }
 }