diff -U3 -d -r -N plasma-desktop-5.5.4/desktoppackage/contents/updates/obsolete_kickoffrc.js plasma-desktop-5.5.4.fixed/desktoppackage/contents/updates/obsolete_kickoffrc.js
--- plasma-desktop-5.5.4/desktoppackage/contents/updates/obsolete_kickoffrc.js	2016-01-26 20:39:46.000000000 +0100
+++ plasma-desktop-5.5.4.fixed/desktoppackage/contents/updates/obsolete_kickoffrc.js	2016-02-14 05:42:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var kickoffConfig = ConfigFile("kickoffrc");
 
 kickoffConfig.group = "Favorites";
-var favorites = kickoffConfig.readEntry("FavoriteURLs").split(',');
+var favorites = kickoffConfig.readEntry("FavoriteURLs");
 
 kickoffConfig.group = "SystemApplications";
 var systemApplications = kickoffConfig.readEntry("DesktopFiles").split(',');
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
         for (var j in panel.widgetIds) {
             var widget = panel.widgetById(panel.widgetIds[j]);
+            widget.currentConfigGroup = ["General"];
 
             if (widget.type == "org.kde.plasma.kickoff") {
                 if (favorites) {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 
         for (var j in desktop.widgetIds) {
             var widget = desktop.widgetById(desktop.widgetIds[j]);
+            widget.currentConfigGroup = ["General"];
 
             if (widget.type == "org.kde.plasma.kickoff") {
                 if (favorites) {