diff --git a/oscar/oscar.pro b/oscar/oscar.pro
index 50471b5b..8898ae1d 100644
--- a/oscar/oscar.pro
+++ b/oscar/oscar.pro
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION,5)|lessThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION,7) {
     error("You need Qt 5.7 or newer to build OSCAR");
 }
 
+# get rid of the help browser, at least for now
+DEFINES += helpless
+
 QT += core gui network xml printsupport serialport widgets help
 contains(DEFINES, helpless) {
     QT -= help