diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/helpmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/helpmanager.cpp
index 1e175cb3c70dc1ac5f884b724d6c5276994cc2b4..2d4679c6454903e06c907e7643d4a676fcc2c4b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/helpmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/helpmanager.cpp
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ void HelpManager::verifyDocumenation()
 
 QStringList HelpManagerPrivate::documentationFromInstaller()
 {
-    QSettings *installSettings = Core::ICore::instance()->settings(QSettings::SystemScope);
+    QSettings *installSettings = Core::ICore::instance()->settings();
     QStringList documentationPaths = installSettings->value(QLatin1String("Help/InstalledDocumentation"))
             .toString().split(QLatin1Char(';'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     QStringList documentationFiles;