diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.cpp
index 7c75e8292170d5d09ec2f17eff44c7fb8d2c3fce..68edd0306e10a60dde0e50a4a30c230c08bae29b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.cpp
@@ -41,16 +41,11 @@ HelpManager::HelpManager(HelpPlugin* plugin)
 {
 }
 
-void HelpManager::openHelpPage(const QString& url)
+void HelpManager::handleHelpRequest(const QString &url)
 {
     m_plugin->handleHelpRequest(url);
 }
 
-void HelpManager::openContextHelpPage(const QString& url)
-{
-    m_plugin->openContextHelpPage(url);
-}
-
 void HelpManager::registerDocumentation(const QStringList &fileNames)
 {
     if (m_plugin) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.h b/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.h
index a7d4cfc8d9c73b2dbbcd63c0ea4a4f7db42b84a4..66371468c5d996a6b5c3e4f03e7b943b0ff9e9ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpmanager.h
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ class HELP_EXPORT HelpManager : public QObject
 public:
     HelpManager(Internal::HelpPlugin*);
 
-    void openHelpPage(const QString& url);
-    void openContextHelpPage(const QString &url);
+    void handleHelpRequest(const QString &url);
     void registerDocumentation(const QStringList &fileNames);
 
 signals:
-    void helpPluginUpdateDocumentation();
+    void registerDocumentation();
 
 private:
     Internal::HelpPlugin *m_plugin;
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
index 15b81c1a942f1d086dba75f3756bef92f05c2351..762ae385baebd6264b672e4fa6fd7a489a4b7c38 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
@@ -998,43 +998,35 @@ void HelpPlugin::addNewBookmark(const QString &title, const QString &url)
     m_bookmarkManager->showBookmarkDialog(m_centralWidget, title, url);
 }
 
-void HelpPlugin::handleHelpRequest(const QUrl& url)
+void HelpPlugin::handleHelpRequest(const QString &address)
 {
-    if (url.queryItemValue(QLatin1String("view")) == QLatin1String("split"))
-        openContextHelpPage(url.toString());
-    else
-        openHelpPage(url.toString());
-}
+    if (m_helpEngine->findFile(address).isValid()) {
+        const QUrl url(address);
+        if (url.queryItemValue(QLatin1String("view")) == QLatin1String("split")) {
+            using namespace Core::Constants;
 
-void HelpPlugin::openHelpPage(const QString& url)
-{
-    if (m_helpEngine->findFile(url).isValid()) {
-        activateHelpMode();
-        m_centralWidget->setSource(url);
+            Core::ModeManager *modeManager = Core::ICore::instance()->modeManager();
+            if (modeManager->currentMode() == modeManager->mode(MODE_WELCOME))
+                modeManager->activateMode(MODE_EDIT);
+
+            if (HelpViewer* viewer = viewerForContextMode())
+                viewer->setSource(url);
+        } else {
+            activateHelpMode();
+            m_centralWidget->setSource(url);
+        }
     } else {
         // local help not installed, resort to external web help
         QString urlPrefix;
-        if (url.startsWith(QLatin1String("qthelp://com.nokia.qtcreator"))) {
+        if (address.startsWith(QLatin1String("qthelp://com.nokia.qtcreator"))) {
             urlPrefix = QString::fromLatin1("http://doc.trolltech.com/qtcreator"
                 "-%1.%2/").arg(IDE_VERSION_MAJOR).arg(IDE_VERSION_MINOR);
         } else {
             urlPrefix = QLatin1String("http://doc.trolltech.com/latest/");
         }
-        QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(urlPrefix + url.mid(url
+        QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(urlPrefix + address.mid(address
             .lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/')) + 1)));
     }
 }
 
-void HelpPlugin::openContextHelpPage(const QString &url)
-{
-    using namespace Core::Constants;
-
-    Core::ModeManager *modeManager = Core::ICore::instance()->modeManager();
-    if (modeManager->currentMode() == modeManager->mode(MODE_WELCOME))
-        modeManager->activateMode(MODE_EDIT);
-
-    if (HelpViewer* viewer = viewerForContextMode())
-        viewer->setSource(QUrl(url));
-}
-
 Q_EXPORT_PLUGIN(HelpPlugin)
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h
index ac84679461d8451aa3e2f980fe8d57140ec263f3..335cf185d98792c43993a5d2ee3e2fe831124059 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.h
@@ -91,16 +91,13 @@ public:
     void setIndexFilter(const QString &filter);
     QString indexFilter() const;
 
-    void openHelpPage(const QString& url);
-    void openContextHelpPage(const QString &url);
-
     QHelpEngine* helpEngine() const;
 
     void setFilesToRegister(const QStringList &files);
 
 public slots:
     void pluginUpdateDocumentation();
-    void handleHelpRequest(const QUrl &url);
+    void handleHelpRequest(const QString &url);
 
 private slots:
     void modeChanged(Core::IMode *mode);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/gettingstartedwelcomepagewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/gettingstartedwelcomepagewidget.cpp
index 2419032a2cf1acd6348513bfc95f11c9627cb191..98233b6ca817c106890bfb7f76558cffbbb729ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/gettingstartedwelcomepagewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/gettingstartedwelcomepagewidget.cpp
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ void GettingStartedWelcomePageWidget::slotOpenHelpPage(const QString& url)
     Help::HelpManager *helpManager
         = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<Help::HelpManager>();
     Q_ASSERT(helpManager);
-    helpManager->openHelpPage(url);
+    helpManager->handleHelpRequest(url);
 }
 void GettingStartedWelcomePageWidget::slotOpenContextHelpPage(const QString& url)
 {
     Help::HelpManager *helpManager
         = ExtensionSystem::PluginManager::instance()->getObject<Help::HelpManager>();
     Q_ASSERT(helpManager);
-    helpManager->openContextHelpPage(url);
+    helpManager->handleHelpRequest(url);
 }
 
 void GettingStartedWelcomePageWidget::slotNextTip()