diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index fbb02042c6b..5d232621dc2 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void displayHelpText(const QString &t)
     if (Utils::HostOsInfo::isWindowsHost() && qApp)
         QMessageBox::information(nullptr, QLatin1String(Core::Constants::IDE_DISPLAY_NAME), toHtml(t));
     else
-        qWarning("%s", qPrintable(t));
+        printf("%s", qPrintable(t));
 }
 
 static void displayError(const QString &t)