diff --git a/src/plugins/help/help.pro b/src/plugins/help/help.pro
index fa984b93c9d..552818098d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/help.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/help/help.pro
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ HEADERS += \
     docsettingspage.h \
     filtersettingspage.h \
     generalsettingspage.h \
-    help_global.h \
     helpconstants.h \
     helpfindsupport.h \
     helpindexfilter.h \
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/help.qbs b/src/plugins/help/help.qbs
index 3cd33dd110f..9c236b80cbf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/help.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/help/help.qbs
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "filtersettingspage.cpp", "filtersettingspage.h", "filtersettingspage.ui",
             "generalsettingspage.cpp", "generalsettingspage.h", "generalsettingspage.ui",
             "help.qrc",
-            "help_global.h",
             "helpconstants.h",
             "helpfindsupport.cpp", "helpfindsupport.h",
             "helpindexfilter.cpp", "helpindexfilter.h",
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/help_global.h b/src/plugins/help/help_global.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f985ff4d2c..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/help/help_global.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
-**
-** This file is part of Qt Creator.
-**
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
-** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
-** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef HELP_GLOBAL_H
-#define HELP_GLOBAL_H
-
-#include <qglobal.h>
-
-#if defined(HELP_LIBRARY)
-#  define HELP_EXPORT Q_DECL_EXPORT
-#else
-#  define HELP_EXPORT Q_DECL_IMPORT
-#endif
-
-#endif // HELP_GLOBAL_H