diff --git a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp
index de082526c53..e227b025ef0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Help::Internal {
 class FilterSettingsPageWidget : public Core::IOptionsPageWidget
 {
 public:
-    FilterSettingsPageWidget(FilterSettingsPage *page)
+    FilterSettingsPageWidget(const std::function<void()> &onChanged)
     {
         LocalHelpManager::setupGuiHelpEngine();
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ public:
                                   updateFilterPage);
         updateFilterPage();
 
-        setOnApply([widget, page] {
+        setOnApply([widget, onChanged] {
             if (widget->applySettings(LocalHelpManager::filterEngine()))
-                emit page->filtersChanged();
+                onChanged();
             widget->readSettings(LocalHelpManager::filterEngine());
         });
 
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-FilterSettingsPage::FilterSettingsPage()
+FilterSettingsPage::FilterSettingsPage(const std::function<void ()> &onChanged)
 {
     setId("D.Filters");
     setDisplayName(Tr::tr("Filters"));
     setCategory(Help::Constants::HELP_CATEGORY);
-    setWidgetCreator([this] { return new FilterSettingsPageWidget(this); });
+    setWidgetCreator([onChanged] { return new FilterSettingsPageWidget(onChanged); });
 }
 
 } // Help::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h
index 112726c1af9..54256b1d7f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/help/filtersettingspage.h
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ namespace Help::Internal {
 
 class FilterSettingsPage : public Core::IOptionsPage
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-
 public:
-    FilterSettingsPage();
-
-signals:
-    void filtersChanged();
+    explicit FilterSettingsPage(const std::function<void()> &onChanged);
 };
 
 } // Help::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
index e46effd10b7..7329b3dad67 100644
--- a/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/help/helpplugin.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public:
     QRect m_externalWindowState;
 
     DocSettingsPage m_docSettingsPage;
-    FilterSettingsPage m_filterSettingsPage;
+    FilterSettingsPage m_filterSettingsPage{[this] {setupHelpEngineIfNeeded(); }};
     SearchTaskHandler m_searchTaskHandler;
     GeneralSettingsPage m_generalSettingsPage;
 
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ HelpPluginPrivate::HelpPluginPrivate()
     connect(&m_searchTaskHandler, &SearchTaskHandler::search,
             this, &QDesktopServices::openUrl);
 
-    connect(&m_filterSettingsPage, &FilterSettingsPage::filtersChanged,
-            this, &HelpPluginPrivate::setupHelpEngineIfNeeded);
     connect(Core::HelpManager::Signals::instance(),
             &Core::HelpManager::Signals::documentationChanged,
             this,