diff --git a/lib/taurus/qt/qtgui/container/taurusmainwindow.py b/lib/taurus/qt/qtgui/container/taurusmainwindow.py
index e89109eef..8f0d83c72 100644
--- a/lib/taurus/qt/qtgui/container/taurusmainwindow.py
+++ b/lib/taurus/qt/qtgui/container/taurusmainwindow.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 from taurus import tauruscustomsettings, Release
 from taurus.core.util.log import deprecation_decorator
-from taurus.external.qt import Qt, compat
+from taurus.external.qt import Qt, compat, QtWebEngineWidgets
 from .taurusbasecontainer import TaurusBaseContainer
 
 from taurus.qt.qtcore.configuration import BaseConfigurableClass
@@ -1114,22 +1114,8 @@ def getQtDesignerPluginInfo(cls):
     def setHelpManualURI(self, uri):
         self.__helpManualURI = uri
         if self.helpManualBrowser is None:
-            try:
-                from taurus.external.qt.QtWebKit import QWebView
-
-                self.helpManualBrowser = QWebView()
-            except Exception:
-                self.helpManualBrowser = Qt.QLabel("QWebkit is not available")
-
-                def dummyload(*args):
-                    pass
-
-                self.helpManualBrowser.load = dummyload
-                return
-        try:
-            url = Qt.QUrl.fromUserInput(uri)
-        except Exception:
-            url = Qt.QUrl(uri)  # fallback for Qt<4.6
+            self.helpManualBrowser = QtWebEngineWidgets.QWebEngineView()
+        url = Qt.QUrl.fromUserInput(uri)
         self.helpManualBrowser.load(url)
 
     def getHelpManualURI(self):