diff --git a/src/qtgui/recoll.pro b/src/qtgui/recoll.pro
index 10d5b313..02448379 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/recoll.pro
+++ b/src/qtgui/recoll.pro
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+# Note this is generated by configure on Linux (see recoll.pro.in).
+# recoll.pro is under version control anyway and used on Windows
+
 TEMPLATE        = app
 LANGUAGE        = C++
 
-DEFINES += BUILDING_RECOLL
-
- QT += webkit
-# QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -DRESLIST_TEXTBROWSER -DSNIPPETS_TEXTBROWSER
+QT += webkit
 
 # QT += dbus
 # QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_ZEITGEIST
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DEFINES += BUILDING_RECOLL
 QT += xml
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets webkitwidgets printsupport
 
-CONFIG  += qt warn_on thread release 
+CONFIG  += qt warn_on thread debug
 
 HEADERS += \
         advsearch_w.h \
@@ -94,39 +94,19 @@ FORMS   = \
 
 RESOURCES = recoll.qrc
 
-unix {
-  UI_DIR = .ui
-  MOC_DIR = .moc
-  OBJECTS_DIR = .obj
-  LIBS += -L../.libs -lrecoll
-
-  !macx {
-    # Note: libdir may be substituted with sthing like $(exec_prefix)/lib
-    # at this point and will go as such in the Makefile. Expansion will be
-    # completed at make time.
-    LIBS += -Wl,-rpath=${exec_prefix}/lib/recoll
-  }
-
-  LIBS +=   -lxapian $(LIBXAPIANSTATICEXTRA) \
-       -L${exec_prefix}/lib $(BDYNAMIC)  -lz
-
-  INCLUDEPATH += ../common ../index ../internfile ../query ../unac \
+INCLUDEPATH += ../common ../index ../internfile ../query ../unac \
               ../utils ../aspell ../rcldb ../qtgui ../xaposix \
               confgui
-  DEPENDPATH += $$INCLUDEPATH
-}
-
-UNAME = $$system(uname -s)
-contains( UNAME, [lL]inux ) {
-	  LIBS += -ldl -lX11
-}
-
-contains( UNAME, SunOS ) {
-          LIBS += -ldl
-}
-
-macx {
+windows {
     ICON = images/recoll.icns
+    contains(QMAKE_CC, gcc){
+        # MingW
+        QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11 -Wno-unused-parameter
+    }
+    contains(QMAKE_CC, cl){
+        # Visual Studio
+    }
+    LIBS += C:/recoll/src/build-librecoll-Desktop_Qt_5_5_0_MinGW_32bit-Debug/debug/librecoll.dll
 }
 
 TRANSLATIONS = \
@@ -144,33 +124,3 @@ TRANSLATIONS = \
              i18n/recoll_xx.ts \
              i18n/recoll_zh_CN.ts \
              i18n/recoll_zh.ts \
-
-unix {
-  isEmpty(PREFIX) {
-    PREFIX = /usr/local
-  }
-  message("Prefix is $$PREFIX")
-  DEFINES += PREFIX=\\\"$$PREFIX\\\"
-
- # Installation stuff
-  target.path = "$$PREFIX/bin"
-
-  imdata.files = mtpics/*.png
-  imdata.path = $$PREFIX/share/recoll/images
-  trdata.files = i18n/*.qm
-  trdata.path = $$PREFIX/share/recoll/translations
-  desktop.files += ../desktop/recoll-searchgui.desktop
-  desktop.path = $$PREFIX/share/applications/
-  icona.files += ../desktop/recoll.png
-  icona.path = $$PREFIX/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
-  iconb.files += ../desktop/recoll.png
-  iconb.path = $$PREFIX/share/pixmaps/
-  appdata.files = ../desktop/recoll.appdata.xml
-  appdata.path = $$PREFIX/share/appdata/
-  INSTALLS += target imdata trdata desktop icona iconb appdata
-
-  # The recollinstall script used to do the following to install zh_CN as
-  # zh. Is this still needed?
-  #${INSTALL} -m 0444 ${I18N}/recoll_zh_CN.qm \
-  #  ${datadir}/recoll/translations/recoll_zh.qm || exit 1
-}