diff --git a/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp b/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
index 8ee9a3cd..1855c438 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@
 #include "base64.h"
 #include "advshist.h"
 
-#include <QApplication>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QStringList>
-#include <QFileDialog>
 
 RclDynConf *g_dynconf;
 AdvSearchHist *g_advshistory;
@@ -151,8 +149,6 @@ void rwSettings(bool writing)
     SETTING_RW(prefs.reslistfontsize, "/Recoll/prefs/reslist/fontSize", Int, 
 	       10);
 
-    prefs.fontcolor = QApplication::palette().text().color().name();
-
     QString rlfDflt = QString::fromUtf8(prefs.dfltResListFormat);
     if (writing) {
 	if (prefs.reslistformat.compare(rlfDflt)) {
@@ -418,32 +414,3 @@ string PrefsPack::stemlang()
     }
     return stemLang;
 }
-
-QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption, bool filenosave)
-{
-    LOGDEB1(("myFileDialog: isdir %d\n", isdir));
-    QFileDialog dialog(0, caption);
-
-    if (isdir) {
-	dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::Directory);
-	dialog.setOptions(QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly);
-    } else {
-	dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::AnyFile);
-	if (filenosave)
-	    dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptOpen);
-	else
-	    dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);
-    }
-    dialog.setViewMode(QFileDialog::List);
-    QFlags<QDir::Filter> flags = QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Hidden; 
-    if (isdir)
-	flags |= QDir::Dirs;
-    else 
-	flags |= QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files;
-    dialog.setFilter(flags);
-
-    if (dialog.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
-        return dialog.selectedFiles().value(0);
-    }
-    return QString();
-}
diff --git a/src/qtgui/guiutils.h b/src/qtgui/guiutils.h
index 81aa4fe3..ac2bcd74 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/guiutils.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/guiutils.h
@@ -168,9 +168,4 @@ extern void rwSettings(bool dowrite);
 
 extern QString g_stringAllStem, g_stringNoStem;
 
-/** Specialized version of the qt file dialog. Can't use getOpenFile()
-   etc. cause they hide dot files... */
-extern QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption = QString(),
-			     bool filenosave = false);
-
 #endif /* _GUIUTILS_H_INCLUDED_ */
diff --git a/src/qtgui/main.cpp b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
index 6f084a5a..5b5b00f6 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/main.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/main.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <qcombobox.h>
 #include <QLocale>
 #include <QLibraryInfo>
+#include <QFileDialog>
 
 #include "rcldb.h"
 #include "rclconfig.h"
@@ -396,3 +397,32 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     return app.exec();
 }
+
+QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption, bool filenosave)
+{
+    LOGDEB1(("myFileDialog: isdir %d\n", isdir));
+    QFileDialog dialog(0, caption);
+
+    if (isdir) {
+	dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::Directory);
+	dialog.setOptions(QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly);
+    } else {
+	dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::AnyFile);
+	if (filenosave)
+	    dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptOpen);
+	else
+	    dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);
+    }
+    dialog.setViewMode(QFileDialog::List);
+    QFlags<QDir::Filter> flags = QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Hidden; 
+    if (isdir)
+	flags |= QDir::Dirs;
+    else 
+	flags |= QDir::Dirs | QDir::Files;
+    dialog.setFilter(flags);
+
+    if (dialog.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
+        return dialog.selectedFiles().value(0);
+    }
+    return QString();
+}
diff --git a/src/qtgui/recoll.h b/src/qtgui/recoll.h
index b4f035a3..190e9798 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/recoll.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/recoll.h
@@ -55,4 +55,10 @@ inline std::string qs2utf8s(const QString& qs)
 {
     return std::string((const char *)qs.toUtf8());
 }
+
+/** Specialized version of the qt file dialog. Can't use getOpenFile()
+   etc. cause they hide dot files... */
+extern QString myGetFileName(bool isdir, QString caption = QString(),
+			     bool filenosave = false);
+
 #endif /* _RECOLL_H_INCLUDED_ */