diff --git a/share/functions/help.fish b/share/functions/help.fish
index 7cac6cbd91eb..408bbb3b7d13 100644
--- a/share/functions/help.fish
+++ b/share/functions/help.fish
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ function help --description 'Show help for the fish shell'
             if type -q cygstart
                 set fish_browser cygstart
                 # If xdg-open is available, just use that
-                # but only if an X session is running
-            else if type -q xdg-open; and set -q -x DISPLAY
+            else if type -q xdg-open
                 set fish_browser xdg-open
             end