diff --git a/src/core/annotations/qgsannotationregistry.h b/src/core/annotations/qgsannotationregistry.h
index 1bea569fc8e8..0cf3b4291089 100644
--- a/src/core/annotations/qgsannotationregistry.h
+++ b/src/core/annotations/qgsannotationregistry.h
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsAnnotationRegistry
     QgsAnnotationRegistry()
     {
       addAnnotationType( QgsAnnotationMetadata( QStringLiteral( "TextAnnotationItem" ), QgsTextAnnotation::create ) );
-#ifdef WITH_QTWEBKIT
       addAnnotationType( QgsAnnotationMetadata( QStringLiteral( "HtmlAnnotationItem" ), QgsHtmlAnnotation::create ) );
-#endif
       addAnnotationType( QgsAnnotationMetadata( QStringLiteral( "SVGAnnotationItem" ), QgsSvgAnnotation::create ) );
     }