diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py b/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
index ac8caf6ee..d91022cca 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import textwrap
 import urllib
 import collections
 import base64
-import os.path
 
 try:
     import secrets
@@ -342,18 +341,10 @@ def qute_gpl(_url):
 def _asciidoc_fallback_path(html_path):
     """Fall back to plaintext asciidoc if the HTML is unavailable."""
     asciidoc_path = html_path.replace('.html', '.asciidoc')
-    asciidoc_paths = [asciidoc_path]
-    if asciidoc_path.startswith('html/doc/'):
-        asciidoc_paths += [asciidoc_path.replace('html/doc/', '../doc/help/'),
-                           asciidoc_path.replace('html/doc/', '../doc/')]
-
-    for path in asciidoc_paths:
-        try:
-            return utils.read_file(os.path.normpath(path))
-        except OSError:
-            pass
-
-    return None
+    try:
+        return utils.read_file(path)
+    except OSError:
+        return None
 
 
 @add_handler('help')