diff --git a/src/blackcore/application.cpp b/src/blackcore/application.cpp
index fc574c00e..5ca2afe68 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/application.cpp
+++ b/src/blackcore/application.cpp
@@ -1459,9 +1459,10 @@ namespace BlackCore
         Q_UNREACHABLE();
     }
 
-    void CApplication::cmdLineVersionMessage() const
+    void CApplication::cmdLineVersionMessage()
     {
-        printf("%s %s\n", qPrintable(QCoreApplication::applicationName()), qPrintable(QCoreApplication::applicationVersion()));
+        m_parser.showVersion(); // terminates
+        Q_UNREACHABLE();
     }
 
     QStringList CApplication::argumentsJoined(const QStringList &newArguments, const QStringList &removeArguments) const
diff --git a/src/blackcore/application.h b/src/blackcore/application.h
index 4726bca0c..37d51999b 100644
--- a/src/blackcore/application.h
+++ b/src/blackcore/application.h
@@ -595,12 +595,6 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! Init class, allows to init from BlackGui::CGuiApplication as well (pseudo virtual)
         void init(bool withMetadata);
 
-        //! Display help message
-        virtual void cmdLineHelpMessage();
-
-        //! Display version message
-        virtual void cmdLineVersionMessage() const;
-
         //! Is the command line option represented in the given arguments?
         static int indexOfCommandLineOption(const QCommandLineOption &option, const QStringList &args = CApplication::arguments());
 
@@ -660,6 +654,12 @@ namespace BlackCore
         //! Read the setup
         BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList loadSetup();
 
+        //! Display help message
+        void cmdLineHelpMessage();
+
+        //! Display version message
+        void cmdLineVersionMessage();
+
         //! Problem with network access manager
         void onChangedNetworkAccessibility(QNetworkAccessManager::NetworkAccessibility accessible);
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
index cd049bdd5..c1b300a34 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
@@ -469,52 +469,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
         }
     }
 
-    QString CGuiApplication::beautifyHelpMessage(const QString &helpText)
-    {
-        // just formatting Qt help message into HTML table
-        if (helpText.isEmpty()) { return {}; }
-        const QStringList lines(helpText.split('\n'));
-        QString html;
-        bool tableMode = false;
-        bool pendingTr = false;
-        for (const QString &l : lines)
-        {
-            QString lt(l.trimmed());
-            if (!tableMode && lt.startsWith("-"))
-            {
-                tableMode = true;
-                html += "<table>\n";
-            }
-            if (!tableMode)
-            {
-                html += l.toHtmlEscaped();
-                html += "<br>";
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // in table mode
-                if (lt.startsWith("-"))
-                {
-                    if (pendingTr)
-                    {
-                        html += "</td></tr>\n";
-                    }
-                    html += "<tr><td>";
-                    thread_local const QRegularExpression reg("[ ]{2,}");
-                    html += lt.replace(reg, "</td><td>");
-                    pendingTr = true;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    html += " ";
-                    html += l.simplified().toHtmlEscaped();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        html += "</table>\n";
-        return html;
-    }
-
     double CGuiApplication::parseScaleFactor(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
@@ -1098,35 +1052,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
         return c;
     }
 
-    void CGuiApplication::cmdLineHelpMessage()
-    {
-        if (CBuildConfig::isRunningOnWindowsNtPlatform())
-        {
-            const QString helpText(CGuiApplication::beautifyHelpMessage(m_parser.helpText()));
-            QMessageBox::information(nullptr, QGuiApplication::applicationDisplayName(),
-                                     "<html><head/><body>" + helpText + "</body></html>");
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            CApplication::cmdLineHelpMessage();
-        }
-    }
-
-    void CGuiApplication::cmdLineVersionMessage() const
-    {
-        if (CBuildConfig::isRunningOnWindowsNtPlatform())
-        {
-            QMessageBox::information(nullptr,
-                                     QGuiApplication::applicationDisplayName(),
-                                     QGuiApplication::applicationDisplayName() + ' ' +
-                                         QCoreApplication::applicationVersion());
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            CApplication::cmdLineVersionMessage();
-        }
-    }
-
     bool CGuiApplication::parsingHookIn()
     {
         return true;
diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h
index 52fbb3638..4dd7e1dbe 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h
@@ -309,12 +309,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
         void alwaysOnTop(bool onTop);
 
     protected:
-        //! @{
-        //! print messages generated during parsing / cmd handling
-        virtual void cmdLineHelpMessage() override;
-        virtual void cmdLineVersionMessage() const override;
-        //! @}
-
         //! Handle parsing of special GUI cmd arguments
         virtual bool parsingHookIn() override;
 
@@ -354,9 +348,6 @@ namespace BlackGui
         BlackMisc::CSettingReadOnly<Settings::TGeneralGui> m_guiSettings { this, &CGuiApplication::settingsChanged };
         BlackMisc::CSettingReadOnly<Settings::TUpdateNotificationSettings> m_updateSetting { this }; //!< update notification settings
 
-        //! Qt help message to formatted HTML
-        static QString beautifyHelpMessage(const QString &helpText);
-
         //! Reload widget style from settings
         void settingsChanged();