diff --git a/man/kio_man.cpp b/man/kio_man.cpp
--- a/man/kio_man.cpp
+++ b/man/kio_man.cpp
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@
 {
     assert(!_self);
     _self = this;
-    const QString common_dir = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation, "doc/HTML/en/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css" );
-    const QString strPath=QString( "file:%1/en/kdoctools5-common" ).arg( common_dir );
-    m_cssPath=strPath.toLocal8Bit(); // ### TODO encode for CSS
     section_names << "0" << "0p" << "1" << "1p" << "2" << "3" << "3n" << "3p" << "4" << "5" << "6" << "7"
                   << "8" << "9" << "l" << "n";
 
@@ -501,7 +498,6 @@
 
     if (pageFound)
     {
-       setResourcePath(m_cssPath);
        setCssFile(m_manCSSFile);
        m_outputBuffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
        const QByteArray filename=QFile::encodeName(foundPages[0]);
diff --git a/man/man2html.h b/man/man2html.h
--- a/man/man2html.h
+++ b/man/man2html.h
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@
 /** call this with the buffer you have */
 void scan_man_page(const char *man_page);
 
-/**
- * Set the paths to KDE resources
- *
- * \param cssPath Path to the KDE resources, encoded for CSS
- * \since 3.5
- *
- */
-extern void setResourcePath(const QByteArray& _cssPath);
-
 /*
  * Sets the path to a CSS file that should be included with the generated
  * HTML output.
diff --git a/man/man2html.cpp b/man/man2html.cpp
--- a/man/man2html.cpp
+++ b/man/man2html.cpp
@@ -619,15 +619,10 @@
 
 static QList<QByteArray> s_argumentList;
 
-static QByteArray cssPath, cssFile;
+static QByteArray cssFile;
 
 static QByteArray s_dollarZero; // Value of $0
 
-void setResourcePath(const QByteArray& _cssPath)
-{
-  cssPath = _cssPath;
-}
-
 void setCssFile(const QByteArray& _cssFile)
 {
   cssFile = _cssFile;
@@ -6103,7 +6098,6 @@
 #ifndef KIO_MAN_TEST
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  cssPath = "."; // krazy:exclude=doublequote_chars
   if (argc < 2)
   {
     std::cerr << "call: " << argv[0] << " <filename>\n";