diff --git a/include/wx/msw/helpbest.h b/include/wx/msw/helpbest.h
index 003f100e8e..5c735c65d9 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/helpbest.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/helpbest.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #pragma interface "helpbest.h"
 #endif
 
-#if wxUSE_HELP && wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP && defined(__WIN95__) && wxUSE_WXHTML_HELP
+#if wxUSE_HELP && wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP && defined(__WIN95__) \
+    && wxUSE_WXHTML_HELP && !defined(__WXUNIVERSAL__)
 
 #include "wx/helpbase.h"
 
diff --git a/src/msw/helpbest.cpp b/src/msw/helpbest.cpp
index be1e404cde..bb1aad5059 100644
--- a/src/msw/helpbest.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/helpbest.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 #include "wx/filefn.h"
 #include "wx/log.h"
 
-#if wxUSE_HELP && wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP && defined(__WIN95__) && wxUSE_WXHTML_HELP
+#if wxUSE_HELP && wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP && defined(__WIN95__) \
+    && wxUSE_WXHTML_HELP && !defined(__WXUNIVERSAL__)
+
 #include "wx/msw/helpchm.h"
 #include "wx/html/helpctrl.h"
 #include "wx/msw/helpbest.h"