diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2acd2b33e..ae7aafdd3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ if $HAVE_FILECMD; then
     fi
 fi
 
-dnl Only list browsers here that can be run in background (i.e. with `&')
-AC_CHECK_PROGS(X11_WWW, [gnome-moz-remote mozilla firefox konqueror opera])
-
 
 dnl ############################################################################
 dnl Check for other tools
@@ -608,7 +605,6 @@ misc/ext.d/Makefile
 misc/ext.d/doc.sh
 misc/ext.d/misc.sh
 misc/ext.d/text.sh
-misc/ext.d/web.sh
 misc/macros.d/Makefile
 misc/mc.ext.ini
 
diff --git a/misc/ext.d/Makefile.am b/misc/ext.d/Makefile.am
index f92bb07ea..235eb1096 100644
--- a/misc/ext.d/Makefile.am
+++ b/misc/ext.d/Makefile.am
@@ -3,21 +3,20 @@ extdir = $(EXTHELPERSDIR)
 SCRIPTS_IN = \
 	doc.sh.in \
 	misc.sh.in \
-	text.sh.in \
-	web.sh.in
+	text.sh.in
 
 SCRIPTS_OUT = \
 	doc.sh \
 	misc.sh \
-	text.sh \
-	web.sh
+	text.sh
 
 SCRIPTS_UNTOUCHED = \
 	archive.sh \
 	image.sh \
 	package.sh \
 	sound.sh \
-	video.sh
+	video.sh \
+	web.sh
 
 ext_SCRIPTS = \
 	$(SCRIPTS_UNTOUCHED) \
diff --git a/misc/ext.d/web.sh.in b/misc/ext.d/web.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 73%
rename from misc/ext.d/web.sh.in
rename to misc/ext.d/web.sh
index 17d7e6354..41d516f2a
--- a/misc/ext.d/web.sh.in
+++ b/misc/ext.d/web.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ do_open_action() {
 
     case "${filetype}" in
     html)
-        (if [ -n "@X11_WWW@" -a  -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
-            (@X11_WWW@ file://"${MC_EXT_CURRENTDIR}"/"${MC_EXT_BASENAME}" &) 1>&2
+        (if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+            for browser in gnome-moz-remote mozilla firefox chromium google-chrome konqueror brave-browser opera open ; do
+                if which "${browser}" 1>&2 ; then
+                    "${browser}" file://"${MC_EXT_CURRENTDIR}"/"${MC_EXT_BASENAME}" 1>&2 &
+                    break
+                fi
+            done
         else
             elinks "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" || \
                 links "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" || \