diff --git a/include/wx/html/helpctrl.h b/include/wx/html/helpctrl.h
index 900d0ac638..85511c8725 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/helpctrl.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/helpctrl.h
@@ -66,14 +66,15 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlHelpController : public wxEvtHandler
         // Ctrl and it's wxHtmlWindow
         virtual void ReadCustomization(wxConfigBase *cfg, const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
         virtual void WriteCustomization(wxConfigBase *cfg, const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
-        virtual void CreateHelpWindow(bool show_progress = FALSE);
+
+    protected:
+        virtual void CreateHelpWindow();
         virtual void DestroyHelpWindow()
         {
             //if (m_Config) WriteCustomization(m_Config, m_ConfigRoot);
             if (m_helpFrame) m_helpFrame->Destroy();
         }
 
-    protected:
         void OnCloseFrame(wxCloseEvent& evt) { m_helpFrame = NULL; evt.Skip(); }
         wxHtmlHelpData m_helpData;
         wxHtmlHelpFrame* m_helpFrame;
diff --git a/include/wx/html/helpfrm.h b/include/wx/html/helpfrm.h
index 58b0cb9584..80256d84af 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/helpfrm.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/helpfrm.h
@@ -133,18 +133,6 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlHelpFrame : public wxFrame
         //   (+ : page must contain the word ; - : page can't contain the word)
         // * if there is no + or - before the word, + is default
 
-        void RefreshLists(bool show_progress = FALSE);
-        // Refreshes Contents and Index tabs
-
-        void CreateContents(bool show_progress = FALSE);
-        // Adds items to m_Contents tree control
-
-        void CreateIndex(bool show_progress = FALSE);
-        // Adds items to m_IndexList
-
-        void CreateSearch();
-        // Add books to search choice panel
-
         void UseConfig(wxConfigBase *config, const wxString& rootpath = wxEmptyString)
             {
                 m_Config = config;
@@ -159,6 +147,22 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlHelpFrame : public wxFrame
         void WriteCustomization(wxConfigBase *cfg, const wxString& path = wxEmptyString);
         // ...
 
+    protected:
+        void Init(wxHtmlHelpData* data = NULL);
+
+        void RefreshLists();
+        // Refreshes Contents and Index tabs
+
+        void CreateContents();
+        // Adds items to m_Contents tree control
+
+        void CreateIndex();
+        // Adds items to m_IndexList
+
+        void CreateSearch();
+        // Add books to search choice panel
+
+
         virtual void OptionsDialog();
         // Displays options dialog (fonts etc.)
 
@@ -220,12 +224,9 @@ class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlHelpFrame : public wxFrame
         int m_FontSize; // 0,1,2 = small,medium,big
         wxString m_NormalFace, m_FixedFace;
 
-    protected:
-        void Init(wxHtmlHelpData* data = NULL);
-
         DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
 };
 
-#endif
+#endif // wxUSE_HTML
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/html/helpctrl.cpp b/src/html/helpctrl.cpp
index 58d03d4291..2137023534 100644
--- a/src/html/helpctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpctrl.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ bool wxHtmlHelpController::AddBook(const wxString& book, bool show_wait_msg)
     return retval;
 }
 
-void wxHtmlHelpController::CreateHelpWindow(bool show_progress)
+void wxHtmlHelpController::CreateHelpWindow()
 {
     if (m_helpFrame) {
         m_helpFrame->Raise();
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ void wxHtmlHelpController::CreateHelpWindow(bool show_progress)
         m_helpFrame->UseConfig(m_Config, m_ConfigRoot);
 
     m_helpFrame->Create(NULL, wxID_HTML_HELPFRAME, wxEmptyString, m_FrameStyle);
-    m_helpFrame->RefreshLists(show_progress);
     m_helpFrame->SetTitleFormat(m_titleFormat);
     m_helpFrame->Show(TRUE);
 }