diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6456469e7..14fe29c81 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 project(rssguard)
 set(APP_NAME "RSS Guard")
 set(APP_LOW_NAME "rssguard")
-set(APP_VERSION "1.9.9")
-set(FILE_VERSION "1,9,9,0")
+set(APP_VERSION "1.9.9.1")
+set(FILE_VERSION "1,9,9,1")
 set(APP_AUTHOR "Martin Rotter")
 set(APP_URL "http://www.rssguard.comehere.cz")
 set(APP_URL_ISSUES "http://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/issues")
diff --git a/src/gui/formsettings.cpp b/src/gui/formsettings.cpp
index 5326c64cd..980ab2eb4 100755
--- a/src/gui/formsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/formsettings.cpp
@@ -193,12 +193,6 @@ bool FormSettings::doSaveCheck() {
     resulting_information.append(tr("some keyboard shortcuts are not unique"));
   }
 
-  if (m_ui->m_txtExternalBrowserExecutable->text().isEmpty() ||
-      m_ui->m_txtExternalBrowserArguments->text().isEmpty()) {
-    everything_ok = false;
-    resulting_information.append(tr("external browser is not set"));
-  }
-
   if (!everything_ok) {
     resulting_information.replaceInStrings(QRegExp("^"),
                                            QString::fromUtf8(" • "));