diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/help_browser.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/help_browser.cpp
index 84077443637..4818ab821d2 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/help_browser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/help_browser.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void help_browser::show_topic(std::string topic_id, bool add_to_history)
 		data.emplace("topic_title", item);
 
 		find_widget<label>("topic_title").set_label(topic->title);
-		find_widget<rich_label>("topic_text").set_topic(topic);
+		find_widget<rich_label>("topic_text").set_dom(topic->text.parsed_text());
 
 		invalidate_layout();
 		scrollbar_panel& scroll = find_widget<scrollbar_panel>("topic_scroll_panel");
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.cpp
index b3def53326e..fc56174edf3 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "cursor.hpp"
 #include "font/constants.hpp"
 #include "font/sdl_ttf_compat.hpp"
-#include "help/help_impl.hpp"
 #include "gettext.hpp"
 #include "log.hpp"
 #include "serialization/markup.hpp"
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ rich_label::rich_label(const implementation::builder_rich_label& builder)
 	, font_size_(font::SIZE_NORMAL)
 	, can_shrink_(true)
 	, text_alpha_(ALPHA_OPAQUE)
-	, unparsed_text_()
 	, init_w_(builder.width(get_screen_size_variables()))
 	, size_(0, 0)
 	, padding_(builder.padding)
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ rich_label::rich_label(const implementation::builder_rich_label& builder)
 	link_color_ = conf->link_color;
 	predef_colors_.insert(conf->colors.begin(), conf->colors.end());
 	set_text_alignment(builder.text_alignment);
-	set_label(get_label());
+	set_label(builder.label_string);
 }
 
 color_t rich_label::get_color(const std::string& color)
@@ -246,22 +244,18 @@ std::vector<std::string> rich_label::split_in_width(
 			res.push_back(s.substr(first_line.size()));
 		}
 	} catch (utf8::invalid_utf8_exception&) {
-		throw markup::parse_error (_("corrupted original file"));
+		throw markup::parse_error(_("corrupted original file"));
 	}
 
 	return res;
 }
 
-void rich_label::set_topic(const help::topic* topic) {
-	styled_widget::set_label(topic->text.parsed_text().debug());
-	std::tie(text_dom_, size_) = get_parsed_text(topic->text.parsed_text(), point(0,0), init_w_, true);
+void rich_label::set_dom(const config& dom) {
+	std::tie(shapes_, size_) = get_parsed_text(dom, point(0,0), init_w_, true);
 }
 
 void rich_label::set_label(const t_string& text) {
-	styled_widget::set_label(text);
-	unparsed_text_ = text;
-	help::topic_text marked_up_text(text);
-	std::tie(text_dom_, size_) = get_parsed_text(marked_up_text.parsed_text(), point(0,0), init_w_, true);
+	set_dom(markup::parse_text(text));
 }
 
 std::pair<config, point> rich_label::get_parsed_text(
@@ -861,7 +855,7 @@ void rich_label::default_text_config(
 void rich_label::update_canvas()
 {
 	for(canvas& tmp : get_canvases()) {
-		tmp.set_shapes(text_dom_, true);
+		tmp.set_shapes(shapes_, true);
 		tmp.set_variable("width", wfl::variant(init_w_));
 		tmp.set_variable("padding", wfl::variant(padding_));
 		// Disable ellipsization so that text wrapping can work
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.hpp b/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.hpp
index b8d2f83ee0b..33be34bf623 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.hpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/rich_label.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #include "gui/core/canvas_private.hpp"
 #include "gui/core/widget_definition.hpp"
-#include "help/help_impl.hpp"
 
 namespace gui2
 {
@@ -84,6 +83,8 @@ public:
 		return !tooltip().empty() || get_link_aware();
 	}
 
+	virtual void request_reduce_height(const unsigned /*maximum_height*/) override {};
+
 	virtual void update_canvas() override;
 
 	/* **** ***** ***** setters / getters for members ***** ****** **** */
@@ -119,16 +120,11 @@ public:
 
 	void set_text_alpha(unsigned short alpha);
 
-	const t_string& get_label() const
-	{
-		return unparsed_text_.empty() ? styled_widget::get_label() : unparsed_text_;
-	}
-
 	// Show text marked up with help markup
 	void set_label(const t_string& text) override;
 
-	// Show a help topic
-	void set_topic(const help::topic* topic);
+	// Show a given DOM (given as a config)
+	void set_dom(const config& dom);
 
 	// Given a parsed config from help markup,
 	// layout it into a config that can be understood by canvas
@@ -223,11 +219,8 @@ private:
 		return can_shrink_;
 	}
 
-	/** structure tree of the marked up text after parsing */
-	config text_dom_;
-
-	/** The unparsed/raw text */
-	t_string unparsed_text_;
+	/** Final list of shapes to be drawn on the canvas. */
+	config shapes_;
 
 	/** Width and height of the canvas */
 	const unsigned init_w_;
@@ -279,14 +272,7 @@ private:
 		return (text_height > img_height) ? (text_height - img_height)/2 : 0;
 	}
 
-	point calculate_best_size() const override
-	{
-		if(size_ == point{}) {
-			return styled_widget::calculate_best_size();
-		} else {
-			return size_;
-		}
-	}
+	point calculate_best_size() const override { return size_; };
 
 public:
 	/** Static type getter that does not rely on the widget being constructed. */
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/styled_widget.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/styled_widget.cpp
index a6aabce241c..4fc589b5a63 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/styled_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/styled_widget.cpp
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ void styled_widget::request_reduce_width(const unsigned maximum_width)
 
 void styled_widget::request_reduce_height(const unsigned maximum_height)
 {
-	if(!label_.empty()) {
-		// Do nothing
-	} else {
+	if(label_.empty()) {
 		point size = get_best_size();
 		point min_size = get_config_minimum_size();
 		size.y = std::min(size.y, std::max<int>(maximum_height, min_size.y));