diff -up bin/url_handler.sh.orig bin/url_handler.sh
--- a/bin/url_handler.sh
+++ b/bin/url_handler.sh
@@ -27,21 +27,7 @@ case $method in
 	mailto)	mutt `echo "$url" | sed 's;^[^:]*:\(.*\);\1;'`
 		;;
 
-        *)      use_xbrowser=n
-		case "$DISPLAY" in
-                   :0)       use_xbrowser=y
-                             ;;
-                   :0.*)     use_xbrowser=y
-                             ;;
-                   unix:0.*) use_xbrowser=y
-                             ;;
-                esac
-		if [ $use_xbrowser = n ]; then
-			lynx "$url" 
-		else
-			netscape -remote "openURL($url)" 2> /dev/null || \
-			(netscape "$url" &)
-                fi
+        *) xdg-open "$url"
 		;;
 esac