diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/openurl.go b/cmd/syncthing/openurl.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dedc7c80b..000000000
--- a/cmd/syncthing/openurl.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-func openURL(url string) error {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		return exec.Command("cmd.exe", "/C", "start "+url).Run()
-	}
-
-	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		return exec.Command("open", url).Run()
-	}
-
-	cmd := exec.Command("xdg-open", url)
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Setpgid: true,
-	}
-	return cmd.Run()
-}
diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/openurl_unix.go b/cmd/syncthing/openurl_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da60f51ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/openurl_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func openURL(url string) error {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		return exec.Command("open", url).Run()
+
+	default:
+		cmd := exec.Command("xdg-open", url)
+		cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+			Setpgid: true,
+		}
+		return cmd.Run()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/openurl_windows.go b/cmd/syncthing/openurl_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94285f699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/openurl_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package main
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+func openURL(url string) error {
+	return exec.Command("cmd.exe", "/C", "start "+url).Run()
+}