diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/BridgeMonitor.cpp b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/BridgeMonitor.cpp
index a66cfaf0..9750e2db 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/BridgeMonitor.cpp
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/BridgeMonitor.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ QString const exeSuffix;
 #endif
 
 QString const exeName = "bridge" + exeSuffix; ///< The bridge executable file name.
-QString const devDir = "cmd/Desktop-Bridge"; ///< The folder typically containg the bridge executable in a developer's environment.
-int const maxExeUpwardSeekingDepth = 5; ///< The maximum number of parent folder that will searched when trying to locate the bridge executable.
 
 
 }
@@ -45,23 +43,8 @@ int const maxExeUpwardSeekingDepth = 5; ///< The maximum number of parent folder
 //****************************************************************************************************************************************************
 QString BridgeMonitor::locateBridgeExe()
 {
-    QString const currentDir = QDir::current().absolutePath();
-    QString const exeDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
-    QStringList dirs = {currentDir, exeDir};
-    for (int i = 0; i <= maxExeUpwardSeekingDepth; ++i)
-    {
-        dirs.append(currentDir + QString("../").repeated(i) + devDir);
-        dirs.append(exeDir + QString("../").repeated(i) + devDir);
-    }
-
-    for (QString const &dir: dirs)
-    {
-        QFileInfo const fileInfo(QDir(dir).absoluteFilePath(exeName));
-        if (fileInfo.exists() && fileInfo.isFile() && fileInfo.isExecutable())
-            return fileInfo.absoluteFilePath();
-    }
-
-    return QString();
+    QFileInfo const fileInfo(QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).absoluteFilePath(exeName));
+    return  (fileInfo.exists() && fileInfo.isFile() && fileInfo.isExecutable()) ? fileInfo.absoluteFilePath() : QString();
 }