diff --git a/src/gui/AboutDialog.cxx b/src/gui/AboutDialog.cxx
index d5b124fbe..76410d349 100644
--- a/src/gui/AboutDialog.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/AboutDialog.cxx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(OSystem& osystem, DialogContainer& parent,
     new ButtonWidget(this, font, xpos, ypos, buttonWidth, buttonHeight,
                      "Close", GuiObject::kCloseCmd);
   wid.push_back(b);
-  addOKWidget(b);  addCancelWidget(b);
+  addCancelWidget(b);
 
   xpos = 5;  ypos = 5 + _th;
   myTitle = new StaticTextWidget(this, font, xpos, ypos, _w - xpos * 2, fontHeight,
diff --git a/src/gui/HelpDialog.cxx b/src/gui/HelpDialog.cxx
index 5a6d0d1f7..5235c09d8 100644
--- a/src/gui/HelpDialog.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/HelpDialog.cxx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ HelpDialog::HelpDialog(OSystem& osystem, DialogContainer& parent,
     new ButtonWidget(this, font, xpos, ypos, buttonWidth, buttonHeight,
                      "Close", GuiObject::kCloseCmd);
   wid.push_back(b);
+  addCancelWidget(b);
 
   xpos = 5;  ypos = 5 + _th;
   myTitle = new StaticTextWidget(this, font, xpos, ypos, _w - 10, fontHeight,