diff --git a/frontends/qt/BitBox.pro b/frontends/qt/BitBox.pro
index 79400f65ac..c408298544 100644
--- a/frontends/qt/BitBox.pro
+++ b/frontends/qt/BitBox.pro
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ SOURCES += \
         main.cpp \
         filedialog.cpp
 
-# server/libserver.h is generated by building server.go, see the Makefiles in server/.
-HEADERS += server/libserver.h webclass.h filedialog.h
+HEADERS += libserver.h webclass.h filedialog.h
 
 unix:macx {
     # Those frameworks are needed for Go's http/net packages.
diff --git a/frontends/qt/libserver.h b/frontends/qt/libserver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91d2d7f863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/qt/libserver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#ifndef BACKEND_H
+#define BACKEND_H
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+// Workaround to be able to use `const char*` as a param type in the exported Go functions.
+typedef const char cchar_t;
+
+typedef void (*pushNotificationsCallback) (const char*);
+static void pushNotify(pushNotificationsCallback f, const char* msg) {
+    f(msg);
+}
+
+typedef void (*responseCallback) (int, const char*);
+static void respond(responseCallback f, int queryID, const char* msg) {
+    f(queryID, msg);
+}
+
+typedef void (*notifyUserCallback) (const char*);
+static void notifyUser(notifyUserCallback f, const char* msg) {
+    f(msg);
+}
+
+typedef char* (*getSaveFilenameCallback) (const char*);
+static char* getSaveFilename(getSaveFilenameCallback f, const char* suggestedfilename) {
+    return f(suggestedfilename);
+}
+
+// equivalent to C.free but suitable for releasing a memory malloc'ed
+// in a non-posix portable environment, incompatible with cgo.
+// this is especially important on windows where the standard C runtime
+// memory management used by cgo and mingw is different from win32 API used
+// when compiling C++ code with MSVC. hence, the memory allocated with malloc
+// in C++ must always be freed by this function in Go instead of C.free.
+typedef void (*cppHeapFree) (void* ptr);
+static void customHeapFree(cppHeapFree f, void* ptr) {
+	f(ptr);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern void backendCall(int queryID, cchar_t* s);
+extern void handleURI(cchar_t* uri);
+extern void serve(cppHeapFree cppHeapFreeFn, pushNotificationsCallback pushNotificationsFn, responseCallback responseFn, notifyUserCallback notifyUserFn, cchar_t* preferredLocale, getSaveFilenameCallback getSaveFilenameFn);
+extern void systemOpen(cchar_t* url);
+extern void goLog(cchar_t* msg);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/frontends/qt/main.cpp b/frontends/qt/main.cpp
index 9914d82245..5a50581156 100644
--- a/frontends/qt/main.cpp
+++ b/frontends/qt/main.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "filedialog.h"
-#include "server/libserver.h"
+#include "libserver.h"
 #include "webclass.h"
 
 #define APPNAME "BitBoxApp"
diff --git a/frontends/qt/webclass.h b/frontends/qt/webclass.h
index 625defe90b..fb38f02cfc 100644
--- a/frontends/qt/webclass.h
+++ b/frontends/qt/webclass.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <QApplication>
 
-#include "server/libserver.h"
+#include "libserver.h"
 
 class WebClass : public QObject
 {