diff -urN libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Paths.xcu libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Paths.xcu
--- libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Paths.xcu	2013-12-30 11:24:13.235021217 +0100
+++ libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Paths.xcu	2014-01-01 14:16:37.708042106 +0100
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     </node>
     <node oor:name="Help" oor:op="fuse" oor:mandatory="true">
       <node oor:name="InternalPaths">
-        <node oor:name="$(instpath)/help" oor:op="fuse"/>
+        <node oor:name="/usr/share/help" oor:op="fuse"/>
       </node>
     </node>
     <node oor:name="Linguistic" oor:op="fuse" oor:mandatory="true">
diff -urN libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs
--- libreoffice-4.2.0.1.old/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs	2013-12-30 11:24:13.232021217 +0100
+++ libreoffice-4.2.0.1/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcs	2014-01-01 14:16:37.710042106 +0100
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@
           <info>
             <desc>Specifies the path to the Office help files.</desc>
           </info>
-          <value>$(instpath)/help</value>
+          <value>/usr/share/libreoffice/help</value>
         </prop>
         <prop oor:name="Linguistic" oor:type="xs:string" oor:nillable="false">
           <info>
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@
             <desc>Specifies the default directory where Office help files are
             located.</desc>
           </info>
-          <value>$(instpath)/help</value>
+          <value>/usr/share/libreoffice/help</value>
         </prop>
         <prop oor:name="Linguistic" oor:type="xs:string" oor:nillable="false">
           <info>