diff --git a/QGCExternalLibs.pri b/QGCExternalLibs.pri
index 88895c3b2956e10cc3b39a29f82ae2f583bd45bb..aa6e8b20bf727bd88cbcfcba0c76b8771622470b 100644
--- a/QGCExternalLibs.pri
+++ b/QGCExternalLibs.pri
@@ -7,29 +7,25 @@ WindowsBuild {
 
 #
 # [REQUIRED] Add support for the MAVLink communications protocol.
-# Some logic is involved here in selecting the proper dialect for
-# the selected autopilot system.
-#
-# If the user config file exists, it will be included. If this file
-# specifies the MAVLINK_CONF variable with a MAVLink dialect, support
-# for it will be compiled in to QGC. It will also create a
-# QGC_USE_{AUTOPILOT_NAME}_MESSAGES macro for use within the actual code.
+# Mavlink dialect is hardwired to arudpilotmega for now. The reason being
+# the current codebase supports both PX4 and APM flight stack. PX4 flight stack
+# only usese common mavlink specifications, wherease APM flight stack uses custom
+# mavlink specifications which add to common. So by using the adupilotmega dialect
+# QGC can support both in the same codebase.
 #
+# Once the mavlink helper routines include support for multiple dialects within
+# a single compiled codebase this hardwiring of dialect can go away. But until then
+# this "workaround" is needed.
+
 MAVLINKPATH_REL = libs/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0
 MAVLINKPATH = $$BASEDIR/$$MAVLINKPATH_REL
+MAVLINK_CONF = ardupilotmega
 DEFINES += MAVLINK_NO_DATA
 
 # First we select the dialect, checking for valid user selection
 # Users can override all other settings by specifying MAVLINK_CONF as an argument to qmake
 !isEmpty(MAVLINK_CONF) {
-    message($$sprintf("Using MAVLink dialect '%1' specified at the command line.", $$MAVLINK_CONF))
-}
-# Otherwise they can specify MAVLINK_CONF within user_config.pri
-else:exists(user_config.pri):infile(user_config.pri, MAVLINK_CONF) {
-    MAVLINK_CONF = $$fromfile(user_config.pri, MAVLINK_CONF)
-    !isEmpty(MAVLINK_CONF) {
-        message($$sprintf("Using MAVLink dialect '%1' specified in user_config.pri", $$MAVLINK_CONF))
-    }
+    message($$sprintf("Using MAVLink dialect '%1'.", $$MAVLINK_CONF))
 }
 
 # Then we add the proper include paths dependent on the dialect.