diff --git a/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp b/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp
index 350046b64..2940411b4 100644
--- a/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp
+++ b/src/SaveHistoryTask.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "../decoders/HTMLDecoder.h"
 #include "../decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h"
+#include "colorscheme/ColorScheme.h"
+#include "colorscheme/ColorSchemeManager.h"
 
 namespace Konsole
 {
@@ -110,7 +112,16 @@ void SaveHistoryTask::execute()
         if (((dialog->selectedNameFilter()).contains(QLatin1String("html"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
             || ((dialog->selectedFiles()).at(0).endsWith(QLatin1String("html"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))) {
             Profile::Ptr profile = SessionManager::instance()->sessionProfile(session);
-            jobInfo.decoder = new HTMLDecoder(profile->colorScheme(), profile->font());
+            const auto schemeName = profile->colorScheme();
+            const auto scheme = ColorSchemeManager::instance()->findColorScheme(schemeName);
+            QColor colorTable[TABLE_COLORS];
+            if (scheme) {
+                scheme->getColorTable(colorTable);
+            } else {
+                std::copy_n(ColorScheme::defaultTable, TABLE_COLORS, colorTable);
+            }
+
+            jobInfo.decoder = new HTMLDecoder(colorTable, profile->font());
         } else {
             jobInfo.decoder = new PlainTextDecoder();
         }
diff --git a/src/Screen.cpp b/src/Screen.cpp
index be6703dfd..d3f538861 100644
--- a/src/Screen.cpp
+++ b/src/Screen.cpp
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ QString Screen::text(int startIndex, int endIndex, const DecodingOptions options
     QString result;
     QTextStream stream(&result, QIODevice::ReadWrite);
 
-    HTMLDecoder htmlDecoder;
+    HTMLDecoder htmlDecoder(ColorScheme::defaultTable);
     PlainTextDecoder plainTextDecoder;
 
     TerminalCharacterDecoder *decoder;
diff --git a/src/autotests/TerminalCharacterDecoderTest.cpp b/src/autotests/TerminalCharacterDecoderTest.cpp
index bd23df1ac..4ae3f585b 100644
--- a/src/autotests/TerminalCharacterDecoderTest.cpp
+++ b/src/autotests/TerminalCharacterDecoderTest.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 // Konsole
 #include "../decoders/HTMLDecoder.h"
 #include "../decoders/PlainTextDecoder.h"
+#include "colorscheme/ColorScheme.h"
 
 // Qt
 #include <QTextStream>
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ void TerminalCharacterDecoderTest::testHTMLDecoder()
     QFETCH(QVector<RenditionFlags>, renditions);
     QFETCH(QString, result);
 
-    TerminalCharacterDecoder *decoder = new HTMLDecoder();
+    TerminalCharacterDecoder *decoder = new HTMLDecoder(ColorScheme::defaultTable);
     auto testCharacters = new Character[text.size()];
     convertToCharacter(testCharacters, text, renditions);
     QString outputString;
diff --git a/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt b/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
index 7fe6644c3..f482cf47b 100644
--- a/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/decoders/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ target_include_directories(konsoledecoders
     INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 # TODO: remove the konsolecolorscheme dependencies
-target_link_libraries(konsoledecoders konsolecharacters konsolecolorscheme)
+target_link_libraries(konsoledecoders konsolecharacters)
diff --git a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
index 2750ce684..c67f9602d 100644
--- a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 // Own
 #include "HTMLDecoder.h"
 
-// Konsole colorScheme
-#include <ColorSchemeManager.h>
-
 // Konsole characters
 #include <ExtendedCharTable.h>
 
@@ -18,9 +15,8 @@
 
 using namespace Konsole;
 
-HTMLDecoder::HTMLDecoder(const QString &colorSchemeName, const QFont &profileFont)
+HTMLDecoder::HTMLDecoder(const QColor *colorTable, const QFont &profileFont)
     : _output(nullptr)
-    , _colorSchemeName(colorSchemeName)
     , _profileFont(profileFont)
     , _innerSpanOpen(false)
     , _lastRendition(DEFAULT_RENDITION)
@@ -28,23 +24,8 @@ HTMLDecoder::HTMLDecoder(const QString &colorSchemeName, const QFont &profileFon
     , _lastBackColor(CharacterColor())
     , _validProfile(false)
 {
-    std::shared_ptr<const ColorScheme> colorScheme = nullptr;
-
-    if (!colorSchemeName.isEmpty()) {
-        colorScheme = ColorSchemeManager::instance()->findColorScheme(colorSchemeName);
-
-        if (colorScheme == nullptr) {
-            colorScheme = ColorSchemeManager::instance()->defaultColorScheme();
-        }
-
-        _validProfile = true;
-    }
-
-    if (colorScheme != nullptr) {
-        colorScheme->getColorTable(_colorTable);
-    } else {
-        std::copy_n(ColorScheme::defaultTable, TABLE_COLORS, _colorTable);
-    }
+    Q_ASSERT(colorTable);
+    std::copy_n(colorTable, TABLE_COLORS, _colorTable);
 }
 
 void HTMLDecoder::begin(QTextStream *output)
diff --git a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h
index 3e13fc87d..340d23bb0 100644
--- a/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h
+++ b/src/decoders/HTMLDecoder.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * Constructs an HTML decoder using a default black-on-white color scheme.
      */
-    explicit HTMLDecoder(const QString &colorSchemeName = QString(), const QFont &profileFont = QFont());
+    explicit HTMLDecoder(const QColor *colorTable, const QFont &profileFont = QFont());
 
     void decodeLine(const Character *const characters, int count, LineProperty properties) override;
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ private:
     void closeSpan(QString &text);
 
     QTextStream *_output;
-    QString _colorSchemeName;
     QFont _profileFont;
     QColor _colorTable[TABLE_COLORS];
     bool _innerSpanOpen;