diff --git a/qutebrowser/app.py b/qutebrowser/app.py
index 2b6896b76..ee05f379d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/app.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/app.py
@@ -555,22 +555,8 @@ class Quitter:
                 args: The commandline as a list of strings.
                 cwd: The current working directory as a string.
         """
-        if os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]) == 'qutebrowser':
-            # Launched via launcher script
-            args = [sys.argv[0]]
-            cwd = None
-        elif hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
-            args = [sys.executable]
-            cwd = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
-        else:
-            args = [sys.executable, '-m', 'qutebrowser']
-            cwd = os.path.join(
-                os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(qutebrowser.__file__)), '..')
-            if not os.path.isdir(cwd):
-                # Probably running from a python egg. Let's fallback to
-                # cwd=None and see if that works out.
-                # See https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/323
-                cwd = None
+        args = ['@qutebrowser@']
+        cwd = None
 
         # Add all open pages so they get reopened.
         page_args = []