diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp
index af2641351c2c1e4eebf9899c86b8cdfb6cb43831..8f4b49b4f866dd8c632bc15d03ab8b1dcce00594 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp
@@ -113,11 +113,8 @@ void JsonKitsPage::setupProjectFiles(const JsonWizard::GeneratorFiles &files)
     foreach (const JsonWizard::GeneratorFile &f, files) {
         if (f.file.attributes() & GeneratedFile::OpenProjectAttribute) {
             QString errorMessage;
-            QString path = f.file.path();
-            const QFileInfo fi(path);
-
-            if (fi.exists())
-                path = fi.canonicalFilePath();
+            const QFileInfo fi(f.file.path());
+            const QString path = fi.absoluteFilePath();
 
             Utils::MimeDatabase mdb;
             Utils::MimeType mt = mdb.mimeTypeForFile(fi);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 266d00e4ad022f5abced03825e881731a5ee4896..b5e7778e9f529ed8811e155625511352e7586a4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -1735,10 +1735,8 @@ ProjectExplorerPlugin::OpenProjectResult ProjectExplorerPlugin::openProjects(con
     foreach (const QString &fileName, fileNames) {
         QTC_ASSERT(!fileName.isEmpty(), continue);
 
-        QFileInfo fi = QFileInfo(fileName);
-        QString filePath = fileName;
-        if (fi.exists()) // canonicalFilePath will be empty otherwise!
-            filePath = fi.canonicalFilePath();
+        const QFileInfo fi(fileName);
+        const QString filePath = fi.absoluteFilePath();
         bool found = false;
         foreach (Project *pi, SessionManager::projects()) {
             if (filePath == pi->projectFilePath().toString()) {