diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp
index f91fc35e808a739cef768f554a51ae418950a913..32f9abc865f67d323326691ffa0be4aef94200b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsprojectmanagerplugin.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildFiles(QbsProject *project, const QStringList
     BuildManager::buildList(bc->stepList(buildStep), name);
 
     bc->setChangedFiles(QStringList());
+    bc->setActiveFileTags(QStringList());
 }
 
 void QbsProjectManagerPlugin::buildSingleFile(QbsProject *project, const QString &file)