diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp
index 637899e1ef8e277f26fe3ea7a75b7437f51e7896..da4bca7efd9452a5e149763698ab1b15a94f08a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp
@@ -1529,7 +1529,9 @@ void EditorManager::updateActions()
             fName = curEditor->displayName();
         }
 
+#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
         window()->setWindowModified(curEditor->file()->isModified());
+#endif
         if (curEditor->file()->isModified() && curEditor->file()->isReadOnly()) {
             // we are about to change a read-only file, warn user
             showEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("Core.EditorManager.MakeWritable"),
@@ -1538,8 +1540,10 @@ void EditorManager::updateActions()
         } else {
             hideEditorInfoBar(QLatin1String("Core.EditorManager.MakeWritable"));
         }
+#ifdef Q_WS_MAC
     } else { // curEditor
         window()->setWindowModified(false);
+#endif
     }
 
     m_d->m_saveAction->setEnabled(curEditor != 0 && curEditor->file()->isModified());
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
index 6c8efb443a433c61e9a933ddc6255932bd81f7a2..dcd120f1a0e2aa57973b190416fc02f30b93f5c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
@@ -926,14 +926,10 @@ void SessionManager::updateWindowTitle()
     if (m_core->editorManager()->currentEditor()) {
         QFileInfo fi(m_core->editorManager()->currentEditor()->file()->fileName());
         QString fileName = fi.fileName();
-        // [*] is placeholder for a windowModified marker, set in editor manager
         if (!fileName.isEmpty())
-            windowTitle.prepend(fileName + "[*] - ");
-        else
-            windowTitle.append("[*]"); // placeholder will be removed by Qt)
+            windowTitle.prepend(fileName + " - ");
         m_core->mainWindow()->setWindowFilePath(fi.absoluteFilePath());
     } else {
-        windowTitle.append("[*]"); // placeholder for windowModified property (is removed by Qt)
         m_core->mainWindow()->setWindowFilePath(QString());
     }
     m_core->mainWindow()->setWindowTitle(windowTitle);