diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index d4c4a47b8c8..89bf5f74127 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!overrideCodecForLocale.isEmpty())
         QTextCodec::setCodecForLocale(QTextCodec::codecForName(overrideCodecForLocale));
 
-    app.setDesktopFileName("org.qt-project.qtcreator.desktop");
+    app.setDesktopFileName("org.qt-project.qtcreator");
 
     // Make sure we honor the system's proxy settings
     QNetworkProxyFactory::setUseSystemConfiguration(true);