diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index c200fd0e547..3abb4b69516 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -3264,20 +3264,21 @@ void ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate::updateContextMenuActions()
             m_addExistingFilesAction->setEnabled(supports(AddExistingFile));
             m_addExistingDirectoryAction->setEnabled(supports(AddExistingDirectory));
             m_renameFileAction->setEnabled(supports(Rename));
-        } else if (currentNode->asFileNode()) {
+        } else if (auto fileNode = currentNode->asFileNode()) {
             // Enable and show remove / delete in magic ways:
             // If both are disabled show Remove
             // If both are enabled show both (can't happen atm)
             // If only removeFile is enabled only show it
             // If only deleteFile is enable only show it
-            bool enableRemove = supports(RemoveFile);
+            bool isTypeProject = fileNode->fileType() == FileType::Project;
+            bool enableRemove = !isTypeProject && supports(RemoveFile);
             m_removeFileAction->setEnabled(enableRemove);
-            bool enableDelete = supports(EraseFile);
+            bool enableDelete = !isTypeProject && supports(EraseFile);
             m_deleteFileAction->setEnabled(enableDelete);
             m_deleteFileAction->setVisible(enableDelete);
 
             m_removeFileAction->setVisible(!enableDelete || enableRemove);
-            m_renameFileAction->setEnabled(supports(Rename));
+            m_renameFileAction->setEnabled(!isTypeProject && supports(Rename));
             const bool currentNodeIsTextFile = isTextFile(
                         currentNode->filePath().toString());
             m_diffFileAction->setEnabled(DiffService::instance()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
index cbc6e597401..62762069b2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/qbsnodes.cpp
@@ -217,17 +217,8 @@ static bool supportsNodeAction(ProjectAction action, const Node *node)
     const QbsProject * const project = parentQbsProjectNode(node)->project();
     if (!project->isProjectEditable())
         return false;
-
-    auto equalsNodeFilePath = [node](const QString &str)
-    {
-        return str == node->filePath().toString();
-    };
-
-    if (action == RemoveFile || action == Rename) {
-       if (node->asFileNode())
-           return !Utils::contains(project->qbsProject().buildSystemFiles(), equalsNodeFilePath);
-    }
-
+    if (action == RemoveFile || action == Rename)
+        return node->asFileNode();
     return false;
 }