diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 427dda7ab25..a65fdd3458a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::savePersistentSettings()
 
     QSettings *s = Core::ICore::settings();
     if (s) {
-        s->setValue(QLatin1String("ProjectExplorer/StartupSession"), d->m_session->currentSession());
+        s->setValue(QLatin1String("ProjectExplorer/StartupSession"), d->m_session->activeSession());
         s->remove(QLatin1String("ProjectExplorer/RecentProjects/Files"));
 
         QStringList fileNames;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
index cb11709a47e..b4c27c5659d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
@@ -848,11 +848,6 @@ void SessionManager::configureEditor(Core::IEditor *editor, const QString &fileN
     }
 }
 
-QString SessionManager::currentSession() const
-{
-    return QFileInfo(m_file->fileName()).completeBaseName();
-}
-
 void SessionManager::updateWindowTitle()
 {
     if (isDefaultSession(m_sessionName)) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h
index 512afd93490..58b04ea2935 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ public:
     bool addDependency(Project *project, Project *depProject);
     void removeDependency(Project *project, Project *depProject);
 
-    QString currentSession() const;
     QString sessionNameToFileName(const QString &session) const;
     QString sessionNameFromFileName(const QString &fileName) const;
     Project *startupProject() const;