diff --git a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp
index 4079b0ef56b..19bfdc27b0a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qbsprojectmanager/defaultpropertyprovider.cpp
@@ -313,22 +313,20 @@ QVariantMap DefaultPropertyProvider::autoGeneratedProperties(const ProjectExplor
         if (tcCxx)
             cxxCompilerPath = tcCxx->compilerCommand();
 
-        const QFileInfo cFileInfo = cCompilerPath.toFileInfo();
-        const QFileInfo cxxFileInfo = cxxCompilerPath.toFileInfo();
-        QString cCompilerName = cFileInfo.fileName();
-        QString cxxCompilerName = cxxFileInfo.fileName();
+        QString cCompilerName = cCompilerPath.fileName();
+        QString cxxCompilerName = cxxCompilerPath.fileName();
         const QString cToolchainPrefix = extractToolchainPrefix(&cCompilerName);
         const QString cxxToolchainPrefix = extractToolchainPrefix(&cxxCompilerName);
 
-        QFileInfo mainFileInfo;
+        Utils::FilePath mainFilePath;
         QString mainCompilerName;
         QString mainToolchainPrefix;
         if (tcCxx) {
-            mainFileInfo = cxxFileInfo;
+            mainFilePath = cxxCompilerPath;
             mainCompilerName = cxxCompilerName;
             mainToolchainPrefix = cxxToolchainPrefix;
         } else {
-            mainFileInfo = cFileInfo;
+            mainFilePath = cCompilerPath;
             mainCompilerName = cCompilerName;
             mainToolchainPrefix = cToolchainPrefix;
         }
@@ -353,11 +351,11 @@ QVariantMap DefaultPropertyProvider::autoGeneratedProperties(const ProjectExplor
         }
 
         if (tcC && tcCxx && !cCompilerPath.isEmpty() && !cxxCompilerPath.isEmpty()
-                && cFileInfo.absolutePath() != cxxFileInfo.absolutePath()) {
+                && cCompilerPath.absolutePath() != cxxCompilerPath.absolutePath()) {
             Core::MessageManager::writeFlashing(
                 tr("C and C++ compiler paths differ. C compiler may not work."));
         }
-        data.insert(QLatin1String(CPP_TOOLCHAINPATH), mainFileInfo.absolutePath());
+        data.insert(QLatin1String(CPP_TOOLCHAINPATH), mainFilePath.absolutePath().toString());
 
         if (auto gcc = dynamic_cast<ProjectExplorer::GccToolChain *>(mainTc)) {
             QStringList compilerFlags = gcc->platformCodeGenFlags();
@@ -372,7 +370,7 @@ QVariantMap DefaultPropertyProvider::autoGeneratedProperties(const ProjectExplor
             // Reverse engineer the Xcode developer path from the compiler path
             const QRegularExpression compilerRe(
                 QStringLiteral("^(?<developerpath>.*)/Toolchains/(?:.+)\\.xctoolchain/usr/bin$"));
-            const QRegularExpressionMatch compilerReMatch = compilerRe.match(cxxFileInfo.absolutePath());
+            const QRegularExpressionMatch compilerReMatch = compilerRe.match(cxxCompilerPath.absolutePath().toString());
             if (compilerReMatch.hasMatch()) {
                 const QString developerPath = compilerReMatch.captured(QStringLiteral("developerpath"));
                 data.insert(QLatin1String(XCODE_DEVELOPERPATH), developerPath);