diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp
index 0618fe6c730..0e7dd7ece2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/profilereader.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ bool ProFileReader::readProFile(const QString &fileName)
 //            return false;
 //        }
 //    }
-    QString fn =  QFileInfo(fileName).filePath();
+    QString fn = QFileInfo(fileName).filePath();
     ProFile *pro = new ProFile(fn);
     if (!queryProFile(pro)) {
         delete pro;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
index 08ebe8aab95..672ce8b835b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt4nodes.cpp
@@ -883,12 +883,12 @@ QStringList Qt4ProFileNode::subDirsPaths(ProFileReader *reader) const
         QString realFile;
         const QString subDirKey = subDirVar + QLatin1String(".subdir");
         if (reader->contains(subDirKey))
-            realDir = reader->value(subDirKey);
+            realDir = QFileInfo(reader->value(subDirKey)).filePath();
          else
             realDir = subDirVar;
         QFileInfo info(realDir);
         if (!info.isAbsolute())
-            realDir = QString("%1/%2").arg(m_projectDir, realDir);
+            realDir = m_projectDir + "/" + realDir;
 
 #ifdef QTEXTENDED_QBUILD_SUPPORT
         // QBuild only uses project files named qbuild.pro, and subdirs are implied