diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
index 87e336d5508..bb107285567 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangfollowsymbol.cpp
@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ static ::Utils::ProcessLinkCallback extendedCallback(::Utils::ProcessLinkCallbac
     // If globalFollowSymbol finds nothing follow to the declaration.
     return [original_callback = std::move(callback), result](const ::Utils::Link &link) {
         if (link.linkTextStart < 0 && result.isResultOnlyForFallBack) {
-            return original_callback(::Utils::Link(::Utils::FilePath::fromString(result.fileName),
-                                                   result.startLine,
-                                                   result.startColumn - 1));
+            return original_callback(Utils::Link(
+                                         Utils::FilePath::fromString(result.fileName).cleanPath(),
+                                         result.startLine,
+                                         result.startColumn - 1));
         }
         return original_callback(link);
     };
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ void ClangFollowSymbol::findLink(const CppEditor::CursorInEditor &data,
                                                  symbolFinder,
                                                  inNextSplit);
         } else {
-            callback(Link(Utils::FilePath::fromString(result.fileName),
+            callback(Link(Utils::FilePath::fromString(result.fileName).cleanPath(),
                           result.startLine,
                           result.startColumn - 1));
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
index cee8e3cf314..9462b06b829 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/textdocument.cpp
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ void TextDocument::setFilePath(const Utils::FilePath &newName)
 {
     if (newName == filePath())
         return;
-    IDocument::setFilePath(newName.absoluteFilePath());
+    IDocument::setFilePath(newName.absoluteFilePath().cleanPath());
 }
 
 IDocument::ReloadBehavior TextDocument::reloadBehavior(ChangeTrigger state, ChangeType type) const