diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp
index 2aab130a625..5c15bf06610 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.cpp
@@ -60,12 +60,10 @@ void JsonKitsPage::initializePage()
     const QString platform = wiz->value(QLatin1String("Platform")).toString();
     const Core::FeatureSet preferred = Core::FeatureSet::fromStringList(wiz->value(QLatin1String("PreferredFeatures")).toStringList());
     const Core::FeatureSet required = Core::FeatureSet::fromStringList(wiz->value(QLatin1String("RequiredFeatures")).toStringList());
-    const QString path = wiz->expander()->expand(m_projectFilePath);
-
-    setProjectPath(path);
 
     setRequiredKitMatcher(KitMatcher([required](const Kit *k) { return k->hasFeatures(required); }));
     setPreferredKitMatcher(KitMatcher([platform, preferred](const Kit *k) { return k->hasPlatform(platform) && k->hasFeatures(preferred); }));
+    setProjectPath(wiz->expander()->expand(unexpandedProjectPath()));
 
     TargetSetupPage::initializePage();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.h
index e807fc2bcd3..95934e868c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonkitspage.h
@@ -44,16 +44,17 @@ class JsonKitsPage : public TargetSetupPage
 public:
     JsonKitsPage(QWidget *parent = 0);
 
-    void setProjectFilePath(const QString &path) { m_projectFilePath = path; }
-
     void initializePage();
     void cleanupPage();
 
+    void setUnexpandedProjectPath(const QString &path);
+    QString unexpandedProjectPath() const;
+
 private slots:
     void setupProjectFiles(const JsonWizard::GeneratorFiles &files);
 
 private:
-    QString m_projectFilePath;
+    QString m_unexpandedProjectPath;
 };
 
 } // namespace ProjectExplorer
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardpagefactory_p.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardpagefactory_p.cpp
index fd3c0d4f494..87384a16a86 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardpagefactory_p.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/jsonwizard/jsonwizardpagefactory_p.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Utils::WizardPage *KitsPageFactory::create(JsonWizard *wizard, Core::Id typeId,
     QTC_ASSERT(canCreate(typeId), return 0);
 
     JsonKitsPage *page = new JsonKitsPage;
-    page->setProjectFilePath(data.toMap().value(QLatin1String("projectFilePath")).toString());
+    page->setUnexpandedProjectPath(data.toMap().value(QLatin1String("projectFilePath")).toString());
 
     return page;
 }