diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp
index 8783b9e8848..acf19e0e79d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/tealeafreader.cpp
@@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ void TeaLeafReader::extractData()
                   }))
         m_files.emplace_back(std::make_unique<FileNode>(topCMake, FileType::Project, false));
 
-    Utils::sort(m_files, &Node::sortByPath);
-
     m_buildTargets = cbpparser.buildTargets();
 }