diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp
index 5c6cf57aa93..b70c46b0e41 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/quick/quicktesttreeitem.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ QSet<QString> QuickTestTreeItem::internalTargets() const
 
 void QuickTestTreeItem::markForRemovalRecursively(const QString &filePath)
 {
+    TestTreeItem::markForRemovalRecursively(filePath);
     auto parser = dynamic_cast<QuickTestParser *>(framework()->testParser());
     const QString proFile = parser->projectFileForMainCppFile(filePath);
     if (!proFile.isEmpty()) {