diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
index 824976dc26e..6590594d4eb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ CMakeBuildConfiguration::CMakeBuildConfiguration(Target *target, Id id)
         if (info.buildDirectory.isEmpty()) {
             setBuildDirectory(shadowBuildDirectory(target->project()->projectFilePath(),
                                                    k,
-                                                   info.displayName,
+                                                   info.typeName,
                                                    info.buildType));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp
index 73565bfaa5d..ab0ee27fd0e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/killappstep.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public:
             Target * const theTarget = target();
             QTC_ASSERT(theTarget, return CheckResult::failure());
             RunConfiguration * const rc = theTarget->activeRunConfiguration();
-            const QString remoteExe = rc ? rc->runnable().command.executable().toString() : QString();
+            const QString remoteExe = rc ? rc->runnable().command.executable().path() : QString();
             service->setRemoteExecutable(remoteExe);
             return CheckResult::success();
         });
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index e742812350d..4e840990657 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ void LinuxProcessInterface::sendControlSignal(ControlSignal controlSignal)
     QTC_ASSERT(controlSignal != ControlSignal::KickOff, return);
     const qint64 pid = processId();
     QTC_ASSERT(pid, return); // TODO: try sending a signal based on process name
-    const QString args = QString::fromLatin1("-%1 %2")
+    const QString args = QString::fromLatin1("-%1 -%2")
             .arg(controlSignalToInt(controlSignal)).arg(pid);
-    CommandLine command = { "kill", args, CommandLine::Raw };
+    const CommandLine command = { "kill", args, CommandLine::Raw };
     // Note: This blocking call takes up to 2 ms for local remote.
     runInShell(command);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp
index 899db9e8475..a1567a6cde3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxsignaloperation.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::~RemoteLinuxSignalOperation() = default;
 
 static QString signalProcessGroupByPidCommandLine(qint64 pid, int signal)
 {
-    return QString::fromLatin1("kill -%1 %2").arg(signal).arg(pid);
+    return QString::fromLatin1("kill -%1 -%2").arg(signal).arg(pid);
 }
 
 void RemoteLinuxSignalOperation::run(const QString &command)