diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
index e19e2a7f314..9bb0bcebf3a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/qmakenodes.cpp
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ PriFileEvalResult QmakePriFileNode::extractValues(const EvalInput &input,
 
     const QVector<QmakeNodeStaticData::FileTypeData> &fileTypes = qmakeNodeStaticData()->fileTypeData;
     // update files
-    QFileInfo tmpFi;
     for (int i = 0; i < fileTypes.size(); ++i) {
         FileType type = fileTypes.at(i).type;
         const QList<VariableAndVPathInformation> &qmakeVariables = variableAndVPathInformation.at(i);
@@ -689,19 +688,13 @@ PriFileEvalResult QmakePriFileNode::extractValues(const EvalInput &input,
         foreach (const VariableAndVPathInformation &qmakeVariable, qmakeVariables) {
             foreach (ProFile *includeFileExact, includeFilesExact) {
                 QStringList tmp = input.readerExact->absoluteFileValues(qmakeVariable.variable, input.projectDir, qmakeVariable.vPathsExact, includeFileExact);
-                foreach (const QString &t, tmp) {
-                    tmpFi.setFile(t);
-                    if (tmpFi.isFile())
-                        newFilePaths += FileName::fromString(t);
-                }
+                foreach (const QString &t, tmp)
+                    newFilePaths += FileName::fromString(t);
             }
             foreach (ProFile *includeFileCumlative, includeFilesCumlative) {
                 QStringList tmp = input.readerCumulative->absoluteFileValues(qmakeVariable.variable, input.projectDir, qmakeVariable.vPathsCumulative, includeFileCumlative);
-                foreach (const QString &t, tmp) {
-                    tmpFi.setFile(t);
-                    if (tmpFi.isFile())
-                        newFilePaths += FileName::fromString(t);
-                }
+                foreach (const QString &t, tmp)
+                    newFilePaths += FileName::fromString(t);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp
index 57b2812c8fd..4239d6ba5c9 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/ioutils.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ IoUtils::FileType IoUtils::fileType(const QString &fileName)
     struct ::stat st;
     if (::stat(fileName.toLocal8Bit().constData(), &st))
         return FileNotFound;
-    return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? FileIsDir : FileIsRegular;
+    return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? FileIsDir : S_ISREG(st.st_mode) ? FileIsRegular : FileNotFound;
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
index 5b937d3f094..1df3dc4b518 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/profileevaluator.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ QStringList ProFileEvaluator::absoluteFileValues(
                 if (wildcard.contains(QLatin1Char('*')) || wildcard.contains(QLatin1Char('?'))) {
                     wildcard.detach(); // Keep m_tmp out of QRegExp's cache
                     QDir theDir(absDir);
+                    theDir.setFilter(theDir.filter() & ~QDir::AllDirs);
                     foreach (const QString &fn, theDir.entryList(QStringList(wildcard)))
                         if (fn != QLatin1String(".") && fn != QLatin1String(".."))
                             result << absDir + QLatin1Char('/') + fn;
diff --git a/src/shared/proparser/qmakevfs.cpp b/src/shared/proparser/qmakevfs.cpp
index 81759fa8160..a46b211aeff 100644
--- a/src/shared/proparser/qmakevfs.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/proparser/qmakevfs.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bool QMakeVfs::exists(const QString &fn)
     if (it != m_files.constEnd())
         return it->constData() != m_magicMissing.constData();
 #endif
-    bool ex = IoUtils::exists(fn);
+    bool ex = IoUtils::fileType(fn) == IoUtils::FileIsRegular;
 #ifndef PROEVALUATOR_FULL
     m_files[fn] = ex ? m_magicExisting : m_magicMissing;
 #endif