diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectnodes.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectnodes.cpp
index b95f2d16a26..6afe039d02d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectnodes.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ QHash<QString, QStringList> sortFilesIntoPaths(const QString &base, const QSet<Q
                 relativeFilePath.chop(1);
         }
 
+        if (relativeFilePath == QLatin1String("."))
+            relativeFilePath.clear();
+
         filesInPath[relativeFilePath].append(absoluteFileName);
     }
     return filesInPath;