diff --git a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp
index 213bc467e57..05825220af7 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp
@@ -354,20 +354,6 @@ FilePath PathChooser::absoluteFilePath() const
     return d->m_baseDirectory.resolvePath(filePath());
 }
 
-// FIXME: try to remove again
-QString PathChooser::expandedDirectory(const QString &input, const Environment &env,
-                                       const QString &baseDir)
-{
-    if (input.isEmpty())
-        return input;
-    const QString path = QDir::cleanPath(env.expandVariables(input));
-    if (path.isEmpty())
-        return path;
-    if (!baseDir.isEmpty() && QFileInfo(path).isRelative())
-        return QFileInfo(baseDir + '/' + path).absoluteFilePath();
-    return path;
-}
-
 void PathChooser::setPath(const QString &path)
 {
     QTC_ASSERT(!d->m_callGuard.isLocked(), return);
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h
index a796aac079e..2a3ee05610c 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ public:
 
     FilePath rawFilePath() const; // The raw unexpanded input as FilePath.
 
-    static QString expandedDirectory(const QString &input, const Environment &env,
-                                     const QString &baseDir);
-
     FilePath baseDirectory() const;
     void setBaseDirectory(const FilePath &base);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfigurationaspects.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfigurationaspects.cpp
index 69244107d33..c8f3836e46f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfigurationaspects.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runconfigurationaspects.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ FilePath WorkingDirectoryAspect::workingDirectory() const
     QString workingDir = m_workingDirectory.path();
     if (m_macroExpander)
         workingDir = m_macroExpander->expandProcessArgs(workingDir);
-    return m_workingDirectory.withNewPath(PathChooser::expandedDirectory(workingDir, env, QString()));
+
+    QString res = workingDir.isEmpty() ? QString() : QDir::cleanPath(env.expandVariables(workingDir));
+
+    return m_workingDirectory.withNewPath(res);
 }
 
 FilePath WorkingDirectoryAspect::defaultWorkingDirectory() const