diff --git a/src/plugins/gitlab/gitlabdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/gitlab/gitlabdialog.cpp
index 97d57e42651..4a10888c944 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gitlab/gitlabdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gitlab/gitlabdialog.cpp
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ void GitLabDialog::handleProjects(const Projects &projects)
     // TODO use a real model / delegate..?
     listModel->setDataAccessor([](Project *data, int /*column*/, int role) -> QVariant {
         if (role == Qt::DisplayRole)
-            return QString(data->displayName + " (" + data->visibility + ')');
+            return data->displayName;
         if (role == Qt::UserRole)
             return QVariant::fromValue(*data);
         return QVariant();
diff --git a/src/plugins/gitlab/resultparser.cpp b/src/plugins/gitlab/resultparser.cpp
index 80fe316013b..e2497c8bf1f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gitlab/resultparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gitlab/resultparser.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static Project projectFromJson(const QJsonObject &jsonObj)
     project.displayName = jsonObj.value("name_with_namespace").toString();
     project.pathName = jsonObj.value("path_with_namespace").toString();
     project.id = jsonObj.value("id").toInt(-1);
-    project.visibility = jsonObj.value("visibility").toString("public");
+    project.visibility = jsonObj.value("visibility").toString();
     project.httpUrl = jsonObj.value("http_url_to_repo").toString();
     project.sshUrl = jsonObj.value("ssh_url_to_repo").toString();
     if (jsonObj.contains("forks_count"))