diff --git a/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp b/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp
--- a/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp
+++ b/kerfuffle/jobs.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QDirIterator>
 #include <QFileInfo>
-#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QUrl>
@@ -319,8 +318,12 @@
     }
 
     if (m_isSingleFolderArchive) {
+        QString fullPath = entry->fullPath();
         // RPM filenames have the ./ prefix, and "." would be detected as the subfolder name, so we remove it.
-        const QString fullPath = entry->fullPath().remove(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("^\\./")));
+        if (fullPath.startsWith(QLatin1String("./"))) {
+            fullPath = fullPath.remove(0, 2);
+        }
+
         const QString basePath = fullPath.split(QLatin1Char('/')).at(0);
 
         if (m_basePath.isEmpty()) {