diff --git a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
--- a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
+++ b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
 void KDEPlatformFileDialog::selectFile(const QUrl &filename)
 {
     QUrl dirUrl = filename.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename);
-    m_fileWidget->setUrl(dirUrl);
     m_fileWidget->setSelectedUrl(filename);
 }
 
@@ -223,27 +222,10 @@
 
 void KDEPlatformFileDialog::setDirectory(const QUrl &directory)
 {
-    if (!directory.isLocalFile())  {
-        // Qt can not determine if the remote URL points to a file or a
-        // directory, that is why options()->initialDirectory() always returns
-        // the full URL.
-        KIO::StatJob *job = KIO::stat(directory);
-        KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, this);
-        if (job->exec()) {
-            KIO::UDSEntry entry = job->statResult();
-            if (!entry.isDir()) {
-                // this is probably a file remove the file part
-                m_fileWidget->setUrl(directory.adjusted(QUrl::RemoveFilename));
-                m_fileWidget->setSelectedUrl(directory);
-            }
-            else {
-                m_fileWidget->setUrl(directory);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        m_fileWidget->setUrl(directory);
-    }
+    //passing non-local files as the working directory is not supported.
+    //See QFileDialogPrivate::initialSelections
+    //Selectingg files should be done through the correct method.
+    m_fileWidget->setUrl(directory);
 }
 
 bool KDEPlatformFileDialogHelper::isSupportedUrl(const QUrl& url) const