diff --git a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
--- a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
+++ b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
@@ -409,11 +409,6 @@
 void KDEPlatformFileDialogHelper::selectFile(const QUrl &filename)
 {
     m_dialog->selectFile(filename);
-
-    // Qt 5 at least <= 5.8.0 does not derive the directory from the passed url
-    // and set the initialDirectory option accordingly, also not for known schemes
-    // like file://, so we have to do it ourselves
-    options()->setInitialDirectory(m_dialog->directory());
 }
 
 void KDEPlatformFileDialogHelper::setDirectory(const QUrl &directory)