diff --git a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/places/placesitemmodel.cpp
@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@
 
 void PlacesItemModel::addItemFromSourceModel(const QModelIndex &index)
 {
+    if (!m_hiddenItemsShown && m_sourceModel->isHidden(index)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     const KBookmark bookmark = m_sourceModel->bookmarkForIndex(index);
     Q_ASSERT(!bookmark.isNull());
     PlacesItem *item = new PlacesItem(bookmark);
diff --git a/src/tests/placesitemmodeltest.cpp b/src/tests/placesitemmodeltest.cpp
--- a/src/tests/placesitemmodeltest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/placesitemmodeltest.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     void testIcons_data();
     void testIcons();
     void testDragAndDrop();
+    void testHideDevices();
 
 private:
     PlacesItemModel* m_model;
@@ -758,6 +759,29 @@
     CHECK_PLACES_URLS(urls);
 }
 
+void PlacesItemModelTest::testHideDevices()
+{
+    QSignalSpy itemsRemoved(m_model, &PlacesItemModel::itemsRemoved);
+    QStringList urls = initialUrls();
+
+    m_model->setGroupHidden(KFilePlacesModel::RemovableDevicesType, true);
+    QTRY_VERIFY(m_model->isGroupHidden(KFilePlacesModel::RemovableDevicesType));
+    QTRY_COMPARE(itemsRemoved.count(), 3);
+
+    // remove removable-devices
+    urls.removeOne(QStringLiteral("/media/floppy0"));
+    urls.removeOne(QStringLiteral("/media/XO-Y4"));
+    urls.removeOne(QStringLiteral("/media/cdrom"));
+
+    // check if the correct urls was removed
+    CHECK_PLACES_URLS(urls);
+
+    delete m_model;
+    m_model = new PlacesItemModel();
+    QTRY_COMPARE(m_model->count(), urls.count());
+    CHECK_PLACES_URLS(urls);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(PlacesItemModelTest)
 
 #include "placesitemmodeltest.moc"