diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp
index 5467791316..ce3b34841e 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/config.cpp
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ QStringList Config::getStringList(const QString& var) const
    \param var The variable containing the list of paths.
    \see   Location::canonicalRelativePath()
  */
-QStringList Config::getCanonicalRelativePathList(const QString& var) const
+QStringList Config::getCanonicalPathList(const QString& var) const
 {
     QStringList t;
     QList<ConfigVar> configVars = configVars_.values(var);
@@ -391,15 +391,16 @@ QStringList Config::getCanonicalRelativePathList(const QString& var) const
             const ConfigVar& cv = configVars[i];
             if (!cv.location_.isEmpty())
                 (Location&) lastLocation_ = cv.location_;
-            if (!cv.plus_)
+            if (!cv.plus_) {
                 t.clear();
+            }
             const QString d = cv.currentPath_;
             const QStringList& sl = cv.values_;
             if (!sl.isEmpty()) {
                 t.reserve(t.size() + sl.size());
                 for (int i=0; i<sl.size(); ++i) {
-                    const QString& crp = Location::canonicalRelativePath(sl[i], d);
-                    t.append(crp);
+                    QDir dir(d + "/" + sl[i]);
+                    t.append(dir.canonicalPath());
                 }
             }
             --i;
@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@ QStringList Config::getAllFiles(const QString &filesVar,
                                 const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles)
 {
     QStringList result = getStringList(filesVar);
-    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalRelativePathList(dirsVar);
+    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalPathList(dirsVar);
 
     QString nameFilter = getString(filesVar + dot + QLatin1String(CONFIG_FILEEXTENSIONS));
 
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ QStringList Config::getExampleQdocFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs,
                                         const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles)
 {
     QStringList result;
-    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalRelativePathList("exampledirs");
+    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalPathList("exampledirs");
     QString nameFilter = " *.qdoc";
 
     QStringList::ConstIterator d = dirs.constBegin();
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ QStringList Config::getExampleImageFiles(const QSet<QString> &excludedDirs,
                                          const QSet<QString> &excludedFiles)
 {
     QStringList result;
-    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalRelativePathList("exampledirs");
+    QStringList dirs = getCanonicalPathList("exampledirs");
     QString nameFilter = getString(CONFIG_EXAMPLES + dot + QLatin1String(CONFIG_IMAGEEXTENSIONS));
 
     QStringList::ConstIterator d = dirs.constBegin();
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/config.h b/src/tools/qdoc/config.h
index c601cc062e..8787d27eb3 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/config.h
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/config.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public:
     QString getString(const QString& var) const;
     QSet<QString> getStringSet(const QString& var) const;
     QStringList getStringList(const QString& var) const;
-    QStringList getCanonicalRelativePathList(const QString& var) const;
+    QStringList getCanonicalPathList(const QString& var) const;
     QStringList getCleanPathList(const QString& var) const;
     QStringList getPathList(const QString& var) const;
     QRegExp getRegExp(const QString& var) const;
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/location.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/location.cpp
index 91ee214aa1..64a635115e 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/location.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/location.cpp
@@ -243,21 +243,6 @@ QString Location::canonicalRelativePath(const QString &path)
     return configFileDir.relativeFilePath(canon);
 }
 
-/*!
-  \brief  Returns \a path which is canonicalized and relative to the \a configDir.
-
-  QDir::relativeFilePath does not canonicalize the paths, so
-  if the config file is located at qtbase\src\widgets\doc\qtwidgets.qdocconf
-  and it has a reference to any ancestor folder (e.g. ".." or even "../doc")
- */
-QString Location::canonicalRelativePath(const QString &path, const QString &configDir)
-{
-    QDir configFileDir(configDir);
-    QDir dir(path);
-    const QString canon = dir.canonicalPath();
-    return configFileDir.relativeFilePath(canon);
-}
-
 /*! \fn int Location::lineNo() const
   Returns the current line number.
   Must not be called on an empty Location object.
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/location.h b/src/tools/qdoc/location.h
index 4604358fe5..33472810d3 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/location.h
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/location.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ public:
     static void startLoggingProgress() { logProgress_ = true; }
     static void stopLoggingProgress() { logProgress_ = false; }
     static QString canonicalRelativePath(const QString &path);
-    static QString canonicalRelativePath(const QString &path, const QString &configDir);
 
 private:
     enum MessageType { Warning, Error };
diff --git a/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp b/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
index 9c2dd4dcfc..3ec121f795 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdoc/main.cpp
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void processQdocconfFile(const QString &fileName)
     QStringList excludedFilesList;
 
     Generator::debugSegfault("Reading excludedirs");
-    excludedDirsList = config.getCanonicalRelativePathList(CONFIG_EXCLUDEDIRS);
+    excludedDirsList = config.getCanonicalPathList(CONFIG_EXCLUDEDIRS);
     foreach (const QString &excludeDir, excludedDirsList) {
         QString p = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(excludeDir);
         QDir tmp(p);