diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index d4dede2889..5a7895b08e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -445,9 +445,7 @@ QFileSystemModelPrivate::QFileSystemNode *QFileSystemModelPrivate::node(const QS
                 return const_cast<QFileSystemModelPrivate::QFileSystemNode*>(&root);
             QFileSystemModelPrivate *p = const_cast<QFileSystemModelPrivate*>(this);
             node = p->addNode(parent, element,info);
-#ifndef QT_NO_FILESYSTEMWATCHER
             node->populate(fileInfoGatherer.getInfo(info));
-#endif
         } else {
             node = parent->children.value(element);
         }