diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp
index 6065ad015e..d882516cef 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp
@@ -933,7 +933,6 @@ void QFileDialog::setDirectory(const QString &directory)
 {
     Q_D(QFileDialog);
     QString newDirectory = directory;
-    QFileInfo info(directory);
     //we remove .. and . from the given path if exist
     if (!directory.isEmpty())
         newDirectory = QDir::cleanPath(directory);