diff --git a/src/playlistparsers/parserbase.cpp b/src/playlistparsers/parserbase.cpp
index c8a3942ef0..8d7ed02239 100644
--- a/src/playlistparsers/parserbase.cpp
+++ b/src/playlistparsers/parserbase.cpp
@@ -53,14 +53,9 @@ void ParserBase::LoadSong(const QString& filename_or_url, qint64 beginning,
   // was created on/for, using replace() lets playlists work on any platform.
   filename = filename.replace('\\', '/');
 
-  // Make the path absolute
+  // Make the path absolute and clean it
   if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(filename)) {
-    filename = dir.absoluteFilePath(filename);
-  }
-
-  // Use the canonical path
-  if (QFile::exists(filename)) {
-    filename = QFileInfo(filename).canonicalFilePath();
+    filename = QDir::cleanPath(dir.absoluteFilePath(filename));
   }
 
   const QUrl url = QUrl::fromLocalFile(filename);