Index: kservice-5.21.0/src/sycoca/vfolder_menu.cpp
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--- kservice-5.21.0.orig/src/sycoca/vfolder_menu.cpp
+++ kservice-5.21.0/src/sycoca/vfolder_menu.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ VFolderMenu::absoluteDir(const QString &
     }
 
     if (!relative) {
-        QString resolved = QDir(dir).canonicalPath();
+      QString resolved = QDir::cleanPath(dir);
         if (!resolved.isEmpty()) {
             dir = resolved;
         }