diff --git a/lang/qt/src/qgpgmenewcryptoconfig.cpp b/lang/qt/src/qgpgmenewcryptoconfig.cpp
index 57d02cc7..94e3fb2b 100644
--- a/lang/qt/src/qgpgmenewcryptoconfig.cpp
+++ b/lang/qt/src/qgpgmenewcryptoconfig.cpp
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ void QGpgMENewCryptoConfigEntry::setURLValue(const QUrl &url)
     if (str.isEmpty() && !isOptional()) {
         m_option.resetToDefaultValue();
     } else if (type == FilenameType) {
-        m_option.setNewValue(m_option.createStringArgument(QDir::toNativeSeparators(url.toLocalFile()).toUtf8().constData()));
+        m_option.setNewValue(m_option.createStringArgument(url.toLocalFile().toUtf8().constData()));
     } else {
         m_option.setNewValue(m_option.createStringArgument(str.toUtf8().constData()));
     }