diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_deletefiles.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_deletefiles.cpp
index 503d3887b..f3675369f 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_deletefiles.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_deletefiles.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* === This file is part of Tomahawk Player - <http://tomahawk-player.org> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   Copyright 2010-2011, Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
  *
  *   Tomahawk is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ DatabaseCommand_DeleteFiles::exec( DatabaseImpl* dbi )
         delquery.prepare( QString( "DELETE FROM file WHERE source %1 AND id = ?" )
                              .arg( source()->isLocal() ? "IS NULL" : QString( "= %1" ).arg( source()->id() ) ) );
 
-        dirquery.bindValue( 0, "file://" + m_dir.absolutePath() + "/%" );
+        dirquery.bindValue( 0, "file://" + m_dir.canonicalPath() + "/%" );
         dirquery.exec();
 
         while ( dirquery.next() )
         {
             QFileInfo fi( dirquery.value( 1 ).toString().mid( 7 ) ); // remove file://
-            if ( fi.absolutePath() != m_dir.absolutePath() )
+            if ( fi.canonicalPath() != m_dir.canonicalPath() )
             {
-                if ( lastPath != fi.absolutePath() )
-                    qDebug() << "Skipping subdir:" << fi.absolutePath();
+                if ( lastPath != fi.canonicalPath() )
+                    qDebug() << "Skipping subdir:" << fi.canonicalPath();
 
-                lastPath = fi.absolutePath();
+                lastPath = fi.canonicalPath();
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ DatabaseCommand_DeleteFiles::exec( DatabaseImpl* dbi )
                     << delquery.boundValues();
                 continue;
             }
-            
+
             deleted++;
         }
     }
-    
+
     qDebug() << "Deleted" << deleted << m_ids << m_files;
 
     emit done( m_files, source()->collection() );
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_dirmtimes.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_dirmtimes.cpp
index 07fbad637..c0ef4ffc5 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_dirmtimes.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/database/databasecommand_dirmtimes.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* === This file is part of Tomahawk Player - <http://tomahawk-player.org> ===
- * 
+ *
  *   Copyright 2010-2011, Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
  *
  *   Tomahawk is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ DatabaseCommand_DirMtimes::execSelectPath( DatabaseImpl *dbi, const QDir& path,
                             "FROM dirs_scanned "
                             "WHERE name LIKE :prefix" ) );
 
-    query.bindValue( ":prefix", path.absolutePath() + "%" );
+    query.bindValue( ":prefix", path.canonicalPath() + "%" );
     query.exec();
 
     while( query.next() )