2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp
index b953c63569..97afce1734 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfiledialog.cpp
@@ -3427,7 +3427,6 @@ void QFileDialogPrivate::_q_deleteCurrent()
 
         QString fileName = index.data(QFileSystemModel::FileNameRole).toString();
         QString filePath = index.data(QFileSystemModel::FilePathRole).toString();
-        bool isDir = model->isDir(index);
 
         QFile::Permissions p(index.parent().data(QFileSystemModel::FilePermissions).toInt());
 #if QT_CONFIG(messagebox)
@@ -3452,7 +3451,7 @@ void QFileDialogPrivate::_q_deleteCurrent()
             return;
 #endif // QT_CONFIG(messagebox)
 
-        if (isDir) {
+        if (model->isDir(index) && !model->fileInfo(index).isSymLink()) {
             if (!removeDirectory(filePath)) {
 #if QT_CONFIG(messagebox)
             QMessageBox::warning(q, q->windowTitle(),
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index 63b5cf7aaf..bf14b5c6fd 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -203,8 +203,12 @@ QFileInfo QFileSystemModel::fileInfo(const QModelIndex &index) const
 
 bool QFileSystemModel::remove(const QModelIndex &aindex)
 {
-    const QString path = filePath(aindex);
-    const bool success = QFileInfo(path).isFile() ? QFile::remove(path) : QDir(path).removeRecursively();
+    Q_D(QFileSystemModel);
+
+    const QString path = d->filePath(aindex);
+    const QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
+    const bool success = (fileInfo.isFile() || fileInfo.isSymLink())
+            ? QFile::remove(path) : QDir(path).removeRecursively();
 #ifndef QT_NO_FILESYSTEMWATCHER
     if (success) {
         QFileSystemModelPrivate * d = const_cast<QFileSystemModelPrivate*>(d_func());