diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b5a50fb..2746410 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ set(CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX
 find_package(c++utilities${CONFIGURATION_PACKAGE_SUFFIX} 5.0.0 REQUIRED)
 use_cpp_utilities()
 
-# configure use of std::filesystem (so far only required on Windows)
-if (WIN32)
-    use_standard_filesystem()
-endif ()
-
 # include modules to apply configuration
 include(BasicConfig)
 include(QtGuiConfig)
diff --git a/misc/desktoputils.cpp b/misc/desktoputils.cpp
index 75b3e7f..cf26eb9 100644
--- a/misc/desktoputils.cpp
+++ b/misc/desktoputils.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QUrl>
-
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
-#include <filesystem>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #endif
 
 namespace QtUtilities {
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ bool openLocalFileOrDir(const QString &path)
     tmp.replace(QChar('\\'), QChar('/'));
 
     // add a slash before the drive letter of an absolute path
-    if (std::filesystem::path(path.toStdString()).is_absolute()) {
+    if (QFileInfo(path).isAbsolute()) {
         tmp = QStringLiteral("/") + tmp;
     }
     url.setPath(tmp, QUrl::DecodedMode);