diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java
index d14aeff806..e1878f152a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java	
@@ -455,9 +455,6 @@ void presetChooserDialog () {
 			GTK.gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (handle, buffer);
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (fileName.equals ("")) {
-			fileName = "./";
-		}
 		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 		if (filterPath.length () > 0) {
 			if (!uriMode) {
@@ -482,8 +479,6 @@ void presetChooserDialog () {
 
 				if (fileName.length() > 0) {
 					GTK4.gtk_file_chooser_set_file (handle, file, 0);
-				} else {
-					GTK4.gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder (handle, file, 0);
 				}
 			}