diff --git a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
index 1df69c4f..6fdd45a6 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ void KFileItemModel::loadDirectory(const KUrl& url)
     m_dirLister->openUrl(url);
 }
 
-void KFileItemModel::refreshDirectory(const KUrl& url)
-{
-    m_dirLister->openUrl(url, KDirLister::Reload);
-}
-
 KUrl KFileItemModel::directory() const
 {
     return m_dirLister->url();
diff --git a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
index cc7cf058..84195b07 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
+++ b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ public:
      */
     void loadDirectory(const KUrl& url);
 
-    /**
-     * Throws away all currently loaded items and refreshes the directory
-     * by reloading all items again.
-     */
-    void refreshDirectory(const KUrl& url);
-
     /**
      * @return Parent directory of the items that are shown. In case
      *         if a directory tree is shown, KFileItemModel::dir() returns
@@ -74,7 +68,7 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * Cancels the loading of a directory which has been started by either
-     * loadDirectory() or refreshDirectory().
+     * loadDirectory().
      */
     void cancelDirectoryLoading();
 
diff --git a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kdirectorycontentscounter.h b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kdirectorycontentscounter.h
index 53c0ab7c..dc0ddc55 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kdirectorycontentscounter.h
+++ b/dolphin/src/kitemviews/private/kdirectorycontentscounter.h
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QQueue>
+#include <QString>
 
 class KDirWatch;
 class KFileItemModel;
-#include <QString>
 
 class KDirectoryContentsCounter : public QObject
 {
diff --git a/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.cpp b/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
index e5181cb0..3e931c84 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
+++ b/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void DolphinView::reload()
     m_selectedUrls = itemList.urlList();
 
     setUrl(url());
-    loadDirectory(url(), true);
+    loadDirectory(url());
 
     QDataStream restoreStream(viewState);
     restoreState(restoreStream);
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ void DolphinView::slotRoleEditingFinished(int index, const QByteArray& role, con
     }
 }
 
-void DolphinView::loadDirectory(const KUrl& url, bool reload)
+void DolphinView::loadDirectory(const KUrl& url)
 {
     if (!url.isValid()) {
         const QString location(url.pathOrUrl());
@@ -1441,11 +1441,7 @@ void DolphinView::loadDirectory(const KUrl& url, bool reload)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (reload) {
-        m_model->refreshDirectory(url);
-    } else {
-        m_model->loadDirectory(url);
-    }
+    m_model->loadDirectory(url);
 }
 
 void DolphinView::applyViewProperties()
diff --git a/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.h b/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.h
index 880bdc31..7222cc6e 100644
--- a/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.h
+++ b/dolphin/src/views/dolphinview.h
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ private slots:
     void calculateItemCount(int& fileCount, int& folderCount, KIO::filesize_t& totalFileSize) const;
 
 private:
-    void loadDirectory(const KUrl& url, bool reload = false);
+    void loadDirectory(const KUrl& url);
 
     /**
      * Applies the view properties which are defined by the current URL