diff --git a/kioslave/network/ioslave/CMakeLists.txt b/kioslave/network/ioslave/CMakeLists.txt
index 76b9430d..1c898433 100644
--- a/kioslave/network/ioslave/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kioslave/network/ioslave/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 project(kio_network)
 
 set(kio_network_SRCS
-  networkslave.cpp
-  main.cpp
+    networkslave.cpp
 )
 
 add_executable(kio_network ${kio_network_SRCS})
diff --git a/kioslave/network/ioslave/main.cpp b/kioslave/network/ioslave/main.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0273b338..00000000
--- a/kioslave/network/ioslave/main.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
-    This file is part of the network kioslave, part of the KDE project.
-
-    Copyright 2009 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
-
-    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
-    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
-    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
-    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
-
-    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-    Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-    License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
-#include "networkslave.h"
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/kioslave/network/ioslave/networkslave.cpp b/kioslave/network/ioslave/networkslave.cpp
index bd9730b0..6f802d89 100644
--- a/kioslave/network/ioslave/networkslave.cpp
+++ b/kioslave/network/ioslave/networkslave.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ void NetworkSlave::listDir(const KUrl &url)
         error(KIO::ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ACTION, url.prettyUrl());
         return;
     }
+    // this slave has only one directory - the root directory
+    const QString urlpath = url.path();
+    if (!urlpath.isEmpty() && urlpath != QLatin1String("/")) {
+        error(KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.prettyUrl());
+        return;
+    }
     if (!m_kdnssd) {
         m_kdnssd = new KDNSSD();
     }
diff --git a/kioslave/remote/kio_remote.cpp b/kioslave/remote/kio_remote.cpp
index af1f9930..d2aa944c 100644
--- a/kioslave/remote/kio_remote.cpp
+++ b/kioslave/remote/kio_remote.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void RemoteProtocol::listDir(const KUrl &url)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	error(KIO::ERR_MALFORMED_URL, url.prettyUrl());
+	error(KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.prettyUrl());
 }
 
 void RemoteProtocol::listRoot()
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void RemoteProtocol::stat(const KUrl &url)
 		}
 	}
 
-	error(KIO::ERR_MALFORMED_URL, url.prettyUrl());
+	error(KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.prettyUrl());
 }
 
 void RemoteProtocol::del(const KUrl &url, bool /*isFile*/)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void RemoteProtocol::get(const KUrl &url)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	error(KIO::ERR_MALFORMED_URL, url.prettyUrl());
+	error(KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.prettyUrl());
 }
 
 void RemoteProtocol::rename(const KUrl &src, const KUrl &dest,
diff --git a/kioslave/trash/kio_trash.cpp b/kioslave/trash/kio_trash.cpp
index 943ccb57..75f2db83 100644
--- a/kioslave/trash/kio_trash.cpp
+++ b/kioslave/trash/kio_trash.cpp
@@ -256,12 +256,10 @@ void TrashProtocol::stat(const KUrl& url)
         bool ok = TrashImpl::parseURL( url, trashId, fileId, relativePath );
 
         if ( !ok ) {
-            // ######## do we still need this?
             kDebug() << url << " looks fishy, returning does-not-exist";
             // A URL like trash:/file simply means that CopyJob is trying to see if
             // the destination exists already (it made up the URL by itself).
             error( KIO::ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST, url.prettyUrl() );
-            //error( KIO::ERR_SLAVE_DEFINED, i18n( "Malformed URL %1" ).arg( url.prettyUrl() ) );
             return;
         }