diff --git a/src/app/qgspythonutils.cpp b/src/app/qgspythonutils.cpp
index 7e200d9cfe4..d847db5ee3e 100644
--- a/src/app/qgspythonutils.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgspythonutils.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ QString QgsPythonUtils::pluginsPath()
 
 QString QgsPythonUtils::homePluginsPath()
 {
-  return QgsApplication::qgisSettingsDirPath() + "/python/plugins/";
+  return QgsApplication::qgisSettingsDirPath() + "/python/plugins";
 }
 
 QStringList QgsPythonUtils::pluginList()