diff --git a/Source/cmMSDotNETGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMSDotNETGenerator.cxx
index 4839bf8df..87dccc8c4 100644
--- a/Source/cmMSDotNETGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMSDotNETGenerator.cxx
@@ -1101,7 +1101,9 @@ void cmMSDotNETGenerator::WriteVCProjFile(std::ostream& fout,
       if (source != libName || target.GetType() == cmTarget::UTILITY)
         {
         fout << "\t\t\t<File\n";
-        std::string d = this->ConvertToXMLOutputPath(source.c_str());
+        std::string d = cmSystemTools::ConvertToOutputPath(source.c_str());
+        // remove double quotes from the string
+        cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(d, "\"", "");
         // Tell MS-Dev what the source is.  If the compiler knows how to
         // build it, then it will.
         fout << "\t\t\t\tRelativePath=\"" << d << "\">\n";