diff --git a/src/gui/platform/wasm/qlocalfileapi.cpp b/src/gui/platform/wasm/qlocalfileapi.cpp
index bfcb5a5866f..76b99361c4d 100644
--- a/src/gui/platform/wasm/qlocalfileapi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/platform/wasm/qlocalfileapi.cpp
@@ -12,26 +12,15 @@ std::string qtFilterListToFileInputAccept(const QStringList &filterList)
 {
     QStringList transformed;
     for (const auto &filter : filterList) {
-
-        emscripten::val::global("console").call<void>("log", filter.toStdString());
-
         const auto type = Type::fromQt(filter);
         if (type && type->accept()) {
             const auto &extensions = type->accept()->mimeType().extensions();
-            for (const auto &ext : extensions) {
-                emscripten::val::global("console").call<void>("log",
-                                                              ext.value().toString().toStdString());
-            }
-
             std::transform(extensions.begin(), extensions.end(), std::back_inserter(transformed),
                            [](const Type::Accept::MimeType::Extension &extension) {
                                return extension.value().toString();
                            });
         }
     }
-    for (const QString &tran : transformed) {
-        emscripten::val::global("console").call<void>("log", tran.toStdString());
-    }
     return transformed.join(QStringLiteral(",")).toStdString();
 }
 
@@ -39,13 +28,12 @@ std::optional<emscripten::val> qtFilterListToTypes(const QStringList &filterList
 {
     using namespace qstdweb;
     using namespace emscripten;
-
     auto types = emscripten::val::array();
 
     for (const auto &fileFilter : filterList) {
         auto type = Type::fromQt(fileFilter);
         if (type) {
-            auto jsType = val::object();
+            auto jsType = emscripten::val::object();
             jsType.set("description", type->description().toString().toStdString());
             if (type->accept()) {
                 jsType.set("accept", ([&mimeType = type->accept()->mimeType()]() {
@@ -190,7 +178,7 @@ Type::Accept::MimeType::Extension::fromQt(QStringView qtRepresentation)
 emscripten::val makeOpenFileOptions(const QStringList &filterList, bool acceptMultiple)
 {
     auto options = emscripten::val::object();
-    if (auto typeList = qtFilterListToTypes(filterList)) {
+    if (auto typeList = qtFilterListToTypes(filterList); typeList) {
         options.set("types", std::move(*typeList));
         options.set("excludeAcceptAllOption", true);
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/platform/wasm/qwasmlocalfileaccess.cpp b/src/gui/platform/wasm/qwasmlocalfileaccess.cpp
index 80e32d629d2..a946cda043f 100644
--- a/src/gui/platform/wasm/qwasmlocalfileaccess.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/platform/wasm/qwasmlocalfileaccess.cpp
@@ -135,66 +135,18 @@ void readFiles(const qstdweb::FileList &fileList,
     (*readFile)(0);
 }
 
-QStringList acceptListFromQtFormat(const std::string &qtAcceptList)
+QStringList makeFilterList(const std::string &qtAcceptList)
 {
     // copy of qt_make_filter_list() from qfiledialog.cpp
-    auto make_filter_list = [](const QString &filter) -> QStringList
-    {
-        if (filter.isEmpty())
-            return QStringList();
+    auto filter = QString::fromStdString(qtAcceptList); 
+    if (filter.isEmpty())
+        return QStringList();
+    QString sep(";;");
+    if (!filter.contains(sep) && filter.contains(u'\n'))
+        sep = u'\n';
 
-        QString sep(";;");
-        if (!filter.contains(sep) && filter.contains(u'\n'))
-            sep = u'\n';
-
-        return filter.split(sep);
-    };
-
-    const QStringList fileFilter = make_filter_list(QString::fromStdString(qtAcceptList));
-    QStringList transformed;
-    for (const auto &element : fileFilter) {
-        // Accepts either a string in format:
-        // GROUP3
-        // or in this format:
-        // GROUP1 (GROUP2)
-        // Group 1 is treated as the description, whereas group 2 or 3 are treated as the filter
-        // list.
-        static QRegularExpression regex(
-                QString(QStringLiteral("(?:([^(]*)\\(([^()]+)\\)[^)]*)|([^()]+)")));
-        static QRegularExpression wordCharacterRegex(QString(QStringLiteral("\\w")));
-        const auto match = regex.match(element);
-
-        if (!match.hasMatch())
-            continue;
-
-        constexpr size_t FilterListFromParensIndex = 2;
-        constexpr size_t PlainFilterListIndex = 3;
-        QString filterList = match.captured(match.hasCaptured(FilterListFromParensIndex)
-                                                    ? FilterListFromParensIndex
-                                                    : PlainFilterListIndex);
-        for (auto singleExtension : filterList.split(QStringLiteral(" "), Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
-            // Checks for a filter that matches everything:
-            // Any number of asterisks or any number of asterisks with a '.' between them.
-            // The web filter does not support wildcards.
-            static QRegularExpression qtAcceptAllRegex(QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(
-                    QString(QStringLiteral("[*]+|[*]+\\.[*]+"))));
-            if (qtAcceptAllRegex.match(singleExtension).hasMatch())
-                continue;
-
-            // Checks for correctness. The web filter only allows filename extensions and does not
-            // filter the actual filenames, therefore we check whether the filter provided only
-            // filters for the extension.
-            static QRegularExpression qtFilenameMatcherRegex(QRegularExpression::anchoredPattern(
-                    QString(QStringLiteral("(\\*?)(\\.[^*]+)"))));
-
-            auto extensionMatch = qtFilenameMatcherRegex.match(singleExtension);
-            if (extensionMatch.hasMatch())
-                transformed.append(extensionMatch.captured(2));
-        }
-    }
-    return transformed;
+    return filter.split(sep);
 }
-
 }
 
 void downloadDataAsFile(const char *content, size_t size, const std::string &fileNameHint)
@@ -225,7 +177,7 @@ void openFiles(const std::string &accept, FileSelectMode fileSelectMode,
     const std::function<char *(uint64_t size, const std::string& name)> &acceptFile,
     const std::function<void()> &fileDataReady)
 {
-    FileDialog::showOpen(acceptListFromQtFormat(accept), fileSelectMode, {
+    FileDialog::showOpen(makeFilterList(accept), fileSelectMode, {
         .thenFunc = [=](emscripten::val result) {
             auto files = qstdweb::FileList(result);
             fileDialogClosed(files.length());