diff --git a/src/ce_ceproject.pas b/src/ce_ceproject.pas
index 1c6ec1e8..551a9d37 100644
--- a/src/ce_ceproject.pas
+++ b/src/ce_ceproject.pas
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ begin
   begin
     // ideally, main() should be searched for, when project binaryKind is executable
     fOutputFilename := Sources[0].extractFileName;
-    fOutputFilename := stripFileExt(fOutputFilename);
+    fOutputFilename := fOutputFilename.stripFileExt;
     if fileName.fileExists then
       fOutputFilename := fileName.extractFilePath + fOutputFilename
     else
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ begin
     for i := 0 to fSrcs.Count-1 do
     begin
       src := sourceAbsolute(i);
-      obj := stripFileExt(src) + objExt;
+      obj := src.stripFileExt + objExt;
       if obj.fileExists and src.fileExists then
       begin
         if FileAgeUTF8(src) > FileAgeUTF8(obj) then
diff --git a/src/ce_common.pas b/src/ce_common.pas
index db727434..8ab7a199 100644
--- a/src/ce_common.pas
+++ b/src/ce_common.pas
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ type
     function extractFileExt: string;
     function extractFilePath: string;
     function extractFileDir: string;
+    function stripFileExt: string;
     function fileExists: boolean;
     function dirExists: boolean;
     function upperCase: string;
@@ -414,6 +415,11 @@ begin
   exit(sysutils.extractFileDir(self));
 end;
 
+function TStringHelper.stripFileExt: string;
+begin
+  exit(ce_common.stripFileExt(self));
+end;
+
 function TStringHelper.fileExists: boolean;
 begin
   exit(sysutils.FileExists(self));
diff --git a/src/ce_gdb.pas b/src/ce_gdb.pas
index 2b397b48..d9bbfbce 100644
--- a/src/ce_gdb.pas
+++ b/src/ce_gdb.pas
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ begin
   if not fDbgRunnable then
     fExe := fProj.outputFilename
   else
-    fExe := stripFileExt(fDoc.fileName) + exeExt;
+    fExe := fDoc.fileName.stripFileExt + exeExt;
   //
   fOutputName := fExe + '.inferiorout';
   fInputName  := fExe + '.inferiorin';
diff --git a/src/ce_main.pas b/src/ce_main.pas
index 4bb2a1ed..f9f5b037 100644
--- a/src/ce_main.pas
+++ b/src/ce_main.pas
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ begin
   if fDoc.isNil then
     exit;
 
-  result := stripFileExt(fDoc.fileName) + exeExt;
+  result := fDoc.fileName.stripFileExt + exeExt;
   if fDoc.isTemporary then
     exit;
   ofr := fRunnablesOptions.outputFolder;
@@ -2464,12 +2464,11 @@ begin
     if FilenameIsAbsolute(ofr) then
     begin
       if ofr.dirExists then
-        result := ofr + stripFileExt(fDoc.fileName.extractFileName)
-          + exeExt;
+        result := ofr + fDoc.fileName.extractFileName.stripFileExt + exeExt;
     end else
     begin
       result := fDoc.fileName.extractFilePath + ofr
-        + stripFileExt(fDoc.fileName.extractFileName) + exeExt;
+        + fDoc.fileName.extractFileName.stripFileExt + exeExt;
     end;
   end;
 end;
@@ -2592,7 +2591,7 @@ begin
       fDoc.save
     else
       fDoc.saveTempFile;
-    fname := stripFileExt(runnableExename);
+    fname := runnableExename.stripFileExt;
 
     if fRunnablesOptions.staticSwitches.Count = 0 then
       fRunnablesOptions.setDefaultSwitches;
@@ -2725,7 +2724,7 @@ begin
   asyncprocTerminate(sender);
   if fCovModUt and assigned(fRunProc) and (fRunProc.ExitStatus = 0) then
   begin
-    fname   := stripFileExt(fDoc.fileName);
+    fname   := fDoc.fileName.stripFileExt;
     fullcov := true;
     covname := ReplaceStr(fname + '.lst', DirectorySeparator, '-');
     {$IFDEF WINDOWS}
@@ -3099,7 +3098,7 @@ begin
     begin
       itm := TMenuItem.Create(self);
       itm.Caption := lst[i].extractFileName;
-      itm.Caption := stripFileExt(itm.Caption);
+      itm.Caption := itm.Caption.stripFileExt;
       itm.OnClick := @layoutMnuItemClick;
       itm.ImageIndex := 32;
       mnuLayout.Add(itm);
diff --git a/src/ce_symstring.pas b/src/ce_symstring.pas
index ec11564e..aba570b3 100644
--- a/src/ce_symstring.pas
+++ b/src/ce_symstring.pas
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ begin
     fname := fProjInterface.filename;
     fSymbols[CPF] := fname;
     fSymbols[CPP] := fSymbols[CPF].extractFilePath;
-    fSymbols[CPN] := stripFileExt(fSymbols[CPF].extractFileName);
+    fSymbols[CPN] := fSymbols[CPF].extractFileName.stripFileExt;
     fSymbols[CPO] := fProjInterface.outputFilename;
     fSymbols[CPOP]:= fSymbols[CPO].extractFileDir;
     fSymbols[CPR] := fSymbols[CPP];