diff --git a/src/vfs/fish/fish.c b/src/vfs/fish/fish.c
index bcde4f7db..8dfe4bb9d 100644
--- a/src/vfs/fish/fish.c
+++ b/src/vfs/fish/fish.c
@@ -1521,8 +1521,9 @@ fish_fill_names (struct vfs_class *me, fill_names_f func)
         }
 
         name =
-            g_strconcat ("/#sh:", super->path_element->user, "@", super->path_element->host, flags,
-                         "/", super->path_element->path, (char *) NULL);
+            g_strconcat (vfs_fish_ops.prefix, VFS_PATH_URL_DELIMITER,
+                         super->path_element->user, "@", super->path_element->host, flags, "/",
+                         super->path_element->path, (char *) NULL);
         func (name);
         g_free (name);
     }
diff --git a/src/vfs/ftpfs/ftpfs.c b/src/vfs/ftpfs/ftpfs.c
index 88c5ce78a..618632367 100644
--- a/src/vfs/ftpfs/ftpfs.c
+++ b/src/vfs/ftpfs/ftpfs.c
@@ -2215,8 +2215,9 @@ ftpfs_fill_names (struct vfs_class *me, fill_names_f func)
         char *name;
 
         name =
-            g_strconcat ("/#ftp:", super->path_element->user, "@", super->path_element->host, "/",
-                         super->path_element->path, (char *) NULL);
+            g_strconcat (vfs_ftpfs_ops.prefix, VFS_PATH_URL_DELIMITER, super->path_element->user,
+                         "@", super->path_element->host, "/", super->path_element->path,
+                         (char *) NULL);
         func (name);
         g_free (name);
     }
diff --git a/src/vfs/smbfs/smbfs.c b/src/vfs/smbfs/smbfs.c
index b562d5bab..3e0589b43 100644
--- a/src/vfs/smbfs/smbfs.c
+++ b/src/vfs/smbfs/smbfs.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ typedef struct
 /*** file scope variables ************************************************************************/
 
 static const char *const IPC = "IPC$";
-static const char *const URL_HEADER = "/#smb:";
+static const char *const URL_HEADER = "smb" VFS_PATH_URL_DELIMITER;
 
 static int my_errno;
 static uint32 err;