diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 include(ECMAddTests)
 include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 
-#TODO remove these
-remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY)
-
 ecm_setup_version(PROJECT
                   VARIABLE_PREFIX BALOO_WIDGETS
                   SOVERSION 5
diff --git a/src/filemetadataprovider.cpp b/src/filemetadataprovider.cpp
--- a/src/filemetadataprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/filemetadataprovider.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
     // Copyright (C) 2006 David Faure <faure@kde.org>
 
     int count = -1;
-    DIR* dir = ::opendir(QFile::encodeName(path));
+    DIR* dir = ::opendir(QFile::encodeName(path).constData());
     if (dir) {
         count = 0;
         struct dirent *dirEntry = nullptr;