diff --git a/src/buffer/katesecuretextbuffer.cpp b/src/buffer/katesecuretextbuffer.cpp
--- a/src/buffer/katesecuretextbuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/buffer/katesecuretextbuffer.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
      * we need to pass full path, else QTemporaryFile uses the temporary directory
      * if not possible, signal error, this catches e.g. a non-existing target directory, too
      */
-    QTemporaryFile tempFile(targetFileInfo.absolutePath() + QStringLiteral("/secureXXXXXX"));
+    QTemporaryFile tempFile(targetFileInfo.absolutePath() + QLatin1String("/secureXXXXXX"));
     if (!tempFile.open()) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/include/ktexteditor/cursor.h b/src/include/ktexteditor/cursor.h
--- a/src/include/ktexteditor/cursor.h
+++ b/src/include/ktexteditor/cursor.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
      */
     QString toString() const {
         return QLatin1Char('(') + QString::number(m_line)
-             + QStringLiteral(", ") + QString::number(m_column)
+             + QLatin1String(", ") + QString::number(m_column)
              + QLatin1Char(')');
     }
 
diff --git a/src/include/ktexteditor/range.h b/src/include/ktexteditor/range.h
--- a/src/include/ktexteditor/range.h
+++ b/src/include/ktexteditor/range.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
      */
     QString toString() const {
         return QLatin1Char('[') + m_start.toString()
-             + QStringLiteral(", ") + m_end.toString()
+             + QLatin1String(", ") + m_end.toString()
              + QLatin1Char(']');
     }
 
diff --git a/src/script/katescript.cpp b/src/script/katescript.cpp
--- a/src/script/katescript.cpp
+++ b/src/script/katescript.cpp
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@
     }
 
     // Wrap the arguments in a function to avoid polluting the global object
-    QString programWithContext = QStringLiteral("(function(") +
+    QString programWithContext = QLatin1String("(function(") +
                                      QStringList(env.keys()).join(QLatin1Char(',')) +
-                                 QStringLiteral(") { return ") +
+                                 QLatin1String(") { return ") +
                                      program +
-                                 QStringLiteral("})");
+                                 QLatin1String("})");
     QJSValue programFunction = m_engine->evaluate(programWithContext);
     Q_ASSERT(programFunction.isCallable());
 
diff --git a/src/search/katesearchbar.cpp b/src/search/katesearchbar.cpp
--- a/src/search/katesearchbar.cpp
+++ b/src/search/katesearchbar.cpp
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@
                 for (int i = 1; i <= 9; i++) {
                     const QString number = QString::number(i);
                     const QString &captureDetails = (i <= captureCount)
-                                                    ? (QString::fromLatin1(" = (") + capturePatterns[i - 1].left(30)) + QLatin1Char(')')
+                                                    ? (QLatin1String(" = (") + capturePatterns[i - 1].left(30)) + QLatin1Char(')')
                                                     : QString();
                     addMenuManager.addEntry(QLatin1String("\\") + number, QString(),
                                             i18n("Reference") + QLatin1Char(' ') + number + captureDetails);
diff --git a/src/view/katestatusbar.cpp b/src/view/katestatusbar.cpp
--- a/src/view/katestatusbar.cpp
+++ b/src/view/katestatusbar.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
                    );
     }
     if (m_wordCounter) {
-        text.append(QStringLiteral(", ") + m_wordCount);
+        text.append(QLatin1String(", ") + m_wordCount);
     }
     m_cursorPosition->setText(text);
 }