diff --git a/breakpointcontroller.cpp b/breakpointcontroller.cpp
--- a/breakpointcontroller.cpp
+++ b/breakpointcontroller.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 BreakpointController::BreakpointController(DebugSession* parent)
     : IBreakpointController(parent)
 {
-    connect(debugSession(), SIGNAL(stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState)),
-            SLOT(stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState)));
+    connect(debugSession(), &DebugSession::stateChanged, this,
+            &BreakpointController::stateChanged);
 }
 
 void BreakpointController::sendMaybe(KDevelop::Breakpoint* breakpoint)
diff --git a/connection.cpp b/connection.cpp
--- a/connection.cpp
+++ b/connection.cpp
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 
     m_codec = QTextCodec::codecForLocale();
 
-    connect(m_socket, SIGNAL(disconnected()), this, SIGNAL(closed()));
-    connect(m_socket, SIGNAL(error(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)), this, SLOT(error(QAbstractSocket::SocketError)));
+    connect(m_socket,&QTcpSocket::disconnected, this, &Connection::closed);
+    connect(m_socket,  static_cast<void (QTcpSocket::*) (QAbstractSocket::SocketError)>(&QTcpSocket::error), this, &Connection::error);
 
-    connect(m_socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readyRead()));
+    connect(m_socket, &QTcpSocket::readyRead, this, &Connection::readyRead);
 }
 
 Connection::~Connection()
diff --git a/debugjob.cpp b/debugjob.cpp
--- a/debugjob.cpp
+++ b/debugjob.cpp
@@ -141,9 +141,16 @@
     m->setFilteringStrategy(KDevelop::OutputModel::ScriptErrorFilter);
     setModel(m);
 
-    connect(m_lineMaker, SIGNAL(receivedStdoutLines(const QStringList&)), model(), SLOT(appendLines(QStringList)));
-    connect(m_proc, SIGNAL(error(QProcess::ProcessError)), SLOT(processError(QProcess::ProcessError)));
-    connect(m_proc, SIGNAL(finished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)), SLOT(processFinished(int,QProcess::ExitStatus)));
+    connect(m_lineMaker, &KDevelop::ProcessLineMaker::receivedStdoutLines, model(),&KDevelop::OutputModel::appendLines);
+    
+#if QT_VERSION < 0x050600
+    connect(m_proc, static_cast<void(QProcess::*)(QProcess::ProcessError)>(&QProcess::error),
+#else
+    connect(m_proc, &QProcess::errorOccurred,
+#endif    
+    this, &XDebugJob::processError);
+    
+    connect(m_proc, static_cast<void(QProcess::*)(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)> (&QProcess::finished), this, &XDebugJob::processFinished);
 
     QStringList env = l.createEnvironment(envgrp, m_proc->systemEnvironment());
     env << "XDEBUG_CONFIG=\"remote_enable=1 \"";
@@ -303,7 +310,7 @@
 
     setObjectName(cfg->name());
 
-    connect(m_session, SIGNAL(finished()), SLOT(sessionFinished()));
+    connect(m_session, &KDevelop::IDebugSession::finished,this, &XDebugBrowserJob::sessionFinished);
 
     m_session->setAcceptMultipleConnections(true);
 }
diff --git a/debugsession.cpp b/debugsession.cpp
--- a/debugsession.cpp
+++ b/debugsession.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     qDebug();
     int remotePortSetting = m_launchConfiguration->config().readEntry("RemotePort", 9000);
     if (m_server->listen(QHostAddress::Any, remotePortSetting)) {
-        connect(m_server, SIGNAL(newConnection()), this, SLOT(incomingConnection()));
+        connect(m_server, &QTcpServer::newConnection, this, &DebugSession::incomingConnection);
     } else {
         error = i18n("Opening port %1 failed: %2.", remotePortSetting, m_server->errorString());
         qWarning() << "Error" << m_server->errorString();
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@
     }
 
     m_connection = new Connection(client, this);
-    connect(m_connection, SIGNAL(output(QString)), SIGNAL(output(QString)));
-    connect(m_connection, SIGNAL(outputLine(QString)), SIGNAL(outputLine(QString)));
-    connect(m_connection, SIGNAL(stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState)), SIGNAL(stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState)));
-    connect(m_connection, SIGNAL(stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState)), SLOT(_stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState)));
-    connect(m_connection, SIGNAL(currentPositionChanged(QUrl,int)), SLOT(currentPositionChanged(QUrl,int)));
-    connect(m_connection, SIGNAL(closed()), SLOT(connectionClosed()));
+    connect(m_connection, &Connection::output, this, &DebugSession::output);
+    connect(m_connection, &Connection::outputLine, this, &DebugSession::outputLine);
+    connect(m_connection, &Connection::stateChanged, this, &DebugSession::stateChanged);
+    connect(m_connection, &Connection::stateChanged, this, &DebugSession::_stateChanged);
+    connect(m_connection, &Connection::currentPositionChanged,this, &DebugSession::currentPositionChanged);
+    connect(m_connection, &Connection::closed, this,  &DebugSession::connectionClosed);
 
     if (!m_acceptMultipleConnections) {
         closeServer();
diff --git a/launchconfigurationpage.cpp b/launchconfigurationpage.cpp
--- a/launchconfigurationpage.cpp
+++ b/launchconfigurationpage.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     m_ui = new Ui::LaunchConfigurationWidget;
     m_ui->setupUi(this);
 
-    connect(m_ui->pathMappings, SIGNAL(changed()), SIGNAL(changed()));
+    connect(m_ui->pathMappings, &KDevelop::PathMappingsWidget::changed, this, &ConfigPage::changed);
 }
 
 QIcon ConfigPage::icon() const