diff --git a/src/document/katedocument.cpp b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
--- a/src/document/katedocument.cpp
+++ b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@
 #define EDIT_DEBUG if (0) qCDebug(LOG_KTE)
 #endif
 
+template<class E, class C>
+static int indexOf(const E& entry, const std::initializer_list<C> & list)
+{
+    auto it = std::find(list.begin(), list.end(), entry);
+    return it == list.end() ? -1 : std::distance(it, list.end());
+}
+
 static inline QChar matchingStartBracket(QChar c, bool withQuotes)
 {
     switch (c.toLatin1()) {
@@ -4515,7 +4522,7 @@
     }
 
     // view variable names
-    static const QStringList vvl {
+    static const auto vvl = {
           QStringLiteral("dynamic-word-wrap")
         , QStringLiteral("dynamic-word-wrap-indicators")
         , QStringLiteral("line-numbers")
@@ -4551,7 +4558,7 @@
 
         // only apply view & renderer config stuff
         if (onlyViewAndRenderer) {
-            if (vvl.contains(var)) {   // FIXME define above
+            if (indexOf(var, vvl) >= 0) {   // FIXME define above
                 setViewVariable(var, val);
             }
         } else {
@@ -4610,8 +4617,8 @@
 
             // STRING SETTINGS
             else if (var == QLatin1String("eol") || var == QLatin1String("end-of-line")) {
-                const QStringList l{ QStringLiteral("unix"), QStringLiteral("dos"), QStringLiteral("mac") };
-                if ((n = l.indexOf(val.toLower())) != -1) {
+                const auto l{ QStringLiteral("unix"), QStringLiteral("dos"), QStringLiteral("mac") };
+                if ((n = indexOf(val.toLower(), l)) != -1) {
                     /**
                      * set eol + avoid that it is overwritten by auto-detection again!
                      * this fixes e.g. .kateconfig files with // kate: eol dos; to work, bug 365705
@@ -4645,7 +4652,7 @@
             }
 
             // VIEW SETTINGS
-            else if (vvl.contains(var)) {
+            else if (indexOf(var, vvl) >= 0) {
                 setViewVariable(var, val);
             } else {
                 m_storedVariables.insert(var, val);
@@ -4730,14 +4737,14 @@
 bool KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate::checkBoolValue(QString val, bool *result)
 {
     val = val.trimmed().toLower();
-    static const QStringList trueValues{ QStringLiteral("1"), QStringLiteral("on"), QStringLiteral("true") };
-    if (trueValues.contains(val)) {
+    static const auto trueValues{ QStringLiteral("1"), QStringLiteral("on"), QStringLiteral("true") };
+    if (indexOf(val, trueValues) >= 0) {
         *result = true;
         return true;
     }
 
-    static const QStringList falseValues{ QStringLiteral("0"), QStringLiteral("off"), QStringLiteral("false") };
-    if (falseValues.contains(val)) {
+    static const auto falseValues{ QStringLiteral("0"), QStringLiteral("off"), QStringLiteral("false") };
+    if (indexOf(val, falseValues) >= 0) {
         *result = false;
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/script/katescriptmanager.cpp b/src/script/katescriptmanager.cpp
--- a/src/script/katescriptmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/script/katescriptmanager.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     /**
      * now, we search all kinds of known scripts
      */
-    for (const QString type : { QLatin1String("indentation"), QLatin1String("commands") }) {
+    for (const auto &type : { QLatin1String("indentation"), QLatin1String("commands") }) {
         // basedir for filesystem lookup
         const QString basedir = QLatin1String("/katepart5/script/") + type;
 
diff --git a/src/view/kateview.cpp b/src/view/kateview.cpp
--- a/src/view/kateview.cpp
+++ b/src/view/kateview.cpp
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
     m_pasteMenu->setEnabled(m_doc->isReadWrite() && !KTextEditor::EditorPrivate::self()->clipboardHistory().isEmpty());
     m_setEndOfLine->setEnabled(m_doc->isReadWrite());
 
-    static const QStringList l {
+    static const auto l {
           QStringLiteral("edit_replace")
         , QStringLiteral("tools_spelling")
         , QStringLiteral("tools_indent")
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@
         , QStringLiteral("tools_spelling_selection")
     };
 
-    foreach (const QString &action, l) {
+    foreach (const auto &action, l) {
         QAction *a = actionCollection()->action(action);
         if (a) {
             a->setEnabled(m_doc->isReadWrite());