diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
index 03715b54296..9fc3318d716 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.cpp
@@ -2523,20 +2523,13 @@ const char *QStringConverter::nameForEncoding(QStringConverter::Encoding e)
 */
 
 /*!
-    \fn constexpr QStringEncoder::QStringEncoder(const char *name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
+    \fn QStringEncoder::QStringEncoder(QAnyStringView name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
 
     Creates an encoder object using \a name and \a flags.
     If \a name is not the name of a known encoding an invalid converter will get created.
 
-    \sa isValid()
-*/
-
-/*!
-    \fn constexpr QStringEncoder::QStringEncoder(const QString &name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
-    \since 6.8
-
-    Creates an encoder object using \a name and \a flags.
-    If \a name is not the name of a known encoding an invalid converter will get created.
+    \note In Qt versions prior to 6.8, this function took only a \c{const char *},
+    which was expected to be UTF-8-encoded.
 
     \sa isValid()
 */
@@ -2624,20 +2617,13 @@ const char *QStringConverter::nameForEncoding(QStringConverter::Encoding e)
 */
 
 /*!
-    \fn constexpr QStringDecoder::QStringDecoder(const char *name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
+    \fn QStringDecoder::QStringDecoder(QAnyStringView name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
 
     Creates an decoder object using \a name and \a flags.
     If \a name is not the name of a known encoding an invalid converter will get created.
 
-    \sa isValid()
-*/
-
-/*!
-    \fn constexpr QStringDecoder::QStringDecoder(const QString &name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
-    \since 6.8
-
-    Creates an decoder object using \a name and \a flags.
-    If \a name is not the name of a known encoding an invalid converter will get created.
+    \note In Qt versions prior to 6.8, this function took only a \c{const char *},
+    which was expected to be UTF-8-encoded.
 
     \sa isValid()
 */
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.h b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.h
index 40791f8e26c..5df6f84e069 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstringconverter.h
@@ -30,12 +30,9 @@ public:
     constexpr explicit QStringEncoder(Encoding encoding, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
         : QStringConverter(encoding, flags)
     {}
-    explicit QStringEncoder(const char *name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
+    explicit QStringEncoder(QAnyStringView name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
         : QStringConverter(name, flags)
     {}
-    Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD explicit QStringEncoder(const QString &name, Flags flags = Flag::Default)
-        : QStringEncoder(name.toLatin1().constData(), flags)
-    {}
 
     template<typename T>
     struct DecodedData
@@ -95,12 +92,9 @@ public:
     constexpr QStringDecoder() noexcept
         : QStringConverter()
     {}
-    explicit QStringDecoder(const char *name, Flags f = Flag::Default)
+    explicit QStringDecoder(QAnyStringView name, Flags f = Flag::Default)
         : QStringConverter(name, f)
     {}
-    Q_WEAK_OVERLOAD explicit QStringDecoder(const QString &name, Flags f = Flag::Default)
-        : QStringDecoder(name.toLatin1().constData(), f)
-    {}
 
     template<typename T>
     struct EncodedData