diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
index 88b5437683c..c79e02437f7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h
@@ -410,53 +410,30 @@ struct Q_CORE_EXPORT QMetaObject
     template<typename Functor, typename FunctorReturnType>
     static bool invokeMethod(QObject *context, Functor &&function, FunctorReturnType *ret);
 #else
-
-    // invokeMethod() for member function pointer or function pointer
     template <typename Func>
-    static typename std::enable_if<QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ArgumentCount == 0, bool>::type
+    static std::enable_if_t<!std::disjunction_v<std::is_convertible<Func, const char *>,
+                                                QtPrivate::Invoke::AreOldStyleArgs<Func>>,
+                            bool>
     invokeMethod(typename QtPrivate::ContextTypeForFunctor<Func>::ContextType *object,
                  Func &&function,
                  Qt::ConnectionType type = Qt::AutoConnection,
-                 typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ReturnType *ret = nullptr)
+                 typename QtPrivate::Callable<Func>::ReturnType *ret = nullptr)
     {
-        return invokeMethodImpl(object, QtPrivate::makeSlotObject<Func>(std::forward<Func>(function)), type, ret);
+        using Prototype = typename QtPrivate::Callable<Func>::Function;
+        return invokeMethodImpl(object, QtPrivate::makeSlotObject<Prototype>(std::forward<Func>(function)), type, ret);
     }
 
     template <typename Func>
-    static typename std::enable_if<QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ArgumentCount == 0, bool>::type
+    static std::enable_if_t<!std::disjunction_v<std::is_convertible<Func, const char *>,
+                                                QtPrivate::Invoke::AreOldStyleArgs<Func>>,
+                            bool>
     invokeMethod(typename QtPrivate::ContextTypeForFunctor<Func>::ContextType *object,
                  Func &&function,
-                 typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ReturnType *ret)
+                 typename QtPrivate::Callable<Func>::ReturnType *ret)
     {
         return invokeMethod(object, std::forward<Func>(function), Qt::AutoConnection, ret);
     }
 
-    // invokeMethod() for Functor
-    template <typename Func>
-    static typename std::enable_if<!QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::IsPointerToMemberFunction
-                                   && QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ArgumentCount == -1
-                                   && !std::is_convertible<Func, const char*>::value, bool>::type
-    invokeMethod(QObject *context, Func function,
-                 Qt::ConnectionType type = Qt::AutoConnection, decltype(function()) *ret = nullptr)
-    {
-        return invokeMethodImpl(context,
-                                new QtPrivate::QFunctorSlotObjectWithNoArgs<Func, decltype(function())>(std::move(function)),
-                                type,
-                                ret);
-    }
-
-    template <typename Func>
-    static typename std::enable_if<!QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::IsPointerToMemberFunction
-                                   && QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ArgumentCount == -1
-                                   && !std::is_convertible<Func, const char*>::value, bool>::type
-    invokeMethod(QObject *context, Func function, decltype(function()) *ret)
-    {
-        return invokeMethodImpl(context,
-                                new QtPrivate::QFunctorSlotObjectWithNoArgs<Func, decltype(function())>(std::move(function)),
-                                Qt::AutoConnection,
-                                ret);
-    }
-
 #endif
 
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(7, 0, 0)
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs_impl.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs_impl.h
index 156a6d6c42d..f87b928263e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs_impl.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs_impl.h
@@ -239,14 +239,6 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         }
     };
 
-    template<typename Function, int N> struct Functor
-    {
-        template <typename SignalArgs, typename R>
-        static void call(Function &f, void *, void **arg) {
-            FunctorCall<typename Indexes<N>::Value, SignalArgs, R, Function>::call(f, arg);
-        }
-    };
-
     // Traits to detect if there is a conversion between two types,
     // and that conversion does not include a narrowing conversion.
     template <typename T>
@@ -335,6 +327,43 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         typedef decltype(std::declval<Functor>().operator()((std::declval<ArgList>())...)) Value;
     };
 
+    // Get the function prototype for a functor. There can only be one call operator
+    // in a functor, otherwise we get errors from ambiguity. But that's good enough.
+    template <typename Ret, typename... Args>
+    using FunctionTypeForTypes = Ret(*)(Args...);
+
+    template <typename Ret, typename Obj, typename... Args>
+    FunctionTypeForTypes<Ret, Args...> FunctorPrototype(Ret(Obj::*)(Args...) const) { return nullptr; }
+    template <typename Ret, typename Obj, typename... Args>
+    FunctionTypeForTypes<Ret, Args...> FunctorPrototype(Ret(Obj::*)(Args...)) { return nullptr; }
+    template <typename Ret, typename Obj, typename... Args>
+    FunctionTypeForTypes<Ret, Args...> FunctorPrototype(Ret(Obj::*)(Args...) const noexcept) { return nullptr; }
+    template <typename Ret, typename Obj, typename... Args>
+    FunctionTypeForTypes<Ret, Args...> FunctorPrototype(Ret(Obj::*)(Args...) noexcept) { return nullptr; }
+
+    template<typename Function, int N> struct Functor
+    {
+        template <typename SignalArgs, typename R>
+        static void call(Function &f, void *, void **arg) {
+            FunctorCall<typename Indexes<N>::Value, SignalArgs, R, Function>::call(f, arg);
+        }
+    };
+
+    template<typename Func>
+    struct ZeroArgFunctor : Functor<Func, 0>
+    {
+        using Function = decltype(FunctorPrototype(&std::decay_t<Func>::operator()));
+        enum {ArgumentCount = 0};
+        using Arguments = QtPrivate::List<>;
+        using ReturnType = typename FunctionPointer<Function>::ReturnType;
+    };
+
+    template<typename Func>
+    using Callable = std::conditional_t<FunctionPointer<Func>::ArgumentCount == -1,
+        ZeroArgFunctor<Func>,
+        FunctionPointer<Func>
+    >;
+
     /*
         Wrapper around ComputeFunctorArgumentCount and CheckCompatibleArgument,
         depending on whether \a Functor is a PMF or not. Returns -1 if \a Func is
@@ -440,19 +469,6 @@ namespace QtPrivate {
         explicit QFunctorSlotObject(const Func &f) : QSlotObjectBase(&impl), function(f) {}
     };
 
-    // typedefs for readability for when there are no parameters
-    template <typename Func>
-    using QSlotObjectWithNoArgs = QFunctorSlotObject<Func,
-                                              QtPrivate::List<>,
-                                              typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ReturnType>;
-
-    template <typename Func, typename R>
-    using QFunctorSlotObjectWithNoArgs = QFunctorSlotObject<Func, QtPrivate::List<>, R>;
-
-    template <typename Func>
-    using QFunctorSlotObjectWithNoArgsImplicitReturn = QFunctorSlotObjectWithNoArgs<Func, typename QtPrivate::FunctionPointer<Func>::ReturnType>;
-
-
     // Helper to detect the context object type based on the functor type:
     // QObject for free functions and lambdas; the callee for member function
     // pointers. The default declaration doesn't have the ContextType typedef,
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp
index b8f808ddfe7..e721187b1eb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qobject/tst_qobject.cpp
@@ -8561,6 +8561,30 @@ void tst_QObject::asyncCallbackHelper()
     QVERIFY(caller.callMe0(mutableLambda2)); // this copies the lambda
     caller.slotObject->call(nullptr, argv);  // this call doesn't change mutableLambda2
     QCOMPARE(mutableLambda2(), 2);           // so we are still at 2
+
+    {
+        int called = -1;
+        struct MutableFunctor {
+            void operator()() { called = 0; }
+            int &called;
+        };
+        struct ConstFunctor
+        {
+            void operator()() const { called = 1; }
+            int &called;
+        };
+
+        MutableFunctor mf{called};
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, mf);
+        QCOMPARE(called, 0);
+        ConstFunctor cf{called};
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, cf);
+        QCOMPARE(called, 1);
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, [&called, u = std::unique_ptr<int>()]{ called = 2; });
+        QCOMPARE(called, 2);
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, [&called, count = 0]() mutable { called = 3; });
+        QCOMPARE(called, 3);
+    }
 }
 
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QObject)