diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
index 7b09db55668..308d993440b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qurl.cpp
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static const QChar *parseIpFuture(QString &host, const QChar *begin, const QChar
             (begin[2].unicode() >= '0' && begin[2].unicode() <= '9')) {
         // this is so unlikely that we'll just go down the slow path
         // decode the whole string, skipping the "[vH." and "]" which we already know to be there
-        host += QString::fromRawData(begin, 4);
+        host += QStringView(begin, 4);
 
         // uppercase the version, if necessary
         if (begin[2].unicode() >= 'a')
diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qcore_mac.mm b/src/corelib/kernel/qcore_mac.mm
index a8aa1dad1fc..9ab91e465fa 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qcore_mac.mm
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qcore_mac.mm
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, CFStringRef stringRef)
         return dbg << "CFStringRef(0x0)";
 
     if (const UniChar *chars = CFStringGetCharactersPtr(stringRef))
-        dbg << QString::fromRawData(reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(chars), CFStringGetLength(stringRef));
+        dbg << QStringView(reinterpret_cast<const QChar *>(chars), CFStringGetLength(stringRef));
     else
         dbg << QString::fromCFString(stringRef);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine_raster.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine_raster.cpp
index 13a6f5c16ac..24e0289c534 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine_raster.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengine_raster.cpp
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ void QRasterPaintEngine::drawTextItem(const QPointF &p, const QTextItem &textIte
 #ifdef QT_DEBUG_DRAW
     Q_D(QRasterPaintEngine);
     fprintf(stderr," - QRasterPaintEngine::drawTextItem(), (%.2f,%.2f), string=%s ct=%d\n",
-           p.x(), p.y(), QString::fromRawData(ti.chars, ti.num_chars).toLatin1().data(),
+           p.x(), p.y(), QStringView(ti.chars, ti.num_chars).toLatin1().data(),
            d->glyphCacheFormat);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
index 1476a8a58f1..b0e64a6ea3a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextobject.cpp
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ QString QTextBlock::text() const
     QTextDocumentPrivate::FragmentIterator end = p->find(pos + length() - 1); // -1 to omit the block separator char
     for (; it != end; ++it) {
         const QTextFragmentData * const frag = it.value();
-        text += QString::fromRawData(buffer.constData() + frag->stringPosition, frag->size_array[0]);
+        text += QStringView(buffer.constData() + frag->stringPosition, frag->size_array[0]);
     }
 
     return text;