diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/mainwindow.cpp b/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/mainwindow.cpp
index 644681d706e..6d645f745ae 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@
 //! [0]
 MainWindow::MainWindow()
 {
-    QStringList labels;
-    labels << tr("Title") << tr("Location");
-
     treeWidget = new QTreeWidget;
     treeWidget->header()->setSectionResizeMode(QHeaderView::Stretch);
-    treeWidget->setHeaderLabels(labels);
+    treeWidget->setHeaderLabels(QStringList{ tr("Title"), tr("Location") });
 #if !defined(QT_NO_CONTEXTMENU) && !defined(QT_NO_CLIPBOARD)
     treeWidget->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
     connect(treeWidget, &QWidget::customContextMenuRequested,
diff --git a/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/xbelreader.cpp b/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/xbelreader.cpp
index 6e96cb9a059..864a76308fa 100644
--- a/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/xbelreader.cpp
+++ b/examples/corelib/serialization/streambookmarks/xbelreader.cpp
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ void XbelReader::readXBEL()
 void XbelReader::readTitle(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(xml.isStartElement() && xml.name() == QLatin1String("title"));
-
-    QString title = xml.readElementText();
-    item->setText(0, title);
+    item->setText(0, xml.readElementText());
 }
 //! [4]
 
@@ -129,12 +127,7 @@ void XbelReader::readBookmark(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
 
 QTreeWidgetItem *XbelReader::createChildItem(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
 {
-    QTreeWidgetItem *childItem;
-    if (item) {
-        childItem = new QTreeWidgetItem(item);
-    } else {
-        childItem = new QTreeWidgetItem(treeWidget);
-    }
+    QTreeWidgetItem *childItem = item ? new QTreeWidgetItem(item) : new QTreeWidgetItem(treeWidget);
     childItem->setData(0, Qt::UserRole, xml.name().toString());
     return childItem;
 }