diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm
index 7ea3d130f72..98b9f7c9bae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoafiledialoghelper.mm
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ QT_NAMESPACE_ALIAS_OBJC_CLASS(QNSOpenSavePanelDelegate);
 
 static QString strippedText(QString s)
 {
-    s.remove( QString::fromLatin1("...") );
+    s.remove(QLatin1String("..."));
     return QPlatformTheme::removeMnemonics(s).trimmed();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qaction.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qaction.cpp
index 853e27cd6e5..967b0b8ddea 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qaction.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qaction.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
  */
 static QString qt_strippedText(QString s)
 {
-    s.remove(QStringLiteral("..."));
+    s.remove(QLatin1String("..."));
     for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i) {
         if (s.at(i) == QLatin1Char('&'))
             s.remove(i, 1);