diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qcontainerfwd.h b/src/corelib/tools/qcontainerfwd.h
index 0d9403104fa..a44ddc9e8ac 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qcontainerfwd.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qcontainerfwd.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class QVariant;
 using QVariantList = QList<QVariant>;
 using QVariantMap = QMap<QString, QVariant>;
 using QVariantHash = QHash<QString, QVariant>;
-using QVariantPair = QPair<QVariant, QVariant>;
+using QVariantPair = std::pair<QVariant, QVariant>;
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE