diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
index 8520bb57407..4262899e020 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.cpp
@@ -2300,21 +2300,20 @@ QString &QString::remove(const QString &str, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
 */
 QString &QString::remove(QChar ch, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs)
 {
-    int i = 0;
-    ushort c = ch.unicode();
-    if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
-        while (i < d->size)
-            if (d->data()[i] == ch)
-                remove(i, 1);
-            else
-                i++;
-    } else {
-        c = foldCase(c);
-        while (i < d->size)
-            if (foldCase(d->data()[i]) == c)
-                remove(i, 1);
-            else
-                i++;
+    const int idx = indexOf(ch, 0, cs);
+    if (idx != -1) {
+        const auto first = begin(); // implicit detach()
+        auto last = end();
+        if (cs == Qt::CaseSensitive) {
+            last = std::remove(first + idx, last, ch);
+        } else {
+            const QChar c = ch.toCaseFolded();
+            auto caseInsensEqual = [c](QChar x) {
+                return c == x.toCaseFolded();
+            };
+            last = std::remove_if(first + idx, last, caseInsensEqual);
+        }
+        resize(last - first);
     }
     return *this;
 }