diff --git a/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp b/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
index 587aa5971d8..2b09cf873a7 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/moc/generator.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int Generator::stridx(const QByteArray &s)
 // Returns the sum of all parameters (including return type) for the given
 // \a list of methods. This is needed for calculating the size of the methods'
 // parameter type/name meta-data.
-static int aggregateParameterCount(const QList<FunctionDef> &list)
+static int aggregateParameterCount(const QVector<FunctionDef> &list)
 {
     int sum = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < list.count(); ++i)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void Generator::generateCode()
 
     // filter out undeclared enumerators and sets
     {
-        QList<EnumDef> enumList;
+        QVector<EnumDef> enumList;
         for (int i = 0; i < cdef->enumList.count(); ++i) {
             EnumDef def = cdef->enumList.at(i);
             if (cdef->enumDeclarations.contains(def.name)) {
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ void Generator::generateCode()
                 cname, cname, cdef->classname.constData());
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < cdef->interfaceList.size(); ++i) {
-        const QList<ClassDef::Interface> &iface = cdef->interfaceList.at(i);
+        const QVector<ClassDef::Interface> &iface = cdef->interfaceList.at(i);
         for (int j = 0; j < iface.size(); ++j) {
             fprintf(out, "    if (!strcmp(_clname, %s))\n        return ", iface.at(j).interfaceId.constData());
             for (int k = j; k >= 0; --k)
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void Generator::generateClassInfos()
     }
 }
 
-void Generator::registerFunctionStrings(const QList<FunctionDef>& list)
+void Generator::registerFunctionStrings(const QVector<FunctionDef>& list)
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < list.count(); ++i) {
         const FunctionDef &f = list.at(i);
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void Generator::registerFunctionStrings(const QList<FunctionDef>& list)
     }
 }
 
-void Generator::generateFunctions(const QList<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype, int type, int &paramsIndex)
+void Generator::generateFunctions(const QVector<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype, int type, int &paramsIndex)
 {
     if (list.isEmpty())
         return;
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void Generator::generateFunctions(const QList<FunctionDef>& list, const char *fu
     }
 }
 
-void Generator::generateFunctionRevisions(const QList<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype)
+void Generator::generateFunctionRevisions(const QVector<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype)
 {
     if (list.count())
         fprintf(out, "\n // %ss: revision\n", functype);
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ void Generator::generateFunctionRevisions(const QList<FunctionDef>& list, const
     }
 }
 
-void Generator::generateFunctionParameters(const QList<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype)
+void Generator::generateFunctionParameters(const QVector<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype)
 {
     if (list.isEmpty())
         return;
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ void Generator::generateMetacall()
     fprintf(out, "    ");
 
     bool needElse = false;
-    QList<FunctionDef> methodList;
+    QVector<FunctionDef> methodList;
     methodList += cdef->signalList;
     methodList += cdef->slotList;
     methodList += cdef->methodList;
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> Generator::automaticPropertyMetaTypesHelper()
     return automaticPropertyMetaTypes;
 }
 
-QMap<int, QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> > Generator::methodsWithAutomaticTypesHelper(const QList<FunctionDef> &methodList)
+QMap<int, QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> > Generator::methodsWithAutomaticTypesHelper(const QVector<FunctionDef> &methodList)
 {
     QMap<int, QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> > methodsWithAutomaticTypes;
     for (int i = 0; i < methodList.size(); ++i) {
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ void Generator::generateStaticMetacall()
         isUsed_a = true;
     }
 
-    QList<FunctionDef> methodList;
+    QVector<FunctionDef> methodList;
     methodList += cdef->signalList;
     methodList += cdef->slotList;
     methodList += cdef->methodList;
diff --git a/src/tools/moc/generator.h b/src/tools/moc/generator.h
index 2b5f09df5e7..3833148fb30 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/generator.h
+++ b/src/tools/moc/generator.h
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ private:
     bool registerableMetaType(const QByteArray &propertyType);
     void registerClassInfoStrings();
     void generateClassInfos();
-    void registerFunctionStrings(const QList<FunctionDef> &list);
-    void generateFunctions(const QList<FunctionDef> &list, const char *functype, int type, int &paramsIndex);
-    void generateFunctionRevisions(const QList<FunctionDef>& list, const char *functype);
-    void generateFunctionParameters(const QList<FunctionDef> &list, const char *functype);
+    void registerFunctionStrings(const QVector<FunctionDef> &list);
+    void generateFunctions(const QVector<FunctionDef> &list, const char *functype, int type, int &paramsIndex);
+    void generateFunctionRevisions(const QVector<FunctionDef> &list, const char *functype);
+    void generateFunctionParameters(const QVector<FunctionDef> &list, const char *functype);
     void generateTypeInfo(const QByteArray &typeName, bool allowEmptyName = false);
     void registerEnumStrings();
     void generateEnums(int index);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ private:
     void generateSignal(FunctionDef *def, int index);
     void generatePluginMetaData();
     QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> automaticPropertyMetaTypesHelper();
-    QMap<int, QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> > methodsWithAutomaticTypesHelper(const QList<FunctionDef> &methodList);
+    QMap<int, QMultiMap<QByteArray, int> > methodsWithAutomaticTypesHelper(const QVector<FunctionDef> &methodList);
 
     void strreg(const QByteArray &); // registers a string
     int stridx(const QByteArray &); // returns a string's id
diff --git a/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp b/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp
index 54a0871bec6..0e689bd5c1e 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/moc/moc.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ bool Moc::parseMaybeFunction(const ClassDef *cdef, FunctionDef *def)
 
 void Moc::parse()
 {
-    QList<NamespaceDef> namespaceList;
+    QVector<NamespaceDef> namespaceList;
     bool templateClass = false;
     while (hasNext()) {
         Token t = next();
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ void Moc::parse()
     }
 }
 
-static bool any_type_contains(const QList<PropertyDef> &properties, const QByteArray &pattern)
+static bool any_type_contains(const QVector<PropertyDef> &properties, const QByteArray &pattern)
 {
     for (const auto &p : properties) {
         if (p.type.contains(pattern))
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static bool any_type_contains(const QList<PropertyDef> &properties, const QByteA
     return false;
 }
 
-static bool any_arg_contains(const QList<FunctionDef> &functions, const QByteArray &pattern)
+static bool any_arg_contains(const QVector<FunctionDef> &functions, const QByteArray &pattern)
 {
     for (const auto &f : functions) {
         for (const auto &arg : f.arguments) {
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ static QByteArrayList make_candidates()
     return result;
 }
 
-static QByteArrayList requiredQtContainers(const QList<ClassDef> &classes)
+static QByteArrayList requiredQtContainers(const QVector<ClassDef> &classes)
 {
     static const QByteArrayList candidates = make_candidates();
 
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ void Moc::parseInterfaces(ClassDef *def)
 {
     next(LPAREN);
     while (test(IDENTIFIER)) {
-        QList<ClassDef::Interface> iface;
+        QVector<ClassDef::Interface> iface;
         iface += ClassDef::Interface(lexem());
         while (test(SCOPE)) {
             iface.last().className += lexem();
diff --git a/src/tools/moc/moc.h b/src/tools/moc/moc.h
index cca14d1fced..843bdeb794f 100644
--- a/src/tools/moc/moc.h
+++ b/src/tools/moc/moc.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct Type
     Token firstToken;
     ReferenceType referenceType;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(Type, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 struct EnumDef
 {
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ struct EnumDef
     bool isEnumClass; // c++11 enum class
     EnumDef() : isEnumClass(false) {}
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(EnumDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 struct ArgumentDef
 {
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ struct ArgumentDef
     QByteArray typeNameForCast; // type name to be used in cast from void * in metacall
     bool isDefault;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(ArgumentDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 struct FunctionDef
 {
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ struct FunctionDef
     QByteArray name;
     bool returnTypeIsVolatile;
 
-    QList<ArgumentDef> arguments;
+    QVector<ArgumentDef> arguments;
 
     enum Access { Private, Protected, Public };
     Access access;
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ struct FunctionDef
 
     int revision;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(FunctionDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 struct PropertyDef
 {
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ struct PropertyDef
     }
     int revision;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(PropertyDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 
 struct ClassInfoDef
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ struct ClassInfoDef
     QByteArray name;
     QByteArray value;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(ClassInfoDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 struct ClassDef {
     ClassDef():
@@ -144,16 +150,17 @@ struct ClassDef {
         , revisionedMethods(0), revisionedProperties(0), begin(0), end(0){}
     QByteArray classname;
     QByteArray qualified;
-    QList<QPair<QByteArray, FunctionDef::Access> > superclassList;
+    QVector<QPair<QByteArray, FunctionDef::Access> > superclassList;
 
     struct Interface
     {
+        Interface() {} // for QVector, don't use
         inline explicit Interface(const QByteArray &_className)
             : className(_className) {}
         QByteArray className;
         QByteArray interfaceId;
     };
-    QList<QList<Interface> >interfaceList;
+    QVector<QVector<Interface> >interfaceList;
 
     bool hasQObject;
     bool hasQGadget;
@@ -164,13 +171,13 @@ struct ClassDef {
         QJsonDocument metaData;
     } pluginData;
 
-    QList<FunctionDef> constructorList;
-    QList<FunctionDef> signalList, slotList, methodList, publicList;
+    QVector<FunctionDef> constructorList;
+    QVector<FunctionDef> signalList, slotList, methodList, publicList;
     int notifyableProperties;
-    QList<PropertyDef> propertyList;
-    QList<ClassInfoDef> classInfoList;
+    QVector<PropertyDef> propertyList;
+    QVector<ClassInfoDef> classInfoList;
     QMap<QByteArray, bool> enumDeclarations;
-    QList<EnumDef> enumList;
+    QVector<EnumDef> enumList;
     QMap<QByteArray, QByteArray> flagAliases;
     int revisionedMethods;
     int revisionedProperties;
@@ -178,12 +185,15 @@ struct ClassDef {
     int begin;
     int end;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(ClassDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(ClassDef::Interface, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 struct NamespaceDef {
     QByteArray name;
     int begin;
     int end;
 };
+Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(NamespaceDef, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 class Moc : public Parser
 {
@@ -198,7 +208,7 @@ public:
     bool mustIncludeQPluginH;
     QByteArray includePath;
     QList<QByteArray> includeFiles;
-    QList<ClassDef> classList;
+    QVector<ClassDef> classList;
     QMap<QByteArray, QByteArray> interface2IdMap;
     QList<QByteArray> metaTypes;
     // map from class name to fully qualified name
diff --git a/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/qdbuscpp2xml.cpp b/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/qdbuscpp2xml.cpp
index 1b06845c469..6fb42ee7581 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/qdbuscpp2xml.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdbuscpp2xml/qdbuscpp2xml.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static QString addFunction(const FunctionDef &mm, bool isSignal = false) {
             return QString();           // wasn't a valid type
         }
     }
-    QList<ArgumentDef> names = mm.arguments;
+    QVector<ArgumentDef> names = mm.arguments;
     QVector<int> types;
     QString errorMsg;
     int inputCount = qDBusParametersForMethod(mm, types, errorMsg);
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         args.append(QString::fromLocal8Bit(argv[n]));
     parseCmdLine(args);
 
-    QList<ClassDef> classes;
+    QVector<ClassDef> classes;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < args.count(); ++i) {
         const QString arg = args.at(i);