diff --git a/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarplugin.cpp
index 1bc842a1ccb24b800e9474e3869f965dc7dfd926..5214e4fc2884c3a48709e76a1f7ed25ed7c8d859 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/bazaar/bazaarplugin.cpp
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ void BazaarPlugin::showCommitWidget(const QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem> &stat
     setSubmitEditor(commitEditor);
 
     commitEditor->registerActions(m_editorUndo, m_editorRedo, m_editorCommit, m_editorDiff);
-    connect(commitEditor, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QStringList)),
-            this, SLOT(diffFromEditorSelected(QStringList)));
+    connect(commitEditor, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedFiles,
+            this, &BazaarPlugin::diffFromEditorSelected);
     commitEditor->setCheckScriptWorkingDirectory(m_submitRepository);
 
     const QString msg = tr("Commit changes for \"%1\".").
diff --git a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
index c9aef6eb3e2adf0e2ed25c075b7bd03976c5ac87..c20d63fa02221d7b3083344ed7e429ae19782cec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clearcase/clearcaseplugin.cpp
@@ -785,7 +785,8 @@ ClearCaseSubmitEditor *ClearCasePlugin::openClearCaseSubmitEditor(const QString
     ClearCaseSubmitEditor *submitEditor = qobject_cast<ClearCaseSubmitEditor*>(editor);
     QTC_ASSERT(submitEditor, return 0);
     submitEditor->registerActions(m_submitUndoAction, m_submitRedoAction, m_checkInSelectedAction, m_checkInDiffAction);
-    connect(submitEditor, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QStringList)), this, SLOT(diffCheckInFiles(QStringList)));
+    connect(submitEditor, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedFiles,
+            this, &ClearCasePlugin::diffCheckInFiles);
     submitEditor->setCheckScriptWorkingDirectory(m_checkInView);
     submitEditor->setIsUcm(isUcm);
     return submitEditor;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp
index 1c3b2024f1a0fe1d3230b1cf5aa8c0ac1241a626..ad2b1e38a6fba492103efd02efb1b9fc8b609101 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cvs/cvsplugin.cpp
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ CvsSubmitEditor *CvsPlugin::openCVSSubmitEditor(const QString &fileName)
     CvsSubmitEditor *submitEditor = qobject_cast<CvsSubmitEditor*>(editor);
     QTC_ASSERT(submitEditor, return 0);
     submitEditor->registerActions(m_submitUndoAction, m_submitRedoAction, m_submitCurrentLogAction, m_submitDiffAction);
-    connect(submitEditor, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QStringList)), this, SLOT(diffCommitFiles(QStringList)));
+    connect(submitEditor, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedFiles,
+            this, &CvsPlugin::diffCommitFiles);
 
     return submitEditor;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
index 230751b12842bf613d324e210601543c475e6f8d..298e154c87703bf1bf9b07106bb14ce0b848dcde 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditor.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ GitSubmitEditor::GitSubmitEditor(const VcsBaseSubmitEditorParameters *parameters
     m_firstUpdate(true),
     m_commitDataFetcher(0)
 {
-    connect(this, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QList<int>)), this, SLOT(slotDiffSelected(QList<int>)));
+    connect(this, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedRows,
+            this, &GitSubmitEditor::slotDiffSelected);
     connect(submitEditorWidget(), SIGNAL(show(QString)), this, SLOT(showCommit(QString)));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
index 1c077cde2baf99f7ffe83683e9ff33c51a2385bb..b557cc68c88f5815c3464a658da547983dc70448 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ void MercurialPlugin::showCommitWidget(const QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem> &s
     setSubmitEditor(commitEditor);
 
     commitEditor->registerActions(editorUndo, editorRedo, editorCommit, editorDiff);
-    connect(commitEditor, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QStringList)),
-            this, SLOT(diffFromEditorSelected(QStringList)));
+    connect(commitEditor, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedFiles,
+            this, &MercurialPlugin::diffFromEditorSelected);
     commitEditor->setCheckScriptWorkingDirectory(m_submitRepository);
 
     const QString msg = tr("Commit changes for \"%1\".").
diff --git a/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
index f9582b03cfa0898e696333f38365a5992e3e6deb..912d149dc42000bf42c32c040e7d85b4c46e3fb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perforce/perforceplugin.cpp
@@ -666,7 +666,8 @@ IEditor *PerforcePlugin::openPerforceSubmitEditor(const QString &fileName, const
     setSubmitEditor(submitEditor);
     submitEditor->restrictToProjectFiles(depotFileNames);
     submitEditor->registerActions(m_undoAction, m_redoAction, m_submitCurrentLogAction, m_diffSelectedFiles);
-    connect(submitEditor, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QStringList)), this, SLOT(slotSubmitDiff(QStringList)));
+    connect(submitEditor, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedFiles,
+            this, &PerforcePlugin::slotSubmitDiff);
     submitEditor->setCheckScriptWorkingDirectory(m_commitWorkingDirectory);
     return editor;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
index 5a7ed50758f1b83954291379080c28158f88e549..d8d9cb60670b76f7a9ed90083e938eaafb1d58b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,8 @@ SubversionSubmitEditor *SubversionPlugin::openSubversionSubmitEditor(const QStri
     QTC_ASSERT(submitEditor, return 0);
     setSubmitEditor(submitEditor);
     submitEditor->registerActions(m_submitUndoAction, m_submitRedoAction, m_submitCurrentLogAction, m_submitDiffAction);
-    connect(submitEditor, SIGNAL(diffSelectedFiles(QStringList)), this, SLOT(diffCommitFiles(QStringList)));
+    connect(submitEditor, &VcsBaseSubmitEditor::diffSelectedFiles,
+            this, &SubversionPlugin::diffCommitFiles);
     submitEditor->setCheckScriptWorkingDirectory(m_commitRepository);
     return submitEditor;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.cpp
index dd9c2cc4439dd23ccc4d54aebe6c498111bfc995..b0610527c12c195691de7a4a2bda19ec3bbf84bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.cpp
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ QStringList VcsBaseSubmitEditor::rowsToFiles(const QList<int> &rows) const
 void VcsBaseSubmitEditor::slotDiffSelectedVcsFiles(const QList<int> &rawList)
 {
     if (d->m_parameters->diffType == VcsBaseSubmitEditorParameters::DiffRows)
-        emit diffSelectedFiles(rawList);
+        emit diffSelectedRows(rawList);
     else
         emit diffSelectedFiles(rowsToFiles(rawList));
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.h
index 0f7b50bf0663d53b42cf42391a8ffc791d83f6da..4adefffd3b0e91cc9c6f47132780f15921ebfc5d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbasesubmiteditor.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public:
 
 signals:
     void diffSelectedFiles(const QStringList &files);
-    void diffSelectedFiles(const QList<int> &rows);
+    void diffSelectedRows(const QList<int> &rows);
 
 private slots:
     void slotDiffSelectedVcsFiles(const QList<int> &rawList);