diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
index aa948b23c2989b79ae45231457f696fb6693ea29..112c8d435013e01e80305e4967412aa6cd6cc309 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 // Whenever this feature is considered "accepted" the switch below should be permanently
 // removed, unless we decide to actually make this a user setting - that is why it's
 // currently a bool instead of a define.
-static const bool highlightCtorDtorAsType = false;
+static const bool highlightCtorDtorAsType = true;
 
 using namespace CPlusPlus;
 using namespace CppTools;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
index b6529e468a20c7dc5ed0b12c29b5aec38a3a4a6c..df912b9af95d09b11520a50c63dfd858bada13ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ TextEditorSettings::TextEditorSettings(QObject *parent)
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(C_STATIC, tr("Static"), Qt::darkMagenta));
 
     Format functionFormat;
-    functionFormat.setForeground(QColor(60, 60, 60)); // very dark grey
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(C_FUNCTION, tr("Function"), functionFormat));
     functionFormat.setItalic(true);
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(C_VIRTUAL_METHOD, tr("Virtual Method"), functionFormat));