diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qstringbuilder.h b/src/libs/utils/qstringbuilder.h
index 7a12ba6c38673ce226fdbf53ea99263133a55d92..6054446b2cca99a655ccdaac93827e408338f312 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/qstringbuilder.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/qstringbuilder.h
@@ -57,23 +57,10 @@ QT_MODULE(Core)
 // constructor to allocated an unitialized string of the given size.
 //#define USE_CHANGED_QSTRING 1
 
-class QLatin1Literal
-{
-public:
-    template <int N>
-    QLatin1Literal(const char (&str)[N]) : m_size(N - 1), m_data(str) {}
-
-    inline int size() const { return m_size; }
-    inline const char *data() const { return m_data; }
-
-private:
-    const int m_size;
-    const char *m_data;
-};
-
-
 namespace {
 
+template <typename T> struct QConcatenable {};
+
 template <typename A, typename B>
 class QStringBuilder
 {
@@ -86,10 +73,6 @@ public:
     const B &b;
 };
 
-// make sure the operator% defined below acts only on types we want to handle.
-template <typename T> struct QConcatenable {};
-
-
 template <typename A, typename B>
 QStringBuilder<A, B>::operator QString() const 
 {
@@ -107,7 +90,7 @@ QStringBuilder<A, B>::operator QString() const
 template <> struct QConcatenable<char>
 {
     typedef char type;
-    static int size(const char) { return 1; }
+    static inline int size(const char) { return 1; }
     static inline void appendTo(const char c, QChar *&out)
     {
         *out++ = QLatin1Char(c);
@@ -117,7 +100,7 @@ template <> struct QConcatenable<char>
 template <> struct QConcatenable<QLatin1Char>
 {
     typedef QLatin1Char type;
-    static int size(const QLatin1Char) { return 1; }
+    static inline int size(const QLatin1Char) { return 1; }
     static inline void appendTo(const QLatin1Char c, QChar *&out)
     {
         *out++ = c;
@@ -127,7 +110,7 @@ template <> struct QConcatenable<QLatin1Char>
 template <> struct QConcatenable<QLatin1String>
 {
     typedef QLatin1String type;
-    static int size(const QLatin1String &a) { return qstrlen(a.latin1()); }
+    static inline int size(const QLatin1String &a) { return qstrlen(a.latin1()); }
     static inline void appendTo(const QLatin1String &a, QChar *&out)
     {
         for (const char *s = a.latin1(); *s; )
@@ -136,21 +119,10 @@ template <> struct QConcatenable<QLatin1String>
 
 };
 
-template <> struct QConcatenable<QLatin1Literal>
-{
-    typedef QLatin1Literal type;
-    static int size(const QLatin1Literal &a) { return a.size(); }
-    static inline void appendTo(const QLatin1Literal &a, QChar *&out)
-    {
-        for (const char *s = a.data(); *s; )
-            *out++ = QLatin1Char(*s++);
-    }
-};
-
 template <> struct QConcatenable<QString>
 {
     typedef QString type;
-    static int size(const QString &a) { return a.size(); }
+    static inline int size(const QString &a) { return a.size(); }
     static inline void appendTo(const QString &a, QChar *&out)
     {
         const int n = a.size();
@@ -162,7 +134,7 @@ template <> struct QConcatenable<QString>
 template <> struct QConcatenable<QStringRef>
 {
     typedef QStringRef type;
-    static int size(const QStringRef &a) { return a.size(); }
+    static inline int size(const QStringRef &a) { return a.size(); }
     static inline void appendTo(QStringRef a, QChar *&out)
     {
         const int n = a.size();
@@ -171,12 +143,36 @@ template <> struct QConcatenable<QStringRef>
     }
 };
 
+template <int N>
+struct QConcatenable<const char[N]>
+{
+    typedef const char type[N];
+    static inline int size(const char *) { return N - 1; }
+    static inline void appendTo(const char *a, QChar *&out)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; ++i)
+            *out++ = QLatin1Char(*a++);
+    }
+};
+
+template <int N>
+struct QConcatenable<char[N]>
+{
+    typedef char type[N];
+    static inline int size(const char *) { return N - 1; }
+    static inline void appendTo(const char *a, QChar *&out)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; ++i)
+            *out++ = QLatin1Char(*a++);
+    }
+};
+
 
 template <typename A, typename B>
 struct QConcatenable< QStringBuilder<A, B> >
 {
     typedef QStringBuilder<A, B> type;
-    static int size(const type &p) 
+    static inline int size(const type &p) 
     {
         return QConcatenable<A>::size(p.a) + QConcatenable<B>::size(p.b);
     }
@@ -198,7 +194,6 @@ QStringBuilder<A, B> operator%(const A &a, const B &b)
     return QStringBuilder<A1, B1>(a, b);
 }
 
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 QT_END_HEADER
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/qstringbuilder/main.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/qstringbuilder/main.cpp
index 6cecfba6b48ccf71a1b15abae989616ba513f60c..4010db0e60dc86a2b95128b0abcbad9633d4f6ae 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/qstringbuilder/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/qstringbuilder/main.cpp
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@
 #define SEP(s) qDebug() << "\n\n-------- " s "  ---------";
 #define L(s) QLatin1String(s)
 
+const char l1literal[] = "some string literal";
+
 class tst_qstringbuilder : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
     tst_qstringbuilder()
-      : l1literal("some string literal"),
-        l1string("some string literal"),
-        ba("some string literal"),
+      :
+        l1string(l1literal),
+        ba(l1literal),
         string(l1string),
         stringref(&string, 2, 10),
         achar('c')
@@ -71,12 +73,12 @@ private slots:
     void separator_1() { SEP("literal + literal  (builder first)"); }
 
     void b_2_l1literal() {
-        QBENCHMARK { r = l1literal % l1literal; }
+        QBENCHMARK { r = l1string % l1literal; }
         COMPARE(r, l1string + l1string);
     }
     void s_2_l1string() {
         QBENCHMARK { r = l1string + l1string; }
-        COMPARE(r, QString(l1literal % l1literal));
+        COMPARE(r, QString(l1string % l1literal));
     }
 
 
@@ -139,37 +141,37 @@ private slots:
     void separator_3() { SEP("3 literals"); }
 
     void b_3_l1literal() {
-        QBENCHMARK { r = l1literal % l1literal % l1literal; }
+        QBENCHMARK { r = l1string % l1literal % l1literal; }
         COMPARE(r, l1string + l1string + l1string);
     }
     void s_3_l1string() {
         QBENCHMARK { r = l1string + l1string + l1string; }
-        COMPARE(r, QString(l1literal % l1literal % l1literal));
+        COMPARE(r, QString(l1string % l1literal % l1literal));
     }
 
 
     void separator_4() { SEP("4 literals"); }
 
     void b_4_l1literal() {
-        QBENCHMARK { r = l1literal % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal; }
+        QBENCHMARK { r = l1string % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal; }
         COMPARE(r, l1string + l1string + l1string + l1string);
     }
     void s_4_l1string() {
         QBENCHMARK { r = l1string + l1string + l1string + l1string; }
-        COMPARE(r, QString(l1literal % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal));
+        COMPARE(r, QString(l1string % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal));
     }
 
 
     void separator_5() { SEP("5 literals"); }
 
     void b_5_l1literal() {
-        QBENCHMARK { r = l1literal % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal %l1literal; }
+        QBENCHMARK { r = l1string % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal %l1literal; }
         COMPARE(r, l1string + l1string + l1string + l1string + l1string);
     }
 
     void s_5_l1string() {
         QBENCHMARK { r = l1string + l1string + l1string + l1string + l1string; }
-        COMPARE(r, QString(l1literal % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal));
+        COMPARE(r, QString(l1string % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal % l1literal));
     }
 
 
@@ -260,7 +262,6 @@ private slots:
     }
 
 private:
-    const QLatin1Literal l1literal;
     const QLatin1String l1string;
     const QByteArray ba;
     const QString string;