diff --git a/src/libs/zeroconf/avahiLib.cpp b/src/libs/zeroconf/avahiLib.cpp
index f551bff08085393936c6ac5093e3088f04fb52b8..6aeff59c584fe8d4e8ffc83a6d6163eb4673c17b 100644
--- a/src/libs/zeroconf/avahiLib.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/zeroconf/avahiLib.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     QString name(){
-        return QString::fromUtf8("AvahiZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
+        return QString::fromLatin1("AvahiZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
     }
 
     // bool tryStartDaemon();
diff --git a/src/libs/zeroconf/dnsSdLib.cpp b/src/libs/zeroconf/dnsSdLib.cpp
index ea633be2eb010550af751c9127350695edea5dbd..9db26d6cf4ed10621d94d03b4616f88dafc74a50 100644
--- a/src/libs/zeroconf/dnsSdLib.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/zeroconf/dnsSdLib.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     QString name(){
-        return QString::fromUtf8("DnsSdZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
+        return QString::fromLatin1("DnsSdZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
     }
 
     // bool tryStartDaemon();
diff --git a/src/libs/zeroconf/embeddedLib.cpp b/src/libs/zeroconf/embeddedLib.cpp
index d86393036ececedd94581e26de9467d98c41fb27..6dc5ad508d7693254a0b6f28ebd30a51fd3f2deb 100644
--- a/src/libs/zeroconf/embeddedLib.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/zeroconf/embeddedLib.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public:
 
     QString name()
     {
-        return QString::fromUtf8("EmbeddedZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
+        return QString::fromLatin1("EmbeddedZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
     }
 
     bool tryStartDaemon()
diff --git a/src/libs/zeroconf/servicebrowser.cpp b/src/libs/zeroconf/servicebrowser.cpp
index 32086a1f330786729a70357fdac2cb31afc1d997..a607b818a533ef6bcda7c389b0b1513b095c0f7e 100644
--- a/src/libs/zeroconf/servicebrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/zeroconf/servicebrowser.cpp
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ bool ZConfLib::tryStartDaemon()
 }
 
 QString ZConfLib::name(){
-    return QString::fromUtf8("ZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
+    return QString::fromLatin1("ZeroConfLib@%1").arg(size_t(this), 0, 16);
 }
 
 ZConfLib::ZConfLib(ZConfLib::Ptr f) : fallbackLib(f), m_isOk(true)
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
index 346f940bf7e2201c766581b669b81e775d05f3ae..8a49772ce86a854e3b164b0f554c6183e3eee3ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/fancyactionbar.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void FancyToolButton::actionChanged()
 FancyActionBar::FancyActionBar(QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
 {
-    setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("actionbar"));
+    setObjectName(QLatin1String("actionbar"));
     m_actionsLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
     QVBoxLayout *spacerLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
     spacerLayout->addLayout(m_actionsLayout);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpaster/columnindicatortextedit.cpp b/src/plugins/cpaster/columnindicatortextedit.cpp
index 48e55662ae37d782f24ec0820a859044ae30a6ab..d5ac629ca135aa224ce2d71ecf6b68fcf82ce47f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpaster/columnindicatortextedit.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpaster/columnindicatortextedit.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ColumnIndicatorTextEdit::ColumnIndicatorTextEdit(QWidget *parent) :
         QTextEdit(parent), m_columnIndicator(0)
 {
     QFont font;
-    font.setFamily(QString::fromUtf8("Courier New"));
+    font.setFamily(QLatin1String("Courier New"));
     setFont(font);
     setReadOnly(true);
     QSizePolicy sizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ColumnIndicatorTextEdit::ColumnIndicatorTextEdit(QWidget *parent) :
     int cmx = 0, cmy = 0, cmw = 0, cmh = 0;
     getContentsMargins(&cmx, &cmy, &cmw, &cmh);
     m_columnIndicator = QFontMetrics(font).width(QLatin1Char('W')) * 100 + cmx + 1;
-    m_columnIndicatorFont.setFamily(QString::fromUtf8("Times"));
+    m_columnIndicatorFont.setFamily(QLatin1String("Times"));
     m_columnIndicatorFont.setPointSizeF(7.0);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/name_demangler.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/name_demangler.cpp
index 54400b0bb57242e7b1796f7ea7e901094a0bc5ab..8b7023baab2473ed8a8281bd51255376e998b99b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/name_demangler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/name_demangler.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ private:
         const QString makeExpr(const QStringList &exprs) const
         {
             Q_ASSERT(exprs.size() == 1);
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1()").arg(exprs.first());
+            return QString::fromLatin1("%1()").arg(exprs.first());
         }
     };
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ private:
         const QString makeExpr(const QStringList &exprs) const
         {
             Q_ASSERT(exprs.size() == 1);
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1(%2)").
+            return QString::fromLatin1("%1(%2)").
                 arg(repr).arg(exprs.first());
         }
     };
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ private:
         virtual const QString makeExpr(const QStringList &exprs) const
         {
             Q_ASSERT(exprs.size() == 2);
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2 %3").
+            return QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2 %3").
                 arg(exprs.first()).arg(repr).arg(exprs.at(1));
         }
         OpType type() const { return BinaryOp; }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ private:
         const QString makeExpr(const QStringList &exprs) const
         {
             Q_ASSERT(exprs.size() == 2);
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit("new %1[%2]").
+            return QString::fromLatin1("new %1[%2]").
                 arg(exprs.first()).arg(exprs.at(1));
         }
     };
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ private:
         const QString makeExpr(const QStringList &exprs) const
         {
             Q_ASSERT(exprs.size() == 2);
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1[%2]").
+            return QString::fromLatin1("%1[%2]").
                 arg(exprs.first()).arg(exprs.at(1));
         }
     };
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ private:
         virtual const QString makeExpr(const QStringList &exprs) const
         {
             Q_ASSERT(exprs.size() == 3);
-            return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 ? %2 : %3").
+            return QString::fromLatin1("%1 ? %2 : %3").
                 arg(exprs.first()).arg(exprs.at(1)).arg(exprs.at(2));
         }
         OpType type() const { return TernaryOp; }
@@ -893,10 +893,10 @@ const QString NameDemanglerPrivate::parseExpression()
         expr += QLatin1String(")");
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("st")) {
         advance(2);
-        expr = QString::fromLocal8Bit("sizeof(%1)").arg(parseType());
+        expr = QString::fromLatin1("sizeof(%1)").arg(parseType());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("at")) {
         advance(2);
-        expr = QString::fromLocal8Bit("alignof(%1)").arg(parseType());
+        expr = QString::fromLatin1("alignof(%1)").arg(parseType());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("sr")) { // TODO: Which syntax to use here?
         advance(2);
         expr = parseType();
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ const QString NameDemanglerPrivate::parseFunctionType()
                 }
             }
             if (!retTypeIsFuncPtr)
-                funcType = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2").
+                funcType = QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2").
                     arg(returnType).arg(argList);
         }
     }
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ const NameDemanglerPrivate::Operator &NameDemanglerPrivate::parseOperatorName()
             static UnaryOperator castOp(QLatin1String("cv"),
                                         QLatin1String(""));
             QString type = parseType();
-            castOp.repr = QString::fromLocal8Bit("(%1)").arg(type);
+            castOp.repr = QString::fromLatin1("(%1)").arg(type);
             op = &castOp;
         } else {
             op = ops.value(id);
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ const QString NameDemanglerPrivate::parseArrayType()
         if (!parseError && advance() != '_')
             error(QString::fromLatin1("Invalid array-type"));
         if (!parseError)
-            type = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1[%2]").
+            type = QString::fromLatin1("%1[%2]").
                 arg(parseType()).arg(dimension);
     }
 
@@ -1575,10 +1575,10 @@ const QString NameDemanglerPrivate::parsePointerToMemberType()
                 int parenIndex = memberType.indexOf('(');
                 QString returnType = memberType.left(parenIndex);
                 memberType.remove(0, parenIndex);
-                type = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1(%2::*)%3").
+                type = QString::fromLatin1("%1(%2::*)%3").
                     arg(returnType).arg(classType).arg(memberType);
             } else {
-                type = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2::*").
+                type = QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2::*").
                     arg(memberType).arg(classType);
             }
         }
@@ -1703,19 +1703,19 @@ const QString NameDemanglerPrivate::parseSpecialName()
     QString str = readAhead(2);
     if (str == QLatin1String("TV")) {
         advance(2);
-        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit("[virtual table of %1]").arg(parseType());
+        name = QString::fromLatin1("[virtual table of %1]").arg(parseType());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("TT")) {
         advance(2);
-        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit("[VTT struct of %1]").arg(parseType());
+        name = QString::fromLatin1("[VTT struct of %1]").arg(parseType());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("TI")) {
         advance(2);
-        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit("typeid(%1)").arg(parseType());
+        name = QString::fromLatin1("typeid(%1)").arg(parseType());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("TS")) {
         advance(2);
-        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit("typeid(%1).name()").arg(parseType());
+        name = QString::fromLatin1("typeid(%1).name()").arg(parseType());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("GV")) {
         advance(2);
-        name = QString::fromLocal8Bit("[guard variable of %1]").
+        name = QString::fromLatin1("[guard variable of %1]").
             arg(parseName());
     } else if (str == QLatin1String("Tc")) {
         advance(2);
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@ void NameDemanglerPrivate::insertQualifier(QString &type,
         if (qualifier == QLatin1String("*")
             || qualifier == QLatin1String("&")) {
             insertionPos = funcAnchor;
-            insertionString = QString::fromLocal8Bit("(%1)").arg(qualifier);
+            insertionString = QString::fromLatin1("(%1)").arg(qualifier);
         } else {
             insertionPos = type.size(); // Qualifier for pointer to member.
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/madde/maemodeployconfigurationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/madde/maemodeployconfigurationwidget.cpp
index 5af9b3cbb4888150654eb5bdddb87363e1fa5894..0c3565ab7170a6b0ac80de3c57f25d22225aaafd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/madde/maemodeployconfigurationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/madde/maemodeployconfigurationwidget.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ QString MaemoDeployConfigurationWidget::remoteIconFilePath(const DeployableFiles
 
 QString MaemoDeployConfigurationWidget::remoteIconDir() const
 {
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit("/usr/share/icons/hicolor/%1x%1/apps")
+    return QString::fromLatin1("/usr/share/icons/hicolor/%1x%1/apps")
         .arg(MaemoGlobal::applicationIconSize(deployConfiguration()->supportedOsType()));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/madde/maemoremotemounter.cpp b/src/plugins/madde/maemoremotemounter.cpp
index ad254d70f475dac2e6a9e9ef187ebdfc83743bae..d0620e3073eb51e2687ee39322a0b04361794996 100644
--- a/src/plugins/madde/maemoremotemounter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/madde/maemoremotemounter.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void MaemoRemoteMounter::unmount()
     const QString remoteSudo = MaemoGlobal::remoteSudo(m_devConf->osType(),
         m_connection->connectionParameters().userName);
     for (int i = 0; i < m_mountSpecs.count(); ++i) {
-        remoteCall += QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 umount %2 && %1 rmdir %2;")
+        remoteCall += QString::fromLatin1("%1 umount %2 && %1 rmdir %2;")
             .arg(remoteSudo, m_mountSpecs.at(i).mountSpec.remoteMountPoint);
     }
 
@@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ void MaemoRemoteMounter::startUtfsClients()
         const QString remoteSudo
             = MaemoGlobal::remoteSudo(m_devConf->osType(), userName);
         const MaemoMountSpecification &mountSpec = mountInfo.mountSpec;
-        const QString mkdir = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 mkdir -p %2")
+        const QString mkdir = QString::fromLatin1("%1 mkdir -p %2")
             .arg(remoteSudo, mountSpec.remoteMountPoint);
-        const QString chmod = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 chmod a+r+w+x %2")
+        const QString chmod = QString::fromLatin1("%1 chmod a+r+w+x %2")
             .arg(remoteSudo, mountSpec.remoteMountPoint);
         QString utfsClient
-            = QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 -l %2 -r %2 -b %2 %4 -o nonempty")
+            = QString::fromLatin1("%1 -l %2 -r %2 -b %2 %4 -o nonempty")
                   .arg(utfsClientOnDevice()).arg(mountInfo.remotePort)
                   .arg(mountSpec.remoteMountPoint);
         if (mountInfo.mountAsRoot) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/madde/maemorunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/madde/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
index 62d02406d29d96e3fc5cab8d8614fb3c671e164d..9d6a967e0dfa5a2c8eb3ce7f9e2550f81e1606d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/madde/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/madde/maemorunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ QString MaemoRunConfiguration::commandPrefix() const
     if (deviceConfig()->osType() == QLatin1String(MeeGoOsType))
         prefix += QLatin1String("DISPLAY=:0.0 ");
 
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2").arg(prefix, userEnvironmentChangesAsString());
+    return QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2").arg(prefix, userEnvironmentChangesAsString());
 }
 
 PortList MaemoRunConfiguration::freePorts() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/madde/qt4maemotarget.cpp b/src/plugins/madde/qt4maemotarget.cpp
index 53029f692eae19b46914282b461e73202d24b711..d1398e0929408ee4565a9c2caa49da81292d0dea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/madde/qt4maemotarget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/madde/qt4maemotarget.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ bool AbstractDebBasedQt4MaemoTarget::setProjectVersionInternal(const QString &ve
         .arg(utcOffsetMinutes, 2, 10, QLatin1Char('0'));
     const QString maintainerLine = content.mid(maintainerOffset, eolOffset - maintainerOffset + 1)
         .replace(QRegExp(QLatin1String(">  [^\\n]*\n")),
-                 QString::fromLocal8Bit(">  %1").arg(dateString));
+                 QString::fromLatin1(">  %1").arg(dateString));
     QString versionLine = content.left(content.indexOf(QLatin1Char('\n')))
         .replace(QRegExp(QLatin1String("\\([a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]+\\)")),
                  QLatin1Char('(') + version + QLatin1Char(')'));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/remotelinuxqmlprofilerrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/remotelinuxqmlprofilerrunner.cpp
index d6d82d0bb4c3655918a614e4a7fa9d9957997d06..7ca1b59b6c4856c77e44374ebe8f7163184c43bd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/remotelinuxqmlprofilerrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/remotelinuxqmlprofilerrunner.cpp
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ void RemoteLinuxQmlProfilerRunner::getPorts()
         QString arguments = runner()->arguments();
         if (!arguments.isEmpty())
             arguments.append(QLatin1Char(' '));
-        arguments.append(QString(QLatin1String("-qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block")).arg(m_port));
+        arguments.append(QString::fromLatin1("-qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block").arg(m_port));
 
-        runner()->startExecution(QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2 %3")
+        runner()->startExecution(QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2 %3")
                                  .arg(runner()->commandPrefix())
                                  .arg(runner()->remoteExecutable())
                                  .arg(arguments).toUtf8());
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp
index 44784115dc9defc2b9acfb707dc6adbd0a6ea147..afa912882b5ebe56a8dcd35ea7d438c91314f29c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-desktop/qt4runconfiguration.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Qt4RunConfigurationWidget::Qt4RunConfigurationWidget(Qt4RunConfiguration *qt4Run
     QHBoxLayout *hl = new QHBoxLayout();
     hl->addStretch();
     m_disabledIcon = new QLabel(this);
-    m_disabledIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
+    m_disabledIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QLatin1String(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
     hl->addWidget(m_disabledIcon);
     m_disabledReason = new QLabel(this);
     m_disabledReason->setVisible(false);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfigurationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfigurationwidget.cpp
index b074f28b2ab0918cd979f43132d7bfbef31b9fc4..57742b073c53de14f0ea61e35d2d811b72ae07c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfigurationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfigurationwidget.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ S60DeviceRunConfigurationWidget::S60DeviceRunConfigurationWidget(
     QHBoxLayout *hl = new QHBoxLayout();
     hl->addStretch();
     m_disabledIcon = new QLabel(this);
-    m_disabledIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
+    m_disabledIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QLatin1String(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
     hl->addWidget(m_disabledIcon);
     m_disabledReason = new QLabel(this);
     m_disabledReason->setVisible(false);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60emulatorrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60emulatorrunconfiguration.cpp
index ac9e4fefab0e83d5fe02f2e793bc9df14826aa13..54d151a40e14b22bdf37849866006c310ed32669 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60emulatorrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60emulatorrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ S60EmulatorRunConfigurationWidget::S60EmulatorRunConfigurationWidget(S60Emulator
     QHBoxLayout *hl = new QHBoxLayout();
     hl->addStretch();
     m_disabledIcon = new QLabel(this);
-    m_disabledIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
+    m_disabledIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QLatin1String(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
     hl->addWidget(m_disabledIcon);
     m_disabledReason = new QLabel(this);
     m_disabledReason->setVisible(false);
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp
index 6138f0f7c24f84d285068a458b012bc3f1de8e20..38a782514225fde025c927b398f7fc890fe7760d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/publickeydeploymentdialog.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void PublicKeyDeploymentDialog::handleDeploymentFinished(const QString &errorMsg
         buttonText = errorMsg;
         textColor = "red";
     }
-    setLabelText(QString::fromLocal8Bit("<font color=\"%1\">%2</font>").arg(textColor, buttonText));
+    setLabelText(QString::fromLatin1("<font color=\"%1\">%2</font>").arg(textColor, buttonText));
     setCancelButtonText(tr("Close"));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp
index f78379457d39722bcdc826d10d5128e9e7915e02..6c00de18ee84d84c7da193e0f3359e7d86ec8081 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxapplicationrunner.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void AbstractRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::handlePostRunCleanupDone()
 
 QString AbstractRemoteLinuxApplicationRunner::killApplicationCommandLine() const
 {
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit("cd /proc; for pid in `ls -d [0123456789]*`; "
+    return QString::fromLatin1("cd /proc; for pid in `ls -d [0123456789]*`; "
         "do "
             "if [ \"`readlink /proc/$pid/exe`\" = \"%1\" ]; then "
             "    kill $pid; sleep 1; kill -9 $pid; "
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
index e4e07311dcfaf017829b2a431feb37e61b9bfa45..5e149fb762c13b71ee0d738bc1317a08e0a58f7f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxdebugsupport.cpp
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ void AbstractRemoteLinuxDebugSupport::startExecution()
     const QString &remoteExe = runner()->remoteExecutable();
     QString args = runner()->arguments();
     if (d->qmlDebugging) {
-        args += QString(QLatin1String(" -qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block"))
+        args += QString::fromLatin1(" -qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block")
             .arg(d->qmlPort);
     }
 
     const QString remoteCommandLine = (d->qmlDebugging && !d->cppDebugging)
-        ? QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2 %3").arg(runner()->commandPrefix()).arg(remoteExe).arg(args)
-        : QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 gdbserver :%2 %3 %4").arg(runner()->commandPrefix())
+        ? QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2 %3").arg(runner()->commandPrefix()).arg(remoteExe).arg(args)
+        : QString::fromLatin1("%1 gdbserver :%2 %3 %4").arg(runner()->commandPrefix())
               .arg(d->gdbServerPort).arg(remoteExe).arg(args);
     connect(runner(), SIGNAL(remoteProcessFinished(qint64)),
         SLOT(handleRemoteProcessFinished(qint64)));
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxprocesslist.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxprocesslist.cpp
index efad5f8f51cbcade0156994f3a53c31e3102d35e..df0e63e803ff4dd9121e8c9a9895979e41b38aa5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxprocesslist.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxprocesslist.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ GenericRemoteLinuxProcessList::GenericRemoteLinuxProcessList(const LinuxDeviceCo
 
 QString GenericRemoteLinuxProcessList::listProcessesCommandLine() const
 {
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit("for dir in `ls -d /proc/[0123456789]*`; "
+    return QString::fromLatin1("for dir in `ls -d /proc/[0123456789]*`; "
         "do printf \"${dir}%1\";cat $dir/cmdline; printf '%1';cat $dir/stat;printf '\\n'; done")
         .arg(Delimiter);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.cpp
index cef40a31cb2c04dc86b2cd3d2f6c16d8dd348ed4..722219da1f88f8398348c45886e949ab3dcde05d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ QString RemoteLinuxRunConfiguration::environmentPreparationCommand() const
     const QStringList filesToSource = QStringList() << QLatin1String("/etc/profile")
         << QLatin1String("$HOME/.profile");
     foreach (const QString &filePath, filesToSource)
-        command += QString::fromLocal8Bit("test -f %1 && source %1;").arg(filePath);
+        command += QString::fromLatin1("test -f %1 && source %1;").arg(filePath);
     if (!workingDirectory().isEmpty())
         command += QLatin1String("cd ") + workingDirectory();
     else
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ QString RemoteLinuxRunConfiguration::environmentPreparationCommand() const
 
 QString RemoteLinuxRunConfiguration::commandPrefix() const
 {
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1; DISPLAY=:0.0 %2")
+    return QString::fromLatin1("%1; DISPLAY=:0.0 %2")
         .arg(environmentPreparationCommand(), userEnvironmentChangesAsString());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationwidget.cpp
index 0991df29547ae67675a1d17d1dfdc3744bb0df04..9d81a735d3864879b1079ec4ffb5d22421f63622 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxrunconfigurationwidget.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void RemoteLinuxRunConfigurationWidget::addDisabledLabel(QVBoxLayout *topLayout)
 {
     QHBoxLayout * const hl = new QHBoxLayout;
     hl->addStretch();
-    d->disabledIcon.setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
+    d->disabledIcon.setPixmap(QPixmap(QLatin1String(":/projectexplorer/images/compile_warning.png")));
     hl->addWidget(&d->disabledIcon);
     d->disabledReason.setVisible(false);
     hl->addWidget(&d->disabledReason);
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp
index cd1a096998d98cd9d73e2faddd6cc8ba438d1792..8a22d8df71601a503efc687d811f22441b1e2b02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxruncontrol.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void AbstractRemoteLinuxRunControl::handleSshError(const QString &error)
 void AbstractRemoteLinuxRunControl::startExecution()
 {
     appendMessage(tr("Starting remote process ...\n"), Utils::NormalMessageFormat);
-    runner()->startExecution(QString::fromLocal8Bit("%1 %2 %3")
+    runner()->startExecution(QString::fromLatin1("%1 %2 %3")
         .arg(runner()->commandPrefix())
         .arg(runner()->remoteExecutable())
         .arg(runner()->arguments()).toUtf8());
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxusedportsgatherer.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxusedportsgatherer.cpp
index 0c1dd104bee2dc8e179400115ddd18412d13433f..4dc6b4339b2bd7b6f9aa783fd029f26a20fa57d8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxusedportsgatherer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxusedportsgatherer.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void RemoteLinuxUsedPortsGatherer::start(const Utils::SshConnection::Ptr &connec
         procFilePath = QLatin1String("/proc/net/tcp6");
         addressLength = 32;
     }
-    const QString command = QString::fromLocal8Bit("sed "
+    const QString command = QString::fromLatin1("sed "
         "'s/.*: [[:xdigit:]]\\{%1\\}:\\([[:xdigit:]]\\{4\\}\\).*/\\1/g' %2")
         .arg(addressLength).arg(procFilePath);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/suppressiondialog.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/suppressiondialog.cpp
index f1ee58edcfc928f8099be8dd921470a8d5487079..a0e43656e9f2c5795a2d609d89dd7407c2ad343c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/suppressiondialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/suppressiondialog.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ SuppressionDialog::SuppressionDialog(MemcheckErrorView *view, const QList<Error>
     suppressionsLabel->setBuddy(m_suppressionEdit);
 
     QFont font;
-    font.setFamily(QString::fromUtf8("Monospace"));
+    font.setFamily(QLatin1String("Monospace"));
     m_suppressionEdit->setFont(font);
 
     m_buttonBox = new QDialogButtonBox(this);