diff --git a/core/fileprinter.cpp b/core/fileprinter.cpp
index 300400dfd..c49f41b4e 100644
--- a/core/fileprinter.cpp
+++ b/core/fileprinter.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ QStringList FilePrinter::optionCupsProperties( QPrinter &printer )
         if ( dialogOptions[i+1].isEmpty() ) {
             cupsOptions << "-o" << dialogOptions[i];
         } else {
-            cupsOptions << "-o" << dialogOptions[i] + "=" + dialogOptions[i+1];
+            cupsOptions << "-o" << dialogOptions[i] + '=' + dialogOptions[i+1];
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/generators/comicbook/document.cpp b/generators/comicbook/document.cpp
index 67fa5c00b..6769d9ec2 100644
--- a/generators/comicbook/document.cpp
+++ b/generators/comicbook/document.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static void imagesInArchive( const QString &prefix, const KArchiveDirectory* dir
     Q_FOREACH ( const QString &entry, dir->entries() ) {
         const KArchiveEntry *e = dir->entry( entry );
         if ( e->isDirectory() ) {
-            imagesInArchive( prefix + entry + "/", static_cast<const KArchiveDirectory*>( e ), entries );
+            imagesInArchive( prefix + entry + '/', static_cast<const KArchiveDirectory*>( e ), entries );
         } else if ( e->isFile() ) {
             entries->append( prefix + entry );
         }
diff --git a/generators/comicbook/unrar.cpp b/generators/comicbook/unrar.cpp
index 6bb7362d0..4a4f46edb 100644
--- a/generators/comicbook/unrar.cpp
+++ b/generators/comicbook/unrar.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static UnrarFlavour* detectUnrar( const QString &unrarPath )
     proc.start( unrarPath, QStringList() << "--version" );
     bool ok = proc.waitForFinished( -1 );
     Q_UNUSED( ok )
-    const QStringList lines = QString::fromLocal8Bit( proc.readAllStandardOutput() ).split( "\n", QString::SkipEmptyParts );
+    const QStringList lines = QString::fromLocal8Bit( proc.readAllStandardOutput() ).split( '\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts );
     if ( !lines.isEmpty() )
     {
         if ( lines.first().startsWith( "UNRAR " ) )
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ QStringList Unrar::list()
 
     startSyncProcess( QStringList() << "lb" << mFileName );
 
-    const QStringList listFiles = helper->kind->processListing( QString::fromLocal8Bit( mStdOutData ).split( "\n", QString::SkipEmptyParts ) );
+    const QStringList listFiles = helper->kind->processListing( QString::fromLocal8Bit( mStdOutData ).split( '\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts ) );
     QStringList newList;
     Q_FOREACH ( const QString &f, listFiles ) {
         if ( QFile::exists( mTempDir->name() + f ) ) {
diff --git a/generators/xps/generator_xps.cpp b/generators/xps/generator_xps.cpp
index ec6b344d1..ccb45b051 100644
--- a/generators/xps/generator_xps.cpp
+++ b/generators/xps/generator_xps.cpp
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static const KZipFileEntry* loadFile( KZip *archive, const QString &fileName, Qt
         path = fileName.left( index );
         entryName = fileName.mid( index + 1 );
     } else {
-        path = "/";
+        path = '/';
         entryName = fileName;
     }
     const KArchiveEntry * newEntry = archive->directory()->entry( path );
@@ -885,10 +885,10 @@ void XpsHandler::processGlyph( XpsRenderNode &node )
     att = node.attributes.value( "Indices" );
     QList<qreal> advanceWidths;
     if ( ! att.isEmpty() ) {
-        QStringList indicesElements = att.split( ";" );
+        QStringList indicesElements = att.split( ';' );
         for( int i = 0; i < indicesElements.size(); ++i ) {
             if ( indicesElements.at(i).contains( "," ) ) {
-                QStringList parts = indicesElements.at(i).split( "," );
+                QStringList parts = indicesElements.at(i).split( ',' );
                 if (parts.size() == 2 ) {
                     // regular advance case, no offsets
                     advanceWidths.append( parts.at(1).toDouble() * fontSize / 100.0 );
diff --git a/tests/shelltest.cpp b/tests/shelltest.cpp
index 985b78c66..8dd581c85 100644
--- a/tests/shelltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/shelltest.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ char* toString( const KUrl& url )
 
 static const KUrl makeUrlFromCwd( const QString& u, const QString& ref = QString() )
 {
-    KUrl url( KUrl( QDir::currentPath() + "/" ), u );
+    KUrl url( KUrl( QDir::currentPath() + '/' ), u );
     if ( !ref.isEmpty() )
         url.setRef( ref );
     url.cleanPath();
diff --git a/ui/guiutils.cpp b/ui/guiutils.cpp
index 46adf0450..f66dc4792 100644
--- a/ui/guiutils.cpp
+++ b/ui/guiutils.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ QString contents( const Okular::Annotation * ann )
 QString contentsHtml( const Okular::Annotation * ann )
 {
     QString text = Qt::escape( contents( ann ) );
-    text.replace( "\n", "<br>" );
+    text.replace( '\n', "<br>" );
     return text;
 }