diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
index 7f83f652e75..bedea2314f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocument.cpp
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ void DesignDocument::paste()
     if (rootNode.type() == "empty")
         return;
 
-    if (rootNode.id() == "designer__Selection") { // pasting multiple objects
+    if (rootNode.id() == "__multi__selection__") { // pasting multiple objects
         currentModel()->attachView(&view);
 
         ModelNode targetNode;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void DesignDocument::paste()
         });
 
     } else { // pasting single object
-        rewriterView()->executeInTransaction("DesignDocument::paste1", [this, &view, selectedNodes, rootNode]() {
+        rewriterView()->executeInTransaction("DesignDocument::paste1", [this, &view, rootNode]() {
             currentModel()->attachView(&view);
             ModelNode pastedNode(view.insertModel(rootNode));
             ModelNode targetNode;
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
index 336fbd8439c..25b468fe23a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/integration/designdocumentview.cpp
@@ -141,23 +141,23 @@ void DesignDocumentView::fromText(const QString &text)
     inputModel->setFileUrl(model()->fileUrl());
     QPlainTextEdit textEdit;
     QString imports;
-    foreach (const Import &import, model()->imports())
-        imports += QStringLiteral("import ") + import.toString(true) + QLatin1Char(';') + QLatin1Char('\n');
+    const auto modelImports = model()->imports();
+    for (const Import &import : modelImports)
+        imports += "import " + import.toString(true) + QLatin1Char(';') + QLatin1Char('\n');
 
     textEdit.setPlainText(imports + text);
     NotIndentingTextEditModifier modifier(&textEdit);
 
-    QScopedPointer<RewriterView> rewriterView(new RewriterView(RewriterView::Amend, nullptr));
-    rewriterView->setCheckSemanticErrors(false);
-    rewriterView->setTextModifier(&modifier);
-    inputModel->setRewriterView(rewriterView.data());
+    RewriterView rewriterView;
+    rewriterView.setCheckSemanticErrors(false);
+    rewriterView.setTextModifier(&modifier);
+    inputModel->setRewriterView(&rewriterView);
 
-    rewriterView->restoreAuxiliaryData();
+    rewriterView.restoreAuxiliaryData();
 
-    if (rewriterView->errors().isEmpty() && rewriterView->rootModelNode().isValid()) {
-        ModelMerger merger(this);
+    if (rewriterView.errors().isEmpty() && rewriterView.rootModelNode().isValid()) {
         try {
-            merger.replaceModel(rewriterView->rootModelNode());
+            replaceModel(rewriterView.rootModelNode());
         } catch(Exception &/*e*/) {
             /* e.showException(); Do not show any error if the clipboard contains invalid QML */
         }
@@ -237,13 +237,13 @@ void DesignDocumentView::copyModelNodes(const QList<ModelNode> &nodesToCopy)
         Q_ASSERT(view.rootModelNode().type() != "empty");
 
         view.toClipboard();
-    } else { //multi items selected
+    } else { // multi items selected
 
         foreach (ModelNode node, view.rootModelNode().directSubModelNodes()) {
             node.destroy();
         }
         view.changeRootNodeType("QtQuick.Rectangle", 2, 0);
-        view.rootModelNode().setIdWithRefactoring("designer__Selection");
+        view.rootModelNode().setIdWithRefactoring("__multi__selection__");
 
         foreach (const ModelNode &selectedNode, selectedNodes) {
             ModelNode newNode(view.insertModel(selectedNode));
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
index 5eae2f221fa..9ecc5d7b988 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/include/rewriterview.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
     };
 
 public:
-    RewriterView(DifferenceHandling differenceHandling, QObject *parent);
+    RewriterView(DifferenceHandling differenceHandling = RewriterView::Amend, QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~RewriterView() override;
 
     void modelAttached(Model *model) override;