diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
index 64e69a2d119..6bd5522d637 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ QString RewriterView::auxiliaryDataAsQML() const
                 }
             }
 
-            if (str.back() == ';')
+            if (str.endsWith(';'))
                 str.chop(1);
 
             str += "}";
diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
index 33b275046bf..83cdaf3675a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qmldesigner/coretests/tst_testcore.cpp
@@ -8209,7 +8209,7 @@ void tst_TestCore::changeGradientId()
     }
 }
 
-void checkNode(QmlJS::SimpleReaderNode::Ptr node, TestRewriterView *view);
+static void checkNode(QmlJS::SimpleReaderNode::Ptr node, TestRewriterView *view);
 
 void static checkChildNodes(QmlJS::SimpleReaderNode::Ptr node, TestRewriterView *view)
 {
@@ -8217,7 +8217,7 @@ void static checkChildNodes(QmlJS::SimpleReaderNode::Ptr node, TestRewriterView
         checkNode(child, view);
 }
 
-void static checkNode(QmlJS::SimpleReaderNode::Ptr node, TestRewriterView *view)
+static void checkNode(QmlJS::SimpleReaderNode::Ptr node, TestRewriterView *view)
 {
     QVERIFY(node);
     QVERIFY(node->propertyNames().contains("i"));