diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp
index 06baec3a073..1387e60be20 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ bool AndroidGdbServerKitAspect::isApplicableToKit(const Kit *k) const
 
 KitAspect::ItemList AndroidGdbServerKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *kit) const
 {
-    return KitAspect::ItemList()
-            << qMakePair(tr("GDB server"), AndroidGdbServerKitAspect::gdbServer(kit).toUserOutput());
+    return {{tr("GDB server"), AndroidGdbServerKitAspect::gdbServer(kit).toUserOutput()}};
 }
 
 KitAspectWidget *AndroidGdbServerKitAspect::createConfigWidget(Kit *kit) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakekitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakekitinformation.cpp
index b3aa6f3ccc9..fa4d26fc2e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakekitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakekitinformation.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void CMakeKitAspect::fix(Kit *k)
 KitAspect::ItemList CMakeKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
     const CMakeTool *const tool = cmakeTool(k);
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("CMake"), tool ? tool->displayName() : tr("Unconfigured"));
+    return {{tr("CMake"), tool ? tool->displayName() : tr("Unconfigured")}};
 }
 
 KitAspectWidget *CMakeKitAspect::createConfigWidget(Kit *k) const
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ KitAspect::ItemList CMakeGeneratorKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
         if (!info.toolset.isEmpty())
             message += "<br/>" + tr("Toolset: %1").arg(info.toolset);
     }
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("CMake Generator"), message);
+    return {{tr("CMake Generator"), message}};
 }
 
 KitAspectWidget *CMakeGeneratorKitAspect::createConfigWidget(Kit *k) const
@@ -1063,8 +1063,7 @@ void CMakeConfigurationKitAspect::fix(Kit *k)
 
 KitAspect::ItemList CMakeConfigurationKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
-    const QStringList current = toStringList(k);
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("CMake Configuration"), current.join(QLatin1String("<br>")));
+    return {{tr("CMake Configuration"), toStringList(k).join("<br>")}};
 }
 
 KitAspectWidget *CMakeConfigurationKitAspect::createConfigWidget(Kit *k) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp
index f0877338153..39a14097ff2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerkitinformation.cpp
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ void DebuggerKitAspect::addToMacroExpander(Kit *kit, MacroExpander *expander) co
 
 KitAspect::ItemList DebuggerKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Debugger"), displayString(k));
+    return {{tr("Debugger"), displayString(k)}};
 }
 
 DebuggerEngineType DebuggerKitAspect::engineType(const Kit *k)
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/kitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/kitinformation.cpp
index 500d8afd5bf..ed3be721e03 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/kitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/kitinformation.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ KitAspectWidget *SysRootKitAspect::createConfigWidget(Kit *k) const
 
 KitAspect::ItemList SysRootKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Sys Root"), sysRoot(k).toUserOutput());
+    return {{tr("Sys Root"), sysRoot(k).toUserOutput()}};
 }
 
 void SysRootKitAspect::addToMacroExpander(Kit *kit, Utils::MacroExpander *expander) const
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ QString ToolChainKitAspect::displayNamePostfix(const Kit *k) const
 KitAspect::ItemList ToolChainKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
     ToolChain *tc = toolChain(k, Constants::CXX_LANGUAGE_ID);
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Compiler"), tc ? tc->displayName() : tr("None"));
+    return {{tr("Compiler"), tc ? tc->displayName() : tr("None")}};
 }
 
 void ToolChainKitAspect::addToEnvironment(const Kit *k, Utils::Environment &env) const
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ KitAspect::ItemList DeviceTypeKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
         if (IDeviceFactory *factory = IDeviceFactory::find(type))
             typeDisplayName = factory->displayName();
     }
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Device type"), typeDisplayName);
+    return {{tr("Device type"), typeDisplayName}};
 }
 
 const Core::Id DeviceTypeKitAspect::id()
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ QString DeviceKitAspect::displayNamePostfix(const Kit *k) const
 KitAspect::ItemList DeviceKitAspect::toUserOutput(const Kit *k) const
 {
     IDevice::ConstPtr dev = device(k);
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Device"), dev.isNull() ? tr("Unconfigured") : dev->displayName());
+    return {{tr("Device"), dev.isNull() ? tr("Unconfigured") : dev->displayName()}};
 }
 
 void DeviceKitAspect::addToMacroExpander(Kit *kit, Utils::MacroExpander *expander) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtkitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtkitinformation.cpp
index 93fad8c08c2..3319aa732a0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtkitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtsupport/qtkitinformation.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ ProjectExplorer::KitAspect::ItemList
 QtKitAspect::toUserOutput(const ProjectExplorer::Kit *k) const
 {
     BaseQtVersion *version = qtVersion(k);
-    return ItemList() << qMakePair(tr("Qt version"), version ? version->displayName() : tr("None"));
+    return {{tr("Qt version"), version ? version->displayName() : tr("None")}};
 }
 
 void QtKitAspect::addToEnvironment(const ProjectExplorer::Kit *k, Utils::Environment &env) const