diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/documentmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/documentmodel.cpp
index 512939911c8..b9777b48da2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/documentmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/documentmodel.cpp
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ std::pair<int, int> positionEntry(const QList<DocumentModel::Entry *> &list,
     const auto to_insert
             = static_cast<int>(std::distance(begin, std::lower_bound(begin, end, entry, &compare)));
     if (to_remove == to_insert)
-        return std::make_pair(-1, -1);
-    return std::make_pair(to_remove, to_insert);
+        return {-1, -1};
+    return {to_remove, to_insert};
 }
 } // namespace
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/commandlocator.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/commandlocator.cpp
index 88acac6eaae..24842f443f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/commandlocator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/commandlocator.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void CommandLocator::prepareSearch(const QString &entry)
             continue;
         QAction *action = command->action();
         if (action && action->isEnabled())
-            d->commandsData.append(qMakePair(i, action->text()));
+            d->commandsData.append({i, action->text()});
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
index 7a9991eb6ea..df8ef17c33a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ void MainWindow::addContextObject(IContext *context)
     if (m_contextWidgets.find(widget) != m_contextWidgets.end())
         return;
 
-    m_contextWidgets.insert(std::make_pair(widget, context));
+    m_contextWidgets.insert({widget, context});
     connect(context, &QObject::destroyed, this, [this, context] { removeContextObject(context); });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputwindow.cpp
index 92c7be20366..b2ae43059f4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/outputwindow.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ int OutputWindow::maxCharCount() const
 void OutputWindow::appendMessage(const QString &output, OutputFormat format)
 {
     if (d->queuedOutput.isEmpty() || d->queuedOutput.last().second != format)
-        d->queuedOutput << qMakePair(output, format);
+        d->queuedOutput.push_back({output, format});
     else
         d->queuedOutput.last().first.append(output);
     if (!d->queueTimer.isActive())
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ void OutputWindow::registerPositionOf(unsigned taskId, int linkedOutputLines, in
     const int firstLine = blocknumber - linkedOutputLines - skipLines;
     const int lastLine = firstLine + linkedOutputLines - 1;
 
-    d->taskPositions.insert(taskId, qMakePair(firstLine, lastLine));
+    d->taskPositions.insert(taskId, {firstLine, lastLine});
 }
 
 bool OutputWindow::knowsPositionOf(unsigned taskId) const