diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
index 40619bc8ed1..c1d8b59196b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangmodelmanagersupport.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ ClangModelManagerSupport::ClangModelManagerSupport()
     using WorkspaceMatcherCreator = std::function<Core::LocatorMatcherTask(Client *, int)>;
     const auto matcherCreator = [](const WorkspaceMatcherCreator &creator) {
         const QList<Client *> clients = clientsForOpenProjects();
-        QList<LocatorMatcherTask> matchers;
+        LocatorMatcherTasks matchers;
         for (Client *client : clients)
             matchers << creator(client, 10000);
         return matchers;
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.cpp
index fc8b7126788..9628fc49fde 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ namespace Core {
 class LocatorMatcherPrivate
 {
 public:
-    QList<LocatorMatcherTask> m_tasks;
+    LocatorMatcherTasks m_tasks;
     LocatorMatcherTask::Storage m_storage;
     int m_parallelLimit = 0;
     std::unique_ptr<TaskTree> m_taskTree;
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ LocatorMatcher::LocatorMatcher()
 
 LocatorMatcher::~LocatorMatcher() = default;
 
-void LocatorMatcher::setTasks(const QList<LocatorMatcherTask> &tasks)
+void LocatorMatcher::setTasks(const LocatorMatcherTasks &tasks)
 {
     d->m_tasks = tasks;
 }
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ LocatorFilterEntries LocatorMatcher::outputData() const
     return d->m_storage.output;
 }
 
-LocatorFilterEntries LocatorMatcher::runBlocking(const QList<LocatorMatcherTask> &tasks,
+LocatorFilterEntries LocatorMatcher::runBlocking(const LocatorMatcherTasks &tasks,
                                                  const QString &input, int parallelLimit)
 {
     LocatorMatcher tree;
@@ -435,10 +435,10 @@ void LocatorMatcher::addMatcherCreator(MatcherType type, const LocatorMatcherTas
     s_matcherCreators[type].append(creator);
 }
 
-QList<LocatorMatcherTask> LocatorMatcher::matchers(MatcherType type)
+LocatorMatcherTasks LocatorMatcher::matchers(MatcherType type)
 {
     const QList<LocatorMatcherTaskCreator> creators = s_matcherCreators.value(type);
-    QList<LocatorMatcherTask> result;
+    LocatorMatcherTasks result;
     for (const LocatorMatcherTaskCreator &creator : creators)
         result << creator();
     return result;
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.h
index e8428e5eb36..e89bdc0885c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/ilocatorfilter.h
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ public:
     Utils::Tasking::TreeStorage<Storage> storage;
 };
 
-using LocatorMatcherTaskCreator = std::function<QList<LocatorMatcherTask>()>;
+using LocatorMatcherTasks = QList<LocatorMatcherTask>;
+using LocatorMatcherTaskCreator = std::function<LocatorMatcherTasks()>;
 class LocatorMatcherPrivate;
 
 enum class MatcherType {
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT LocatorMatcher final : public QObject
 public:
     LocatorMatcher();
     ~LocatorMatcher();
-    void setTasks(const QList<LocatorMatcherTask> &tasks);
+    void setTasks(const LocatorMatcherTasks &tasks);
     void setInputData(const QString &inputData);
     void setParallelLimit(int limit); // by default 0 = parallel
     void start();
@@ -160,11 +161,11 @@ public:
     LocatorFilterEntries outputData() const;
 
     // Note: Starts internal event loop.
-    static LocatorFilterEntries runBlocking(const QList<LocatorMatcherTask> &tasks,
+    static LocatorFilterEntries runBlocking(const LocatorMatcherTasks &tasks,
                                             const QString &input, int parallelLimit = 0);
 
     static void addMatcherCreator(MatcherType type, const LocatorMatcherTaskCreator &creator);
-    static QList<LocatorMatcherTask> matchers(MatcherType type);
+    static LocatorMatcherTasks matchers(MatcherType type);
 
 signals:
     void serialOutputDataReady(const LocatorFilterEntries &serialOutputData);