diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
index b8a3ab24808..a225479c69d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basefilefind.cpp
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@ QList<QPair<QWidget *, QWidget *>> BaseFileFind::createPatternWidgets()
     d->m_exclusionCombo->setToolTip(msgFilePatternToolTip());
     exclusionLabel->setBuddy(d->m_exclusionCombo);
     syncComboWithSettings(d->m_exclusionCombo, d->m_exclusionSetting);
-    return { qMakePair(filterLabel,    d->m_filterCombo),
-             qMakePair(exclusionLabel, d->m_exclusionCombo) };
+    return {{filterLabel, d->m_filterCombo}, {exclusionLabel, d->m_exclusionCombo}};
 }
 
 void BaseFileFind::writeCommonSettings(QSettings *settings)
@@ -508,10 +507,9 @@ FilePaths BaseFileFind::replaceAll(const QString &text,
 
         ChangeSet changeSet;
         RefactoringFilePtr file = refactoring.file(filePath);
-        QSet<QPair<int, int> > processed;
+        QSet<QPair<int, int>> processed;
         for (const SearchResultItem &item : changeItems) {
-            const QPair<int, int> &p = qMakePair(item.mainRange().begin.line,
-                                                 item.mainRange().begin.column);
+            const QPair<int, int> p{item.mainRange().begin.line, item.mainRange().begin.column};
             if (processed.contains(p))
                 continue;
             processed.insert(p);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
index d259674fb96..a4afd319821 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/refactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ RefactoringSelections RefactoringChanges::rangesToSelections(QTextDocument *docu
         start.setKeepPositionOnInsert(true);
         QTextCursor end(document);
         end.setPosition(qMin(range.end, document->characterCount() - 1));
-
-        selections.append(qMakePair(start, end));
+        selections.push_back({start, end});
     }
 
     return selections;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
index 0e5d50b5d2f..674e6aab52b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
@@ -261,20 +261,21 @@ void TextEditorPluginPrivate::updateSearchResultsFont(const FontSettings &settin
         const Format containingFunctionResultFormat =
              settings.formatFor(C_SEARCH_RESULT_CONTAINING_FUNCTION);
         window->setTextEditorFont(QFont(settings.family(), settings.fontSize() * settings.fontZoom() / 100),
-            {std::make_pair(SearchResultColor::Style::Default,
-             SearchResultColor(textFormat.background(), textFormat.foreground(),
-             defaultResultFormat.background(), defaultResultFormat.foreground(),
-             containingFunctionResultFormat.background(), containingFunctionResultFormat.foreground())),
-             std::make_pair(SearchResultColor::Style::Alt1,
-                          SearchResultColor(textFormat.background(), textFormat.foreground(),
-                          alt1ResultFormat.background(), alt1ResultFormat.foreground(),
-                          containingFunctionResultFormat.background(),
-                          containingFunctionResultFormat.foreground())),
-             std::make_pair(SearchResultColor::Style::Alt2,
-                          SearchResultColor(textFormat.background(), textFormat.foreground(),
-                          alt2ResultFormat.background(), alt2ResultFormat.foreground(),
-                          containingFunctionResultFormat.background(),
-                          containingFunctionResultFormat.foreground()))});
+            {{SearchResultColor::Style::Default,
+              {textFormat.background(), textFormat.foreground(),
+               defaultResultFormat.background(), defaultResultFormat.foreground(),
+               containingFunctionResultFormat.background(),
+               containingFunctionResultFormat.foreground()}},
+             {SearchResultColor::Style::Alt1,
+              {textFormat.background(), textFormat.foreground(),
+               alt1ResultFormat.background(), alt1ResultFormat.foreground(),
+               containingFunctionResultFormat.background(),
+               containingFunctionResultFormat.foreground()}},
+             {SearchResultColor::Style::Alt2,
+              {textFormat.background(), textFormat.foreground(),
+               alt2ResultFormat.background(), alt2ResultFormat.foreground(),
+               containingFunctionResultFormat.background(),
+               containingFunctionResultFormat.foreground()}}});
     }
 }