diff --git a/src/libs/utils/ansiescapecodehandler.cpp b/src/libs/utils/ansiescapecodehandler.cpp
index bf9b4f29fcd..ecb2285dc5f 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/ansiescapecodehandler.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/ansiescapecodehandler.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ QList<StringFormatPair> AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::parseText(const QString &text,
 
     QTextCharFormat charFormat = m_previousFormatClosed ? defaultFormat : m_previousFormat;
 
-    const QString escape = QChar::fromLatin1(27) + QLatin1Char('[');
+    const QString escape = QLatin1String("\x1b[");
     if (!text.contains(escape)) {
         outputData << StringFormatPair(text, charFormat);
         return outputData;
diff --git a/tests/auto/utils/ansiescapecodehandler/tst_ansiescapecodehandler.cpp b/tests/auto/utils/ansiescapecodehandler/tst_ansiescapecodehandler.cpp
index aea46de0f8d..2e15861ff1f 100644
--- a/tests/auto/utils/ansiescapecodehandler/tst_ansiescapecodehandler.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/utils/ansiescapecodehandler/tst_ansiescapecodehandler.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QTextCharFormat);
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(StringFormatPair);
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(ResultList);
 
+static QString ansiEscape(const QByteArray &sequence)
+{
+    return QString::fromLatin1("\x1b[" + sequence);
+}
+
 class tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -52,18 +57,17 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     void testCase1_data();
 
 private:
-    static const QString red;
-    static const QString bold;
-    static const QString normal;
-    static const QString normal1;
+    const QString red;
+    const QString bold;
+    const QString normal;
+    const QString normal1;
 };
 
-const QString tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::red = QChar::fromLatin1(27) + "[31m";
-const QString tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::bold = QChar::fromLatin1(27) + "[1m";
-const QString tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::normal = QChar::fromLatin1(27) + "[0m";
-const QString tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::normal1 = QChar::fromLatin1(27) + "[m";
-
-tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler()
+tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler::tst_AnsiEscapeCodeHandler() :
+    red(ansiEscape("31m")),
+    bold(ansiEscape("1m")),
+    normal(ansiEscape("0m")),
+    normal1(ansiEscape("m"))
 {
 }