diff --git a/src/libs/qmljs/parser/qmljslexer.cpp b/src/libs/qmljs/parser/qmljslexer.cpp
index c3645b94199..9c2dca28027 100644
--- a/src/libs/qmljs/parser/qmljslexer.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/qmljs/parser/qmljslexer.cpp
@@ -1018,7 +1018,8 @@ again:
 
 int Lexer::scanString(ScanStringMode mode)
 {
-    QChar quote = (mode == TemplateContinuation) ? QChar(TemplateHead) : QChar(mode);
+    char quoteChar = (mode == TemplateContinuation) ? TemplateHead : mode;
+    QChar quote(quoteChar);
     // we actually use T_STRING_LITERAL also for multiline strings, should we want to
     // change that we should set it to:
     //     _state.tokenKind == T_PARTIAL_SINGLE_QUOTE_STRING_LITERAL ||
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
index 804dbd407c2..a8b49c54b1f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchhandler.cpp
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static QString reformatCharacter(int code, int size, bool isSigned)
 
     QChar c;
     switch (size) {
-        case 1: c = QChar(uchar(code)); break;
+        case 1: c = QChar(char(code)); break;
         case 2: c = QChar(uint16_t(code)); break;
         case 4: c = QChar(uint32_t(code)); break;
         default: c = QChar(uint(code)); break;