diff --git a/src/plugins/classview/classviewmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/classview/classviewmanager.cpp
index e72bbb29954..90301a7c87c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/classview/classviewmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/classview/classviewmanager.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void ManagerPrivate::resetParser()
     QHash<FilePath, QPair<QString, FilePaths>> projectData;
     for (const Project *project : SessionManager::projects()) {
         projectData.insert(project->projectFilePath(),
-                           qMakePair(project->displayName(), project->files(Project::SourceFiles)));
+                           {project->displayName(), project->files(Project::SourceFiles)});
     }
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_parser, [this, projectData]() {
         m_parser->resetData(projectData);
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp
index 828ca013b1d..326fa93b733 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerengine.cpp
@@ -2829,8 +2829,7 @@ void CppDebuggerEngine::validateRunParameters(DebuggerRunParameters &rp)
                 if (it.key().startsWith('(')) {
                     const QString expanded = rp.macroExpander->expand(it.value());
                     if (!expanded.isEmpty())
-                        globalRegExpSourceMap.push_back(
-                            qMakePair(QRegularExpression(it.key()), expanded));
+                        globalRegExpSourceMap.push_back({QRegularExpression(it.key()), expanded});
                 }
             }
             if (globalRegExpSourceMap.isEmpty())
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp
index 3e6365191f3..00fd6836ffb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gerrit/gerritpushdialog.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void GerritPushDialog::setRemoteBranches(bool includeOld)
             const QStringList remoteBranches =
                     GitClient::instance()->synchronousRepositoryBranches(remoteName, m_workingDir);
             for (const QString &branch : remoteBranches)
-                m_remoteBranches.insertMulti(remoteName, qMakePair(branch, QDate()));
+                m_remoteBranches.insertMulti(remoteName, {branch, {}});
             if (remoteBranches.isEmpty()) {
                 m_ui->targetBranchComboBox->setEditable(true);
                 m_ui->targetBranchComboBox->setToolTip(
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrind/callgrindparser.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrind/callgrindparser.cpp
index 3b188d4029f..e012168001f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrind/callgrindparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/callgrind/callgrindparser.cpp
@@ -320,11 +320,11 @@ Parser::Private::NamePair Parser::Private::parseName(const char *begin, const ch
     if (*current == '(') {
         current++;
         if ((nameShorthand = parseNameShorthand(&current, end)) == -1)
-            return qMakePair(qint64(-1), QString()); // error
+            return {qint64(-1), {}}; // error
     }
 
     skipSpace(&current, end);
-    return qMakePair(nameShorthand, QString::fromUtf8(QByteArray(current, end - current)));
+    return {nameShorthand, QString::fromUtf8(QByteArray(current, end - current))};
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
index 8b3b446b8d4..0d4253c4d13 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.cpp
@@ -284,13 +284,11 @@ void ValgrindMemcheckParserTest::testMemcheckSample1()
         expectedErrors << error;
     }
 
-    QVector<QPair<qint64,qint64> > expectedErrorCounts;
-    expectedErrorCounts.push_back(QPair<qint64,qint64>(9, 2));
-
-    QVector<QPair<QString,qint64> > expectedSuppCounts;
-    expectedSuppCounts.push_back(qMakePair(QString("X on SUSE11 writev uninit padding"), static_cast<qint64>(12)));
-    expectedSuppCounts.push_back(qMakePair(QString("dl-hack3-cond-1"), static_cast<qint64>(2)));
-    expectedSuppCounts.push_back(qMakePair(QString("glibc-2.5.x-on-SUSE-10.2-(PPC)-2a"), static_cast<qint64>(2)));
+    const QVector<QPair<qint64,qint64>> expectedErrorCounts{{9, 2}};
+    const QVector<QPair<QString,qint64>> expectedSuppCounts{
+        {QString("X on SUSE11 writev uninit padding"), 12},
+        {QString("dl-hack3-cond-1"), 2},
+        {QString("glibc-2.5.x-on-SUSE-10.2-(PPC)-2a"), 2}};
 
     Parser parser;
     Recorder rec(&parser);
diff --git a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.h b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.h
index 12966b3a46b..2343a6fcec1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.h
+++ b/src/plugins/valgrind/valgrindmemcheckparsertest.h
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ public:
 
     void errorCount(qint64 unique, qint64 count)
     {
-        errorcounts.push_back(qMakePair(unique, count));
+        errorcounts.push_back({unique, count});
     }
 
     void suppressionCount(const QString &name, qint64 count)
     {
-        suppcounts.push_back(qMakePair(name, count));
+        suppcounts.push_back({name, count});
     }
 
 };