diff --git a/src/plugins/tasklist/stopmonitoringhandler.cpp b/src/plugins/tasklist/stopmonitoringhandler.cpp
index 44cf3e08e2e..8cb81acd964 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tasklist/stopmonitoringhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/tasklist/stopmonitoringhandler.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ QAction *StopMonitoringHandler::createAction(QObject *parent) const
     const QString toolTip =
             QCoreApplication::translate("TaskList::Internal::StopMonitoringHandler",
                                         "Stop monitoring task files.");
-    QAction *stopMonitoringAction = new QAction(text, parent);
+    auto stopMonitoringAction = new QAction(text, parent);
     stopMonitoringAction->setToolTip(toolTip);
     return stopMonitoringAction;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/tasklist/tasklistplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/tasklist/tasklistplugin.cpp
index b06a2595ebd..7381c4e1313 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tasklist/tasklistplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/tasklist/tasklistplugin.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Core::IDocument *TaskListPlugin::openTasks(const QString &base, const QString &f
             return doc;
     }
 
-    TaskFile *file = new TaskFile(this);
+    auto file = new TaskFile(this);
     file->setBaseDir(base);
 
     QString errorString;