diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
index e0ae840456b..df547f031f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/propertyeditorvalue.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ bool PropertyEditorNodeWrapper::exists()
 QString PropertyEditorNodeWrapper::type()
 {
     if (!(m_modelNode.isValid()))
-        return QString("");
+        return QString();
 
     return m_modelNode.simplifiedTypeName();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlstate.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlstate.cpp
index 007f7a2dce8..3c45f94dc98 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlstate.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/qmlstate.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ QList<QmlObjectNode> QmlModelState::allAffectedNodes() const
 QString QmlModelState::name() const
 {
     if (isBaseState())
-        return QString("");
+        return QString();
 
     return modelNode().variantProperty("name").value().toString();
 }