diff --git a/src/libs/ssh/sshchannelmanager.cpp b/src/libs/ssh/sshchannelmanager.cpp
index 6949d4e45f7..e2977ac5d04 100644
--- a/src/libs/ssh/sshchannelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/ssh/sshchannelmanager.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void SshChannelManager::removeChannel(ChannelIterator it)
     const int removeCount = m_sessions.remove(it.value());
     if (removeCount != 1) {
         throw SshClientException(SshInternalError,
-                QString::fromLocal8Bit("Internal error: Unexpected session count %1 for channel.")
+                QString::fromLatin1("Internal error: Unexpected session count %1 for channel.")
                                  .arg(removeCount));
     }
     m_channels.erase(it);
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/namedemangler.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/namedemangler.cpp
index 4776cb255ef..c0cb15f05b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/namedemangler.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/namedemangler.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bool NameDemanglerPrivate::demangle(const QString &mangledName)
         if (m_parseState.m_pos != m_parseState.m_mangledName.size())
             throw ParseException(QLatin1String("Unconsumed input"));
         if (m_parseState.m_parseStack.count() != 1) {
-            throw ParseException(QString::fromLocal8Bit("There are %1 elements on the parse stack; "
+            throw ParseException(QString::fromLatin1("There are %1 elements on the parse stack; "
                     "expected one.").arg(m_parseState.m_parseStack.count()));
         }
 
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ bool NameDemanglerPrivate::demangle(const QString &mangledName)
         m_demangledName = QLatin1String(m_parseState.stackTop()->toByteArray());
         success = true;
     } catch (const ParseException &p) {
-        m_errorString = QString::fromLocal8Bit("Parse error at index %1 of mangled name '%2': %3.")
+        m_errorString = QString::fromLatin1("Parse error at index %1 of mangled name '%2': %3.")
                 .arg(m_parseState.m_pos).arg(mangledName, p.error);
         success = false;
     } catch (const InternalDemanglerException &e) {
-        m_errorString = QString::fromLocal8Bit("Internal demangler error at function %1, file %2, "
+        m_errorString = QString::fromLatin1("Internal demangler error at function %1, file %2, "
                 "line %3").arg(e.func, e.file).arg(e.line);
         success = false;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/parsetreenodes.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/parsetreenodes.cpp
index 47568c1f966..ba772a435af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/parsetreenodes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/namedemangler/parsetreenodes.cpp
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ void OperatorNameNode::parse()
         } else if (id == "az") {
             m_type = AlignofExprType;
         } else {
-            throw ParseException(QString::fromLocal8Bit("Invalid operator encoding '%1'")
+            throw ParseException(QString::fromLatin1("Invalid operator encoding '%1'")
                     .arg(QString::fromLocal8Bit(id)));
         }
     }
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ void TemplateParamNode::parse()
             }
         }
         if (!isConversionOperator) {
-            throw ParseException(QString::fromLocal8Bit("Invalid template parameter index %1")
+            throw ParseException(QString::fromLatin1("Invalid template parameter index %1")
                     .arg(m_index));
         }
     } else {
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ void TypeNode::parse()
                     = DEMANGLER_CAST(TemplateParamNode, MY_CHILD_AT(0));
             if (templateParamNode->childCount() == 0) {
                 if (templateParamNode->index() >= parseState()->templateParamCount()) {
-                    throw ParseException(QString::fromLocal8Bit("Invalid template parameter "
+                    throw ParseException(QString::fromLatin1("Invalid template parameter "
                         "index %1 in forwarding").arg(templateParamNode->index()));
                 }
                 templateParamNode->addChild(parseState()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp
index 3c36e00f914..ecea328c802 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qnx/qnxdebugsupport.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void QnxDebugSupport::startExecution()
     setState(StartingRemoteProcess);
 
     if (m_useQmlDebugger)
-        m_engine->startParameters().processArgs += QString::fromLocal8Bit(" -qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block").arg(m_qmlPort);
+        m_engine->startParameters().processArgs += QString::fromLatin1(" -qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block").arg(m_qmlPort);
 
     QStringList arguments;
     if (m_useCppDebugger)
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxanalyzesupport.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxanalyzesupport.cpp
index 508e9c0c21d..cac9d31497e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxanalyzesupport.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxanalyzesupport.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void RemoteLinuxAnalyzeSupport::startExecution()
     connect(runner, SIGNAL(reportError(QString)), SLOT(handleAppRunnerError(QString)));
 
     const QStringList args = arguments()
-            << QString::fromLocal8Bit("-qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block").arg(d->qmlPort);
+            << QString::fromLatin1("-qmljsdebugger=port:%1,block").arg(d->qmlPort);
     runner->setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory());
     runner->setEnvironment(environment());
     runner->start(device(), remoteFilePath(), args);
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp
index b0e363cc759..baf06aaa230 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/remotelinuxcheckforfreediskspaceservice.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void RemoteLinuxCheckForFreeDiskSpaceService::doDeploy()
     d->processRunner = new QSsh::SshRemoteProcessRunner;
     connect(d->processRunner, SIGNAL(processClosed(int)), SLOT(handleProcessFinished()));
     connect(d->processRunner, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardError()), SLOT(handleStdErr()));
-    const QString command = QString::fromLocal8Bit("df -k %1 |tail -n 1 |sed 's/  */ /g' "
+    const QString command = QString::fromLatin1("df -k %1 |tail -n 1 |sed 's/  */ /g' "
             "|cut -d ' ' -f 4").arg(d->pathToCheck);
     d->processRunner->run(command.toUtf8(), deviceConfiguration()->sshParameters());
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/extensionsystem/pluginspec/tst_pluginspec.cpp b/tests/auto/extensionsystem/pluginspec/tst_pluginspec.cpp
index 6bb27d31996..761e28dd826 100644
--- a/tests/auto/extensionsystem/pluginspec/tst_pluginspec.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/extensionsystem/pluginspec/tst_pluginspec.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void tst_PluginSpec::loadLibrary()
     QVERIFY(spec->resolveDependencies(QList<PluginSpec *>()));
     QVERIFY2(spec->loadLibrary(), qPrintable(spec->errorString));
     QVERIFY(spec->plugin != 0);
-    QVERIFY(QString::fromLocal8Bit(spec->plugin->metaObject()->className()) == QString::fromLocal8Bit("MyPlugin::MyPluginImpl"));
+    QVERIFY(QLatin1String(spec->plugin->metaObject()->className()) == QLatin1String("MyPlugin::MyPluginImpl"));
     QCOMPARE(spec->state, PluginSpec::Loaded);
     QVERIFY(!spec->hasError);
     QCOMPARE(spec->plugin->pluginSpec(), ps);
diff --git a/tests/manual/ssh/remoteprocess/remoteprocesstest.cpp b/tests/manual/ssh/remoteprocess/remoteprocesstest.cpp
index 98f68741f1e..4f0b37cadef 100644
--- a/tests/manual/ssh/remoteprocess/remoteprocesstest.cpp
+++ b/tests/manual/ssh/remoteprocess/remoteprocesstest.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ void RemoteProcessTest::handleConnected()
 {
     Q_ASSERT(m_state == TestingIoDevice);
 
-    m_catProcess = m_sshConnection->createRemoteProcess(QString::fromLocal8Bit("/bin/cat").toUtf8());
+    m_catProcess = m_sshConnection->createRemoteProcess(QString::fromLatin1("/bin/cat").toUtf8());
     connect(m_catProcess.data(), SIGNAL(started()), SLOT(handleProcessStarted()));
     connect(m_catProcess.data(), SIGNAL(closed(int)), SLOT(handleProcessClosed(int)));
     m_started = false;