diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 160b0cb65eb..3d619eab829 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -3327,8 +3327,10 @@ void ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate::addNewFile()
     map.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::PREFERRED_PROJECT_NODE), QVariant::fromValue(static_cast<void *>(currentNode)));
     map.insert(Constants::PREFERRED_PROJECT_NODE_PATH, currentNode->filePath().toString());
     if (Project *p = ProjectTree::currentProject()) {
-        QList<Id> profileIds = Utils::transform(p->targets(), &Target::id);
-        map.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS), QVariant::fromValue(profileIds));
+        const QStringList profileIds = Utils::transform(p->targets(), [](const Target *t) {
+            return t->id().toString();
+        });
+        map.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS), profileIds);
         map.insert(Constants::PROJECT_POINTER, QVariant::fromValue(static_cast<void *>(p)));
     }
     ICore::showNewItemDialog(ProjectExplorerPlugin::tr("New File", "Title of dialog"),
@@ -3352,8 +3354,11 @@ void ProjectExplorerPluginPrivate::addNewSubproject()
         Project *project = ProjectTree::currentProject();
         Core::Id projectType;
         if (project) {
-            QList<Id> profileIds = Utils::transform(ProjectTree::currentProject()->targets(), &Target::id);
-            map.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS), QVariant::fromValue(profileIds));
+            const QStringList profileIds = Utils::transform(ProjectTree::currentProject()->targets(),
+                                                            [](const Target *t) {
+                                                                return t->id().toString();
+                                                            });
+            map.insert(QLatin1String(Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS), profileIds);
             projectType = project->id();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/qtwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/qtwizard.cpp
index 9ed1939f1ac..9a4b97a0b76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/qtwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/qtwizard.cpp
@@ -140,25 +140,34 @@ bool CustomQmakeProjectWizard::postGenerateFiles(const QWizard *w, const Core::G
 }
 
 // ----------------- BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog
-BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog::BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog(const Core::BaseFileWizardFactory *factory,
-                                                           bool showModulesPage, QWidget *parent,
-                                                           const Core::WizardDialogParameters &parameters) :
-    ProjectExplorer::BaseProjectWizardDialog(factory, parent, parameters),
-    m_profileIds(parameters.extraValues().value(QLatin1String(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS))
-                 .value<QList<Core::Id> >())
+BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog::BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog(
+    const Core::BaseFileWizardFactory *factory,
+    bool showModulesPage,
+    QWidget *parent,
+    const Core::WizardDialogParameters &parameters)
+    : ProjectExplorer::BaseProjectWizardDialog(factory, parent, parameters)
 {
+    m_profileIds = Utils::transform(parameters.extraValues()
+                                        .value(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS)
+                                        .toStringList(),
+                                    &Core::Id::fromString);
+
     init(showModulesPage);
 }
 
-BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog::BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog(const Core::BaseFileWizardFactory *factory,
-                                                           bool showModulesPage,
-                                                           Utils::ProjectIntroPage *introPage,
-                                                           int introId, QWidget *parent,
-                                                           const Core::WizardDialogParameters &parameters) :
-    ProjectExplorer::BaseProjectWizardDialog(factory, introPage, introId, parent, parameters),
-    m_profileIds(parameters.extraValues().value(QLatin1String(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS))
-                 .value<QList<Core::Id> >())
+BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog::BaseQmakeProjectWizardDialog(
+    const Core::BaseFileWizardFactory *factory,
+    bool showModulesPage,
+    Utils::ProjectIntroPage *introPage,
+    int introId,
+    QWidget *parent,
+    const Core::WizardDialogParameters &parameters)
+    : ProjectExplorer::BaseProjectWizardDialog(factory, introPage, introId, parent, parameters)
 {
+    m_profileIds = Utils::transform(parameters.extraValues()
+                                        .value(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS)
+                                        .toStringList(),
+                                    &Core::Id::fromString);
     init(showModulesPage);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/subdirsprojectwizard.cpp b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/subdirsprojectwizard.cpp
index 306a2438a4b..7c2f57420af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/subdirsprojectwizard.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmakeprojectmanager/wizards/subdirsprojectwizard.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ bool SubdirsProjectWizard::postGenerateFiles(const QWizard *w, const Core::Gener
         const QString profileName = Core::BaseFileWizardFactory::buildFileName(projectPath, params.fileName, profileSuffix());
         QVariantMap map;
         map.insert(QLatin1String(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PREFERRED_PROJECT_NODE), profileName);
-        map.insert(QLatin1String(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS), QVariant::fromValue(wizard->selectedKits()));
+        map.insert(QLatin1String(ProjectExplorer::Constants::PROJECT_KIT_IDS),
+                   Utils::transform<QStringList>(wizard->selectedKits(), &Core::Id::toString));
         IWizardFactory::requestNewItemDialog(tr("New Subproject", "Title of dialog"),
                                              Utils::filtered(Core::IWizardFactory::allWizardFactories(),
                                                              [](Core::IWizardFactory *f) {