diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
index 91fcf65fa77..d22f19e45a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/basetexteditor.cpp
@@ -2606,13 +2606,7 @@ void BaseTextEditorWidgetPrivate::snippetTabOrBacktab(bool forward)
 QPoint BaseTextEditorWidget::toolTipPosition(const QTextCursor &c) const
 {
     const QPoint cursorPos = mapToGlobal(cursorRect(c).bottomRight() + QPoint(1,1));
-    return cursorPos + QPoint(d->m_extraArea->width(),
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    -24
-#else
-    -16
-#endif
-    );
+    return cursorPos + QPoint(d->m_extraArea->width(), HostOsInfo::isWindowsHost() ? -24 : -16);
 }
 
 void BaseTextEditorWidget::processTooltipRequest(const QTextCursor &c)
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/tooltip/tooltip.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/tooltip/tooltip.cpp
index 7721155da2a..d4f25218603 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/tooltip/tooltip.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/tooltip/tooltip.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "effects.h"
 #include "reuse.h"
 
+#include <utils/hostosinfo.h>
+
 #include <QString>
 #include <QColor>
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -204,14 +206,7 @@ void ToolTip::placeTip(const QPoint &pos, QWidget *w)
 {
     QRect screen = Internal::screenGeometry(pos, w);
     QPoint p = pos;
-    p += QPoint(2,
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-                21
-#else
-                16
-#endif
-                );
-
+    p += QPoint(2, Utils::HostOsInfo::isWindowsHost() ? 21 : 16);
     if (p.x() + m_tip->width() > screen.x() + screen.width())
         p.rx() -= 4 + m_tip->width();
     if (p.y() + m_tip->height() > screen.y() + screen.height())