diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
index c0936373b64..81fbe8c6a7e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialplugin.cpp
@@ -545,16 +545,14 @@ void MercurialPlugin::commit()
 
     m_submitRepository = state.topLevel();
 
-    connect(m_client, SIGNAL(parsedStatus(QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem>)),
-            this, SLOT(showCommitWidget(QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem>)));
+    connect(m_client, &MercurialClient::parsedStatus, this, &MercurialPlugin::showCommitWidget);
     m_client->emitParsedStatus(m_submitRepository);
 }
 
 void MercurialPlugin::showCommitWidget(const QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem> &status)
 {
     //Once we receive our data release the connection so it can be reused elsewhere
-    disconnect(m_client, SIGNAL(parsedStatus(QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem>)),
-               this, SLOT(showCommitWidget(QList<VcsBaseClient::StatusItem>)));
+    disconnect(m_client, &MercurialClient::parsedStatus, this, &MercurialPlugin::showCommitWidget);
 
     if (status.isEmpty()) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendError(tr("There are no changes to commit."));