diff --git a/sources/awdebug.cpp b/sources/awdebug.cpp
index 7135db6..a2870ec 100644
--- a/sources/awdebug.cpp
+++ b/sources/awdebug.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ QString AWDebug::getAboutText(const QString &_type)
             translator = QString("<li>%1</li>").arg(translator);
         text = i18n("Translators:") + "<ul>" + translatorList.join("") + "</ul>";
     } else if (_type == "3rdparty") {
-        QStringList trdPartyList = QString(TRDPARTY_LICENSE).split(';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        QStringList trdPartyList = QString(TRDPARTY_LICENSE).split(';', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         for (int i = 0; i < trdPartyList.count(); i++)
             trdPartyList[i] = QString("<li><a href=\"%3\">%1</a> (%2 license)</li>")
                                   .arg(trdPartyList.at(i).split(',')[0])
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ QString AWDebug::getAboutText(const QString &_type)
                                   .arg(trdPartyList.at(i).split(',')[2]);
         text = i18n("This software uses:") + "<ul>" + trdPartyList.join("") + "</ul>";
     } else if (_type == "thanks") {
-        QStringList thanks = QString(SPECIAL_THANKS).split(';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        QStringList thanks = QString(SPECIAL_THANKS).split(';', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         for (int i = 0; i < thanks.count(); i++)
             thanks[i] = QString("<li><a href=\"%2\">%1</a></li>")
                             .arg(thanks.at(i).split(',')[0])
diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awabstractpairhelper.cpp b/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awabstractpairhelper.cpp
index 55a4e91..f7c2969 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awabstractpairhelper.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awabstractpairhelper.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ QStringList AWAbstractPairHelper::values() const
 QSet<QString> AWAbstractPairHelper::valuesSet() const
 {
     auto values = m_pairs.values();
-    return QSet(values.cbegin(), values.cend());
+    return QSet<QString>::fromList(values);
 }
 
 
@@ -138,4 +138,4 @@ bool AWAbstractPairHelper::removeUnusedKeys(const QStringList &_keys) const
     settings.sync();
 
     return (settings.status() == QSettings::NoError);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeycache.cpp b/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeycache.cpp
index 15aab94..54b47b3 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeycache.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeycache.cpp
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ QStringList AWKeyCache::getRequiredKeys(const QStringList &_keys, const QStringL
                     << _tooltip;
 
     // initial copy
-    QSet<QString> used(_keys.cbegin(), _keys.cend());
-    used.unite(QSet(_bars.cbegin(), _bars.cend()));
-    used.unite(QSet(_userKeys.cbegin(), _userKeys.cend()));
+    auto used = QSet<QString>::fromList(_keys);
+    used.unite(QSet<QString>::fromList(_bars));
+    used.unite(QSet<QString>::fromList(_userKeys));
     // insert keys from tooltip
     for (auto &key : _tooltip.keys()) {
         if ((key.endsWith("Tooltip")) && (_tooltip[key].toBool())) {
diff --git a/sources/awesomewidgets/awjsonformatter.cpp b/sources/awesomewidgets/awjsonformatter.cpp
index bbdd7ce..8a1c5e0 100644
--- a/sources/awesomewidgets/awjsonformatter.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesomewidgets/awjsonformatter.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ QVariant AWJsonFormatter::getFromMap(const QVariant &_value, const QString &_key
 void AWJsonFormatter::initPath()
 {
     m_splittedPath.clear();
-    QStringList splittedByDot = m_path.split('.', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    QStringList splittedByDot = m_path.split('.', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
 
     for (auto &element : splittedByDot) {
         bool ok;
diff --git a/sources/awesomewidgets/extscript.cpp b/sources/awesomewidgets/extscript.cpp
index 3017dac..da009f9 100644
--- a/sources/awesomewidgets/extscript.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesomewidgets/extscript.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ void ExtScript::readConfiguration()
     setExecutable(settings.value("Exec", executable()).toString());
     setStrRedirect(settings.value("X-AW-Redirect", strRedirect()).toString());
     // api == 3
-    setFilters(settings.value("X-AW-Filters", filters()).toString().split(',', Qt::SkipEmptyParts));
+    setFilters(settings.value("X-AW-Filters", filters()).toString().split(',', QString::SkipEmptyParts));
     settings.endGroup();
 
     bumpApi(AW_EXTSCRIPT_API);
diff --git a/sources/awesomewidgets/extupgrade.cpp b/sources/awesomewidgets/extupgrade.cpp
index 0195779..0081cc9 100644
--- a/sources/awesomewidgets/extupgrade.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesomewidgets/extupgrade.cpp
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ void ExtUpgrade::updateValue()
         = QTextCodec::codecForMib(106)->toUnicode(m_process->readAllStandardOutput()).trimmed();
     m_values[tag("pkgcount")] = [this](const QString &output) {
         return filter().isEmpty()
-                   ? output.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts).count() - null()
-                   : output.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts).filter(QRegExp(filter())).count();
+                   ? output.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts).count() - null()
+                   : output.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts).filter(QRegExp(filter())).count();
     }(qoutput);
 
     emit(dataReceived(m_values));
diff --git a/sources/awesomewidgets/qcronscheduler.cpp b/sources/awesomewidgets/qcronscheduler.cpp
index 6f67590..c72abc9 100644
--- a/sources/awesomewidgets/qcronscheduler.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesomewidgets/qcronscheduler.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ QList<int> QCronScheduler::parseField(const QString &_value, const int _min, con
         parsedField.fromRange(field.split('/').first(), _min, _max);
         if (field.contains('/')) {
             bool status;
-            parsedField.div = field.split('/', Qt::SkipEmptyParts).at(1).toInt(&status);
+            parsedField.div = field.split('/', QString::SkipEmptyParts).at(1).toInt(&status);
             if (!status)
                 parsedField.div = 1;
         }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void QCronScheduler::QCronField::fromRange(const QString &_range, const int _min
         minValue = _min;
         maxValue = _max;
     } else if (_range.contains("-")) {
-        auto interval = _range.split('-', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        auto interval = _range.split('-', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         if (interval.count() != 2)
             return;
         bool status;
diff --git a/sources/extsysmon/extsysmon.cpp b/sources/extsysmon/extsysmon.cpp
index 88b6e39..5bdc7f3 100644
--- a/sources/extsysmon/extsysmon.cpp
+++ b/sources/extsysmon/extsysmon.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ QHash<QString, QString> ExtendedSysMon::updateConfiguration(QHash<QString, QStri
     } else if (_rawConfig["HDDDEV"] == "disable") {
         _rawConfig["HDDDEV"] = "";
     } else {
-        QStringList deviceList = _rawConfig["HDDDEV"].split(',', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        QStringList deviceList = _rawConfig["HDDDEV"].split(',', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         QStringList devices;
         QRegExp diskRegexp = QRegExp("^/dev/[hms]d[a-z]$");
         for (auto &device : deviceList)
diff --git a/sources/extsysmonsources/gpuloadsource.cpp b/sources/extsysmonsources/gpuloadsource.cpp
index 6281637..e81be26 100644
--- a/sources/extsysmonsources/gpuloadsource.cpp
+++ b/sources/extsysmonsources/gpuloadsource.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void GPULoadSource::updateValue()
     qCInfo(LOG_ESS) << "Output" << qoutput;
 
     if (m_device == "nvidia") {
-        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
             if (!str.contains("<gpu_util>"))
                 continue;
             auto load = str.remove("<gpu_util>").remove("</gpu_util>").remove('%');
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ void GPULoadSource::updateValue()
             break;
         }
     } else if (m_device == "ati") {
-        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
             if (!str.contains("load"))
                 continue;
-            QString load = str.split(' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)[3].remove('%');
+            QString load = str.split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts)[3].remove('%');
             m_values["gpu/load"] = load.toFloat();
             break;
         }
diff --git a/sources/extsysmonsources/gputempsource.cpp b/sources/extsysmonsources/gputempsource.cpp
index 55fbadc..dce0c6e 100644
--- a/sources/extsysmonsources/gputempsource.cpp
+++ b/sources/extsysmonsources/gputempsource.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void GPUTemperatureSource::updateValue()
     qCInfo(LOG_ESS) << "Output" << qoutput;
 
     if (m_device == "nvidia") {
-        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
             if (!str.contains("<gpu_temp>"))
                 continue;
             QString temp = str.remove("<gpu_temp>").remove("C</gpu_temp>");
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ void GPUTemperatureSource::updateValue()
             break;
         }
     } else if (m_device == "ati") {
-        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+        for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
             if (!str.contains("Temperature"))
                 continue;
-            QString temp = str.split(' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts).at(4);
+            QString temp = str.split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts).at(4);
             m_values["gpu/temperature"] = temp.toFloat();
             break;
         }
diff --git a/sources/extsysmonsources/hddtempsource.cpp b/sources/extsysmonsources/hddtempsource.cpp
index efaae08..dad47a3 100644
--- a/sources/extsysmonsources/hddtempsource.cpp
+++ b/sources/extsysmonsources/hddtempsource.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ HDDTemperatureSource::HDDTemperatureSource(QObject *_parent, const QStringList &
     Q_ASSERT(_args.count() == 2);
     qCDebug(LOG_ESS) << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__;
 
-    m_devices = _args.at(0).split(',', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    m_devices = _args.at(0).split(',', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     m_cmd = _args.at(1).split(' '); // lets hope no one put cmd with spaces here lol
 
     m_smartctl = m_cmd.contains("smartctl");
@@ -131,17 +131,17 @@ void HDDTemperatureSource::updateValue(const QString &_device)
 
     // parse
     if (m_smartctl) {
-        QStringList lines = qoutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        QStringList lines = qoutput.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         for (auto &str : lines) {
             if (!str.startsWith("194"))
                 continue;
-            if (str.split(' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts).count() < 9)
+            if (str.split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts).count() < 9)
                 continue;
-            m_values[_device] = str.split(' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts).at(9).toFloat();
+            m_values[_device] = str.split(' ', QString::SkipEmptyParts).at(9).toFloat();
             break;
         }
     } else {
-        QStringList lines = qoutput.split(':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        QStringList lines = qoutput.split(':', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         if (lines.count() >= 3) {
             QString temp = lines.at(2);
             temp.remove(QChar(0260)).remove('C');
diff --git a/sources/extsysmonsources/playersource.cpp b/sources/extsysmonsources/playersource.cpp
index aaca22f..e127a05 100644
--- a/sources/extsysmonsources/playersource.cpp
+++ b/sources/extsysmonsources/playersource.cpp
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ void PlayerSource::mpdSocketReadyRead()
     qCInfo(LOG_ESS) << "Output" << qoutput;
 
     // parse
-    for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts)) {
-        if (str.split(": ", Qt::SkipEmptyParts).count() == 2) {
+    for (auto &str : qoutput.split('\n', QString::SkipEmptyParts)) {
+        if (str.split(": ", QString::SkipEmptyParts).count() == 2) {
             // "Metadata: data"
-            QString metadata = str.split(": ", Qt::SkipEmptyParts).first().toLower();
-            QString data = str.split(": ", Qt::SkipEmptyParts).last().trimmed();
+            QString metadata = str.split(": ", QString::SkipEmptyParts).first().toLower();
+            QString data = str.split(": ", QString::SkipEmptyParts).last().trimmed();
             // there are one more time...
             if ((metadata == "time") && (data.contains(':'))) {
                 QStringList times = data.split(':');
diff --git a/sources/test/testawtelemetryhandler.cpp b/sources/test/testawtelemetryhandler.cpp
index ffb0e79..b4181e0 100644
--- a/sources/test/testawtelemetryhandler.cpp
+++ b/sources/test/testawtelemetryhandler.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void TestAWTelemetryHandler::test_get()
     QStringList output = plugin->get(telemetryGroup);
 
     QVERIFY(!output.isEmpty());
-    QCOMPARE(QSet<QString>(output.cbegin(), output.cend()).count(), output.count());
+    QCOMPARE(QSet<QString>::fromList(output).count(), output.count());
     QVERIFY(output.contains(telemetryData));
 }