diff --git a/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp b/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp
index 3684bc2c1..69aa5a8b0 100644
--- a/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/BookmarkHandler.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ QUrl BookmarkHandler::currentUrl() const
 QUrl BookmarkHandler::urlForView(ViewProperties *view) const
 {
     if (view != nullptr) {
-        return QUrl(view->url());
+        return view->url();
     } else {
         return QUrl();
     }
diff --git a/src/ColorScheme.cpp b/src/ColorScheme.cpp
index 0f9694c6d..859dd9b2c 100644
--- a/src/ColorScheme.cpp
+++ b/src/ColorScheme.cpp
@@ -44,39 +44,39 @@ using namespace Konsole;
 // gamma correction for the dim colors to compensate for bright X screens.
 // It contains the 8 ansiterm/xterm colors in 2 intensities.
 const ColorEntry ColorScheme::defaultTable[TABLE_COLORS] = {
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), // Dfore
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)), // Dback
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), // Black
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18)), // Red
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18)), // Green
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18)), // Yellow
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2)), // Blue
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2)), // Magenta
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2)), // Cyan
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2)), // White
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), // Dfore
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), // Dback
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), // Black
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18), // Red
+    ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18), // Green
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18), // Yellow
+    ColorEntry(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2), // Blue
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2), // Magenta
+    ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2), // Cyan
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2), // White
     // intensive versions
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x68, 0x68, 0x68)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0x68, 0x68, 0x68),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54),
+    ColorEntry(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54),
+    ColorEntry(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
     // Here are faint intensities, which may not be good.
     // faint versions
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x65, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x5E, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x65)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x00, 0x65)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x65, 0x65)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x65, 0x65))
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x65, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x5E, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x65),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x00, 0x65),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x65, 0x65),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x65, 0x65)
 };
 
 const char * const ColorScheme::colorNames[TABLE_COLORS] = {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ void ColorScheme::read(const KConfig &config)
     const QString schemeDescription = configGroup.readEntry("Description", i18nc("@item", "Un-named Color Scheme"));
 
     _description = i18n(schemeDescription.toUtf8().constData());
-    _opacity = configGroup.readEntry("Opacity", qreal(1.0));
+    _opacity = configGroup.readEntry("Opacity", 1.0);
     setWallpaper(configGroup.readEntry("Wallpaper", QString()));
 
     for (int i = 0; i < TABLE_COLORS; i++) {
diff --git a/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp b/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp
index 6e813fc6c..ba6a35f89 100644
--- a/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/KeyBindingEditor.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void KeyBindingEditor::setupKeyBindingTable(const KeyboardTranslator *translator
         QTableWidgetItem *keyItem = new QTableWidgetItem(entry.conditionToString());
         keyItem->setData(Qt::UserRole, QVariant::fromValue(entry));
 
-        QTableWidgetItem *textItem = new QTableWidgetItem(QString(entry.resultToString()));
+        QTableWidgetItem *textItem = new QTableWidgetItem(entry.resultToString());
 
         _ui->keyBindingTable->setItem(row, 0, keyItem);
         _ui->keyBindingTable->setItem(row, 1, textItem);
diff --git a/src/autotests/CharacterColorTest.cpp b/src/autotests/CharacterColorTest.cpp
index 77089c2f1..0571f6695 100644
--- a/src/autotests/CharacterColorTest.cpp
+++ b/src/autotests/CharacterColorTest.cpp
@@ -30,39 +30,39 @@
 using namespace Konsole;
 
 const ColorEntry CharacterColorTest::DefaultColorTable[TABLE_COLORS] = {
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), // Dfore
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)), // Dback
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), // Black
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18)), // Red
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18)), // Green
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18)), // Yellow
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2)), // Blue
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2)), // Magenta
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2)), // Cyan
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2)), // White
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), // Dfore
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF), // Dback
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), // Black
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18), // Red
+    ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18), // Green
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18), // Yellow
+    ColorEntry(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2), // Blue
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2), // Magenta
+    ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2), // Cyan
+    ColorEntry(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2), // White
     // intensive versions
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x68, 0x68, 0x68)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0x68, 0x68, 0x68),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54),
+    ColorEntry(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54),
+    ColorEntry(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
     // Here are faint intensities, which may not be good.
     // faint versions
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x00, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x65, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x5E, 0x00)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x65)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x00, 0x65)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x65, 0x65)),
-    ColorEntry(QColor(0x65, 0x65, 0x65))
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x00, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x65, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x5E, 0x00),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x65),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x00, 0x65),
+    ColorEntry(0x00, 0x65, 0x65),
+    ColorEntry(0x65, 0x65, 0x65)
 };
 
 void CharacterColorTest::init()
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ void CharacterColorTest::cleanup()
 
 void CharacterColorTest::testColorEntry()
 {
-    ColorEntry black = ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00));
-    ColorEntry white = ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF));
-    ColorEntry red   = ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18));
-    ColorEntry green = ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18));
+    ColorEntry black = ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00);
+    ColorEntry white = ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);
+    ColorEntry red   = ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18);
+    ColorEntry green = ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18);
 
     // Test operator== operator!=
     QCOMPARE(black == white, false);
diff --git a/src/autotests/TerminalTest.cpp b/src/autotests/TerminalTest.cpp
index 262e68993..abae6e47f 100644
--- a/src/autotests/TerminalTest.cpp
+++ b/src/autotests/TerminalTest.cpp
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ void TerminalTest::testColorTable()
 {
     // These are from ColorScheme.cpp but they can be anything to test
     const ColorEntry defaultTable[TABLE_COLORS] = {
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x68, 0x68, 0x68)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF)), ColorEntry(QColor(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF)),
-        ColorEntry(QColor(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF)), ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF))
+        ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+        ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0x18),
+        ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0x18), ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x68, 0x18),
+        ColorEntry(0x18, 0x18, 0xB2), ColorEntry(0xB2, 0x18, 0xB2),
+        ColorEntry(0x18, 0xB2, 0xB2), ColorEntry(0xB2, 0xB2, 0xB2),
+        ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00), ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF),
+        ColorEntry(0x68, 0x68, 0x68), ColorEntry(0xFF, 0x54, 0x54),
+        ColorEntry(0x54, 0xFF, 0x54), ColorEntry(0xFF, 0xFF, 0x54),
+        ColorEntry(0x54, 0x54, 0xFF), ColorEntry(0xFF, 0x54, 0xFF),
+        ColorEntry(0x54, 0xFF, 0xFF), ColorEntry(0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF)
     };
 
     auto display = new TerminalDisplay(nullptr);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void TerminalTest::testColorTable()
         QCOMPARE(colorTable[i], defaultTable[i]);
     }
 
-    ColorEntry colorEntry = ColorEntry(QColor(0x00, 0x00, 0x00));
+    ColorEntry colorEntry = ColorEntry(0x00, 0x00, 0x00);
     QVERIFY(colorTable[1] != colorEntry);
 
     delete display;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9ddadcb5d..a352a05c0 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ extern "C" int Q_DECL_EXPORT kdemain(int argc, char *argv[])
     parser->addVersionOption();
     about.setupCommandLine(parser.data());
 
-    QStringList args = QStringList(app->arguments());
+    QStringList args = app->arguments();
     QStringList customCommand = Application::getCustomCommand(args);
 
     Application::populateCommandLineParser(parser.data());
diff --git a/src/tests/demo_konsolepart/src/main.cpp b/src/tests/demo_konsolepart/src/main.cpp
index eda348712..8467f4871 100644
--- a/src/tests/demo_konsolepart/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/demo_konsolepart/src/main.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     parser->addVersionOption();
     about.setupCommandLine(parser.data());
 
-    QStringList args = QStringList(app->arguments());
+    QStringList args = app->arguments();
 
     parser->process(args);
     about.processCommandLine(parser.data());