diff --git a/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp b/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
index 91e12afce66..e35ab9f443e 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
@@ -3842,7 +3842,7 @@ QStringList multiLayerFormats()
     const QSet< QString > splitExtensions = qgis::listToSet( driverExtensions.split( ' ', Qt::SkipEmptyParts ) );
     if ( splitExtensions.intersects( multiLayerExtensions ) )
     {
-      driverNames << OGR_Dr_GetName( driver );
+      driverNames << GDALGetDescription( driver );
     }
   }
   return driverNames;
@@ -3872,7 +3872,7 @@ QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::FilterFormatDetails > QgsVectorFileWriter::supported
     OGRSFDriverH drv = OGRGetDriver( i );
     if ( drv )
     {
-      const QString drvName = OGR_Dr_GetName( drv );
+      const QString drvName = GDALGetDescription( drv );
 
       if ( options & SupportsMultipleLayers )
       {
@@ -3995,7 +3995,7 @@ QList< QgsVectorFileWriter::DriverDetails > QgsVectorFileWriter::ogrDriverList(
     OGRSFDriverH drv = OGRGetDriver( i );
     if ( drv )
     {
-      const QString drvName = OGR_Dr_GetName( drv );
+      const QString drvName = GDALGetDescription( drv );
 
       if ( options & SupportsMultipleLayers )
       {
@@ -4492,7 +4492,7 @@ QgsVectorFileWriter::EditionCapabilities QgsVectorFileWriter::editionCapabilitie
   gdal::ogr_datasource_unique_ptr hDS( OGROpen( datasetName.toUtf8().constData(), TRUE, &hDriver ) );
   if ( !hDS )
     return QgsVectorFileWriter::EditionCapabilities();
-  QString drvName = OGR_Dr_GetName( hDriver );
+  const QString drvName = GDALGetDescription( hDriver );
   QgsVectorFileWriter::EditionCapabilities caps = QgsVectorFileWriter::EditionCapabilities();
   if ( OGR_DS_TestCapability( hDS.get(), ODsCCreateLayer ) )
   {