diff --git a/src/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp b/src/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp
index 0be036c29f6..f59db6c80c2 100644
--- a/src/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/gdal/qgsgdalprovider.cpp
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ QString QgsGdalProvider::generateBandName( int bandNumber ) const
         val = values.at( 1 );
         if ( values.at( 0 ) == QLatin1String( "NETCDF_DIM_EXTRA" ) )
         {
-          dimExtraValues = val.replace( QStringLiteral( "{" ), QString() ).replace( QStringLiteral( "}" ), QString() ).split( ',' );
+          dimExtraValues = val.replace( '{', QString() ).replace( '}', QString() ).split( ',' );
           //http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qregexp.html#capturedTexts
         }
         else
diff --git a/src/server/qgsserverrequest.cpp b/src/server/qgsserverrequest.cpp
index c31a489e760..0eed7a003ec 100644
--- a/src/server/qgsserverrequest.cpp
+++ b/src/server/qgsserverrequest.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ QMap<QString, QString> QgsServerRequest::parameters() const
     {
       // prepare the value
       QString value = pair.second;
-      value.replace( "+", " " );
+      value.replace( '+', ' ' );
 
       mParams.insert( pair.first.toUpper(), value );
     }
diff --git a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetfeature.cpp b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetfeature.cpp
index 35365682705..6e059fecfea 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetfeature.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsgetfeature.cpp
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
           continue;
         }
 
-        QDomElement fieldElem = doc.createElement( "qgs:" + attributeName.replace( QStringLiteral( " " ), QStringLiteral( "_" ) ) );
+        QDomElement fieldElem = doc.createElement( "qgs:" + attributeName.replace( ' ', '_' ) );
         QDomText fieldText = doc.createTextNode( featureAttributes[idx].toString() );
         fieldElem.appendChild( fieldText );
         typeNameElement.appendChild( fieldElem );
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
           continue;
         }
 
-        QDomElement fieldElem = doc.createElement( "qgs:" + attributeName.replace( QStringLiteral( " " ), QStringLiteral( "_" ) ) );
+        QDomElement fieldElem = doc.createElement( "qgs:" + attributeName.replace( ' ', '_' ) );
         QDomText fieldText = doc.createTextNode( featureAttributes[idx].toString() );
         fieldElem.appendChild( fieldText );
         typeNameElement.appendChild( fieldElem );
diff --git a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsparameters.cpp b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsparameters.cpp
index 22101d54c49..6de470e923c 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsparameters.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfsparameters.cpp
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
 
     if ( !bbox.isEmpty() )
     {
-      const QStringList corners = bbox.split( ',' );
+      QStringList corners = bbox.split( ',' );
 
       if ( corners.size() == 4 )
       {
diff --git a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction.cpp b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction.cpp
index 6b8166ce96d..0d89215b5f6 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction.cpp
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
       }
 
       // get bbox corners
-      const QStringList corners = bbox.split( ',' );
+      QStringList corners = bbox.split( ',' );
       if ( corners.size() != 4 )
       {
         throw QgsRequestNotWellFormedException( QStringLiteral( "BBOX has to be composed of 4 elements: '%1'" ).arg( bbox ) );
diff --git a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction_1_0_0.cpp b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction_1_0_0.cpp
index d204edf371c..f279e9820db 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction_1_0_0.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wfs/qgswfstransaction_1_0_0.cpp
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ namespace QgsWfs
         }
 
         // get bbox corners
-        const QStringList corners = bbox.split( ',' );
+        QStringList corners = bbox.split( ',' );
         if ( corners.size() != 4 )
         {
           throw QgsRequestNotWellFormedException( QStringLiteral( "BBOX has to be composed of 4 elements: '%1'" ).arg( bbox ) );
diff --git a/src/server/services/wms/qgswmsrenderer.cpp b/src/server/services/wms/qgswmsrenderer.cpp
index 01504320953..5cd7203b448 100644
--- a/src/server/services/wms/qgswmsrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/server/services/wms/qgswmsrenderer.cpp
@@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ namespace QgsWms
         continue;
       }
 
-      QDomElement fieldElem = doc.createElement( "qgs:" + attributeName.replace( QStringLiteral( " " ), QStringLiteral( "_" ) ) );
+      QDomElement fieldElem = doc.createElement( "qgs:" + attributeName.replace( ' ', '_' ) );
       QString fieldTextString = featureAttributes.at( i ).toString();
       if ( layer )
       {