diff --git a/src/core/composer/qgscomposermousehandles.cpp b/src/core/composer/qgscomposermousehandles.cpp
index 529454d334b..5ee2d4e87d9 100644
--- a/src/core/composer/qgscomposermousehandles.cpp
+++ b/src/core/composer/qgscomposermousehandles.cpp
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void QgsComposerMouseHandles::dragMouseMove( const QPointF& currentPosition, boo
   {
     //constrained (shift) moving should lock to horizontal/vertical movement
     //reset the smaller of the x/y movements
-    if ( abs( moveRectX ) <= abs( moveRectY ) )
+    if ( qAbs( moveRectX ) <= qAbs( moveRectY ) )
     {
       moveRectX = 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgscptcityarchive.cpp b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgscptcityarchive.cpp
index 8e4eac4e07d..ca6f83f6907 100644
--- a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgscptcityarchive.cpp
+++ b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgscptcityarchive.cpp
@@ -967,8 +967,7 @@ QMap< QString, QStringList > QgsCptCityDirectoryItem::rampsMap()
   QString curName, prevName, prevPath, curVariant, curSep, schemeName;
   QStringList listVariant;
   QStringList schemeNamesAll, schemeNames;
-  int num;
-  bool ok, prevAdd, curAdd;
+  bool prevAdd, curAdd;
 
   QDir dir( QgsCptCityArchive::defaultBaseDir() + "/" + mPath );
   schemeNamesAll = dir.entryList( QStringList( "*.svg" ), QDir::Files, QDir::Name );
diff --git a/src/gui/raster/qgsrasterhistogramwidget.cpp b/src/gui/raster/qgsrasterhistogramwidget.cpp
index b921910c878..c69d8cdba45 100644
--- a/src/gui/raster/qgsrasterhistogramwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/raster/qgsrasterhistogramwidget.cpp
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ QString findClosestTickVal( double target, const QwtScaleDiv * scale, int div =
     current += diff;
     if ( current > target )
     {
-      closest = ( abs( target - current + diff ) < abs( target - current ) ) ? current - diff : current;
+      closest = ( qAbs( target - current + diff ) < qAbs( target - current ) ) ? current - diff : current;
       break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/tests/qt_modeltest/modeltest.cpp b/tests/qt_modeltest/modeltest.cpp
index d2877555065..42296b488a9 100644
--- a/tests/qt_modeltest/modeltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/qt_modeltest/modeltest.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void ModelTest::data()
  */
 void ModelTest::rowsAboutToBeInserted( const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end )
 {
-//     Q_UNUSED(end);
+  Q_UNUSED( end );
 //    qDebug() << "rowsAboutToBeInserted" << "start=" << start << "end=" << end << "parent=" << model->data ( parent ).toString()
 //    << "current count of parent=" << model->rowCount ( parent ); // << "display of last=" << model->data( model->index(start-1, 0, parent) );
 //     qDebug() << model->index(start-1, 0, parent) << model->data( model->index(start-1, 0, parent) );