diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
index 295af01f8c..030c606047 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontsubset.cpp
@@ -692,12 +692,8 @@ static QTtfTable generateName(const QList<QTtfNameRecord> &name)
         off += len;
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < name.size(); ++i) {
-        const QString &n = name.at(i).value;
-        const ushort *uc = n.utf16();
-        for (int i = 0; i < n.length(); ++i) {
-            s << quint16(*uc);
-            ++uc;
-        }
+        for (QChar ch : name.at(i).value)
+            s << quint16(ch.unicode());
     }
     return t;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
index 4ee2c42b8a..566941eca9 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
@@ -274,14 +274,11 @@ QString QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::EmbeddedFont::changeFamilyName(const QString &
 
         // nameRecord now points to string data
         quint16 *stringStorage = reinterpret_cast<quint16 *>(nameRecord);
-        const quint16 *sourceString = newFamilyName.utf16();
-        for (int i = 0; i < newFamilyName.size(); ++i)
-            stringStorage[i] = qbswap<quint16>(sourceString[i]);
-        stringStorage += newFamilyName.size();
+        for (QChar ch : newFamilyName)
+            *stringStorage++ = qbswap<quint16>(quint16(ch.unicode()));
 
-        sourceString = regularString.utf16();
-        for (int i = 0; i < regularString.size(); ++i)
-            stringStorage[i] = qbswap<quint16>(sourceString[i]);
+        for (QChar ch : regularString)
+            *stringStorage++ = qbswap<quint16>(quint16(ch.unicode()));
     }
 
     quint32 *p = reinterpret_cast<quint32 *>(newNameTable.data());
diff --git a/src/network/kernel/qauthenticator.cpp b/src/network/kernel/qauthenticator.cpp
index ba61f66115..3240240882 100644
--- a/src/network/kernel/qauthenticator.cpp
+++ b/src/network/kernel/qauthenticator.cpp
@@ -1067,9 +1067,9 @@ static void qStreamNtlmString(QDataStream& ds, const QString& s, bool unicode)
         qStreamNtlmBuffer(ds, s.toLatin1());
         return;
     }
-    const ushort *d = s.utf16();
-    for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i)
-        ds << d[i];
+
+    for (QChar ch : s)
+        ds << quint16(ch.unicode());
 }
 
 
@@ -1210,11 +1210,10 @@ static QByteArray qNtlmPhase1()
 static QByteArray qStringAsUcs2Le(const QString& src)
 {
     QByteArray rc(2*src.length(), 0);
-    const unsigned short *s = src.utf16();
     unsigned short *d = (unsigned short*)rc.data();
-    for (int i = 0; i < src.length(); ++i) {
-        d[i] = qToLittleEndian(s[i]);
-    }
+    for (QChar ch : src)
+        *d++ = qToLittleEndian(quint16(ch.unicode()));
+
     return rc;
 }