diff --git a/qmake/generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp b/qmake/generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp
index a14b63c10c..d942227f55 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/mac/pbuilder_pbx.cpp
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ ProjectBuilderMakefileGenerator::writeMakeParts(QTextStream &t)
       << "\t\t\t" << writeSettings("targets", project->values("QMAKE_PBX_TARGETS"), SettingsAsList, 4) << ";\n"
       << "\t\t\t" << "attributes = {\n"
       << "\t\t\t\tTargetAttributes = {\n";
-    foreach (const ProString &target, project->values("QMAKE_PBX_TARGETS")) {
+    for (const ProString &target : project->values("QMAKE_PBX_TARGETS")) {
         const ProStringList &attributes = project->values(ProKey("QMAKE_PBX_TARGET_ATTRIBUTES_" + target));
         if (attributes.isEmpty())
             continue;
diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
index 4396ad05e3..4a396d3a44 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::processPrlFile(QString &file)
     project->values("QMAKE_CURRENT_PRL_LIBS") = libinfo.values("QMAKE_PRL_LIBS");
     ProStringList &defs = project->values("DEFINES");
     const ProStringList &prl_defs = project->values("PRL_EXPORT_DEFINES");
-    foreach (const ProString &def, libinfo.values("QMAKE_PRL_DEFINES"))
+    for (const ProString &def : libinfo.values("QMAKE_PRL_DEFINES"))
         if (!defs.contains(def) && prl_defs.contains(def))
             defs.append(def);
     if (try_replace_file) {
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeObj(QTextStream &t, const char *src)
           << " " << escapeDependencyPaths(findDependencies(srcf)).join(" \\\n\t\t");
 
         ProKey comp;
-        foreach (const ProString &compiler, project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
+        for (const ProString &compiler : project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
             // Unfortunately we were not consistent about the C++ naming
             ProString extensionSuffix = compiler;
             if (extensionSuffix == "CXX")
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::writeObj(QTextStream &t, const char *src)
             if (compilerSuffix == "C")
                 compilerSuffix = ProString("CC");
 
-            foreach (const ProString &extension, project->values(ProKey("QMAKE_EXT_" + extensionSuffix))) {
+            for (const ProString &extension : project->values(ProKey("QMAKE_EXT_" + extensionSuffix))) {
                 if ((*sit).endsWith(extension)) {
                     comp = ProKey("QMAKE_RUN_" + compilerSuffix);
                     break;
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ QString
 MakefileGenerator::fixFileVarGlue(const ProKey &var, const QString &before, const QString &glue, const QString &after) const
 {
     ProStringList varList;
-    foreach (const ProString &val, project->values(var))
+    for (const ProString &val : project->values(var))
         varList << escapeFilePath(Option::fixPathToTargetOS(val.toQString()));
     return valGlue(varList, before, glue, after);
 }
@@ -2769,11 +2769,11 @@ MakefileGenerator::parseLibFlag(const ProString &flag, ProString *arg)
 ProStringList
 MakefileGenerator::fixLibFlags(const ProKey &var)
 {
-    ProStringList in = project->values(var);
+    const ProStringList &in = project->values(var);
     ProStringList ret;
 
     ret.reserve(in.length());
-    foreach (const ProString &v, in)
+    for (const ProString &v : in)
         ret << fixLibFlag(v);
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
index f7131f61c3..7f875c7f09 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::init()
     project->values("VER_PAT").append(l[2]);
 
     QString sroot = project->sourceRoot();
-    foreach (const ProString &iif, project->values("QMAKE_INTERNAL_INCLUDED_FILES")) {
+    for (const ProString &iif : project->values("QMAKE_INTERNAL_INCLUDED_FILES")) {
         if (iif == project->cacheFile())
             continue;
         if (iif.startsWith(sroot) && iif.at(sroot.length()) == QLatin1Char('/'))
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::init()
     if (project->isActiveConfig("objective_c"))
         project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS") << "OBJC" << "OBJCXX";
 
-    foreach (const ProString &compiler, project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
+    for (const ProString &compiler : project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
         QString compile_flag = var("QMAKE_COMPILE_FLAG");
         if(compile_flag.isEmpty())
             compile_flag = "-c";
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ QStringList
                     ? project->first("QMAKE_PCH_OUTPUT_EXT").toQString() : "";
             header_prefix += Option::dir_sep + project->first("QMAKE_PRECOMP_PREFIX");
 
-            foreach (const ProString &compiler, project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
+            for (const ProString &compiler : project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
                 if (project->isEmpty(ProKey("QMAKE_" + compiler + "FLAGS_PRECOMPILE")))
                     continue;
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ QStringList
                 if (extensionSuffix == "CXX")
                     extensionSuffix = ProString("CPP");
 
-                foreach (const ProString &extension, project->values(ProKey("QMAKE_EXT_" + extensionSuffix))) {
+                for (const ProString &extension : project->values(ProKey("QMAKE_EXT_" + extensionSuffix))) {
                     if (!file.endsWith(extension.toQString()))
                         continue;
 
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::findLibraries(bool linkPrl, bool mergeLflags)
 {
     QList<QMakeLocalFileName> libdirs, frameworkdirs;
     int libidx = 0, fwidx = 0;
-    foreach (const ProString &dlib, project->values("QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS"))
+    for (const ProString &dlib : project->values("QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS"))
         libdirs.append(QMakeLocalFileName(dlib.toQString()));
     frameworkdirs.append(QMakeLocalFileName("/System/Library/Frameworks"));
     frameworkdirs.append(QMakeLocalFileName("/Library/Frameworks"));
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::defaultInstall(const QString &t)
             uninst.append("-$(DEL_FILE) " + dst_targ);
         if (bundle == SlicedBundle) {
             int dstlen = project->first("DESTDIR").length();
-            foreach (const ProString &src, project->values("QMAKE_BUNDLED_FILES")) {
+            for (const ProString &src : project->values("QMAKE_BUNDLED_FILES")) {
                 ProString file = src.mid(dstlen);
                 QString dst = escapeFilePath(
                             filePrefixRoot(root, fileFixify(targetdir + file, FileFixifyAbsolute)));
diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
index 4e18ea8d42..c16cedd8a2 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeMakeParts(QTextStream &t)
             ProString header_suffix = project->isActiveConfig("clang_pch_style")
                                ? project->first("QMAKE_PCH_OUTPUT_EXT") : "";
 
-            foreach (const ProString &compiler, project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
+            for (const ProString &compiler : project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
                 if (project->isEmpty(ProKey("QMAKE_" + compiler + "FLAGS_PRECOMPILE")))
                     continue;
                 ProString language = project->first(ProKey("QMAKE_LANGUAGE_" + compiler));
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeMakeParts(QTextStream &t)
     if(doPrecompiledHeaders() && !project->isEmpty("PRECOMPILED_HEADER")) {
         QString pchInput = project->first("PRECOMPILED_HEADER").toQString();
         t << "###### Precompiled headers\n";
-        foreach (const ProString &compiler, project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
+        for (const ProString &compiler : project->values("QMAKE_BUILTIN_COMPILERS")) {
             QString pchFlags = var(ProKey("QMAKE_" + compiler + "FLAGS_PRECOMPILE"));
             if(pchFlags.isEmpty())
                 continue;
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index 6eb106a5a9..3715a8cce4 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ bool VcprojGenerator::isStandardSuffix(const QString &suffix) const
 
 ProString VcprojGenerator::firstInputFileName(const ProString &extraCompilerName) const
 {
-    foreach (const ProString &var, project->values(ProKey(extraCompilerName + ".input"))) {
+    for (const ProString &var : project->values(ProKey(extraCompilerName + ".input"))) {
         const ProStringList &files = project->values(var.toKey());
         if (!files.isEmpty())
             return files.first();
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ void VcprojGenerator::writeSubDirs(QTextStream &t)
     QHashIterator<VcsolutionDepend *, QStringList> extraIt(extraSubdirs);
     while (extraIt.hasNext()) {
         extraIt.next();
-        foreach (const QString &depend, extraIt.value()) {
+        for (const QString &depend : extraIt.value()) {
             if (!projGuids[depend].isEmpty()) {
                 extraIt.key()->dependencies << projGuids[depend];
             } else if (!profileLookup[depend].isEmpty()) {
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ void VcprojGenerator::init()
 
     // Add all input files for a custom compiler into a map for uniqueness,
     // unless the compiler is configure as a combined stage, then use the first one
-    foreach (const ProString &quc, project->values("QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS")) {
+    for (const ProString &quc : project->values("QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS")) {
         const ProStringList &invar = project->values(ProKey(quc + ".input"));
         const QString compiler_out = project->first(ProKey(quc + ".output")).toQString();
         for (ProStringList::ConstIterator iit = invar.constBegin(); iit != invar.constEnd(); ++iit) {
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ void VcprojGenerator::initResourceTool()
     else
         conf.resource.PreprocessorDefinitions = conf.compiler.PreprocessorDefinitions;
 
-    foreach (const ProString &path, project->values("RC_INCLUDEPATH")) {
+    for (const ProString &path : project->values("RC_INCLUDEPATH")) {
         QString fixedPath = fileFixify(path.toQString());
         if (fileInfo(fixedPath).isRelative()) {
             if (fixedPath == QLatin1String("."))
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ void VcprojGenerator::initDeploymentTool()
         }
     }
 
-    foreach (const ProString &item, project->values("INSTALLS")) {
+    for (const ProString &item : project->values("INSTALLS")) {
         // get item.path
         QString devicePath = project->first(ProKey(item + ".path")).toQString();
         if (!conf.WinRT) {
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ void VcprojGenerator::initDeploymentTool()
             }
         }
         // foreach d in item.files
-        foreach (const ProString &src, project->values(ProKey(item + ".files"))) {
+        for (const ProString &src : project->values(ProKey(item + ".files"))) {
             QString itemDevicePath = devicePath;
             QString source = Option::normalizePath(src.toQString());
             QString nameFilter;
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
index 5eb5360ff3..475aa6d919 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void Win32MakefileGenerator::processRcFileVar()
         QString versionString = vers.join('.');
 
         QStringList rcIcons;
-        foreach (const ProString &icon, project->values("RC_ICONS"))
+        for (const ProString &icon : project->values("RC_ICONS"))
             rcIcons.append(fileFixify(icon.toQString(), FileFixifyAbsolute));
 
         QString companyName;
diff --git a/qmake/project.cpp b/qmake/project.cpp
index 888669d368..3b7f28edbc 100644
--- a/qmake/project.cpp
+++ b/qmake/project.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void QMakeProject::dump() const
          it != m_valuemapStack.first().end(); ++it) {
         if (!it.key().startsWith('.')) {
             QString str = it.key() + " =";
-            foreach (const ProString &v, it.value())
+            for (const ProString &v : it.value())
                 str += ' ' + formatValue(v);
             out << str;
         }