diff --git a/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp b/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp
index 177895ff6c..74fc0a269f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/mimetypes/qmimeprovider.cpp
@@ -453,13 +453,14 @@ void QMimeBinaryProvider::loadMimeTypeList()
         m_mimetypeNames.clear();
         // Unfortunately mime.cache doesn't have a full list of all mimetypes.
         // So we have to parse the plain-text files called "types".
-        QFile file(m_directory + QStringLiteral("/types"));
+        QFile file(m_directory + QStringView(u"/types"));
         if (file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
             while (!file.atEnd()) {
-                QByteArray line = file.readLine();
-                if (line.endsWith('\n'))
-                    line.chop(1);
-                m_mimetypeNames.insert(QString::fromLatin1(line));
+                const QByteArray line = file.readLine();
+                auto lineView = QByteArrayView(line);
+                if (lineView.endsWith('\n'))
+                    lineView.chop(1);
+                m_mimetypeNames.insert(QString::fromLatin1(lineView));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -717,7 +718,7 @@ void QMimeXMLProvider::findByMagic(const QByteArray &data, int *accuracyPtr, QMi
 void QMimeXMLProvider::ensureLoaded()
 {
     QStringList allFiles;
-    const QString packageDir = m_directory + QStringLiteral("/packages");
+    const QString packageDir = m_directory + QStringView(u"/packages");
     QDir dir(packageDir);
     const QStringList files = dir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
     allFiles.reserve(files.size());