diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
index d38b8ad9f4..51f7eb95a3 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefile.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::init()
     int x;
 
     //build up a list of compilers
-    QVector<Compiler> compilers;
+    QList<Compiler> compilers;
     {
         const char *builtins[] = { "OBJECTS", "SOURCES", "PRECOMPILED_HEADER", nullptr };
         for(x = 0; builtins[x]; ++x) {
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::init()
         ProStringList incDirs = v["DEPENDPATH"] + v["QMAKE_ABSOLUTE_SOURCE_PATH"];
         if(project->isActiveConfig("depend_includepath"))
             incDirs += v["INCLUDEPATH"];
-        QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> deplist;
+        QList<QMakeLocalFileName> deplist;
         deplist.reserve(incDirs.size());
         for (ProStringList::Iterator it = incDirs.begin(); it != incDirs.end(); ++it)
             deplist.append(QMakeLocalFileName((*it).toQString()));
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static QStringList splitDeps(const QString &indeps, bool lineMode)
 
 QString MakefileGenerator::resolveDependency(const QDir &outDir, const QString &file)
 {
-    const QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> &depdirs = QMakeSourceFileInfo::dependencyPaths();
+    const QList<QMakeLocalFileName> &depdirs = QMakeSourceFileInfo::dependencyPaths();
     for (const auto &depdir : depdirs) {
         const QString &local = depdir.local();
         QString lf = outDir.absoluteFilePath(local + '/' + file);
@@ -3095,7 +3095,7 @@ MakefileGenerator::findFileForDep(const QMakeLocalFileName &dep, const QMakeLoca
 
         if(Option::output_dir != qmake_getpwd()
            && QDir::isRelativePath(dep.real())) { //is it from the shadow tree
-            QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> depdirs = QMakeSourceFileInfo::dependencyPaths();
+            QList<QMakeLocalFileName> depdirs = QMakeSourceFileInfo::dependencyPaths();
             depdirs.prepend(fileInfo(file.real()).absoluteDir().path());
             QString pwd = qmake_getpwd();
             if(pwd.at(pwd.length()-1) != '/')
diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.cpp b/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.cpp
index 0ff64c4fbc..f1b1e4b216 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.cpp
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ void QMakeSourceFileInfo::dependTreeWalker(SourceFile *node, SourceDependChildre
     }
 }
 
-void QMakeSourceFileInfo::setDependencyPaths(const QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> &l)
+void QMakeSourceFileInfo::setDependencyPaths(const QList<QMakeLocalFileName> &l)
 {
     // Ensure that depdirs does not contain the same paths several times, to minimize the stats
-    QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> ll;
+    QList<QMakeLocalFileName> ll;
     for (int i = 0; i < l.count(); ++i) {
         if (!ll.contains(l.at(i)))
             ll.append(l.at(i));
diff --git a/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.h b/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.h
index b97ace42a6..31587371ef 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.h
+++ b/qmake/generators/makefiledeps.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 #include <proitems.h>
 
-#include <qstringlist.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
-#include <qvector.h>
+#include <qlist.h>
+#include <qstringlist.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ private:
     //quick project lookups
     SourceFiles *files, *includes;
     bool files_changed;
-    QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> depdirs;
+    QList<QMakeLocalFileName> depdirs;
     QStringList systemIncludes;
 
     //sleezy buffer code
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ public:
     QMakeSourceFileInfo();
     virtual ~QMakeSourceFileInfo();
 
-    QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> dependencyPaths() const { return depdirs; }
-    void setDependencyPaths(const QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> &);
+    QList<QMakeLocalFileName> dependencyPaths() const { return depdirs; }
+    void setDependencyPaths(const QList<QMakeLocalFileName> &);
 
     enum DependencyMode { Recursive, NonRecursive };
     inline void setDependencyMode(DependencyMode mode) { dep_mode = mode; }
diff --git a/qmake/generators/metamakefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/metamakefile.cpp
index 7776d77008..8d1eb1d886 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/metamakefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/metamakefile.cpp
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void BuildsMetaMakefileGenerator::checkForConflictingTargets() const
         return;
     }
     using TargetInfo = std::pair<Build *, ProString>;
-    QVector<TargetInfo> targets;
+    QList<TargetInfo> targets;
     const int last = makefiles.count() - 1;
     targets.resize(last);
     for (int i = 0; i < last; ++i) {
diff --git a/qmake/generators/projectgenerator.cpp b/qmake/generators/projectgenerator.cpp
index ac6793cbf3..4e1b32fb69 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/projectgenerator.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/projectgenerator.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ ProjectGenerator::init()
     }
 
     //setup deplist
-    QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> deplist;
+    QList<QMakeLocalFileName> deplist;
     {
         const ProStringList &d = v["DEPENDPATH"];
         for(int i = 0; i < d.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
index f7bd6dc663..07f8d861dc 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake.cpp
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::fixLibFlag(const ProString &lib)
 bool
 UnixMakefileGenerator::findLibraries(bool linkPrl, bool mergeLflags)
 {
-    QVector<QMakeLocalFileName> libdirs, frameworkdirs;
+    QList<QMakeLocalFileName> libdirs, frameworkdirs;
     int libidx = 0, fwidx = 0;
     for (const ProString &dlib : project->values("QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS"))
         libdirs.append(QMakeLocalFileName(dlib.toQString()));
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.h b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.h
index 8793c793ef..67310cc33c 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.h
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_objectmodel.h
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ public:
     VCCLCompilerTool        CompilerTool;
 };
 
-typedef QVector<VCFilter> VCFilterList;
+typedef QList<VCFilter> VCFilterList;
 class VCProjectSingleConfig
 {
 public:
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
index ddb6bf5b4e..477205a7f7 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/msvc_vcproj.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ ProStringList VcprojGenerator::collectDependencies(QMakeProject *proj, QHash<QSt
                                                    QHash<QString, ProStringList> &subdirProjectLookup,
                                                    const ProStringList &allDependencies)
 {
-    QVector<QPair<QString, ProStringList> > collectedSubdirs;
+    QList<QPair<QString, ProStringList>> collectedSubdirs;
     ProStringList tmp_proj_subdirs = proj->values("SUBDIRS");
     ProStringList projectsInProject;
     const int numSubdirs = tmp_proj_subdirs.size();
diff --git a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
index 0c32be8ef6..422919b872 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/win32/winmakefile.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Win32MakefileGenerator::findLibraries(bool linkPrl, bool mergeLflags)
     ProStringList impexts = project->values("QMAKE_LIB_EXTENSIONS");
     if (impexts.isEmpty())
         impexts = project->values("QMAKE_EXTENSION_STATICLIB");
-    QVector<LibrarySearchPath> dirs;
+    QList<LibrarySearchPath> dirs;
     int libidx = 0;
     for (const ProString &dlib : project->values("QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS"))
         dirs.append(LibrarySearchPath(dlib.toQString(), true));
diff --git a/qmake/library/proitems.h b/qmake/library/proitems.h
index bef93795d2..24412098d6 100644
--- a/qmake/library/proitems.h
+++ b/qmake/library/proitems.h
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 #include "qmake_global.h"
 
 #include <qdebug.h>
-#include <qstring.h>
-#include <qvector.h>
 #include <qhash.h>
+#include <qlist.h>
 #include <qmap.h>
+#include <qstring.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ private:
     const ProString *m_ps;
 };
 
-class ProStringList : public QVector<ProString> {
+class ProStringList : public QList<ProString> {
 public:
     ProStringList() {}
     ProStringList(const ProString &str) { *this << str; }
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ public:
     QStringList toQStringList() const;
 
     ProStringList &operator<<(const ProString &str)
-        { QVector<ProString>::operator<<(str); return *this; }
+        { QList<ProString>::operator<<(str); return *this; }
 
     int length() const { return size(); }
 
diff --git a/qmake/main.cpp b/qmake/main.cpp
index 36ba631127..4c3c92c296 100644
--- a/qmake/main.cpp
+++ b/qmake/main.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Q_DECLARE_TYPEINFO(SedSubst, Q_MOVABLE_TYPE);
 
 static int doSed(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-    QVector<SedSubst> substs;
+    QList<SedSubst> substs;
     QList<const char *> inFiles;
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
         if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-e")) {