diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
index 5f98902abd..cc701eebe3 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview/tst_qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -1110,8 +1110,8 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemView::checkIntersectedRect_data()
     {
         QStandardItemModel *model = new QStandardItemModel;
         for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; ++i) {
-            const QList<QStandardItem *> sil({new QStandardItem(QLatin1String("Row %1 Item").arg(i)),
-                                              new QStandardItem(QLatin1String("2nd column"))});
+            const QList<QStandardItem *> sil({new QStandardItem(QString("Row %1 Item").arg(i)),
+                                              new QStandardItem(QString("2nd column"))});
             model->appendRow(sil);
         }
         return model;
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
index d1adc7a29f..9a2b5afa6a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/itemviews/qtreeview/tst_qtreeview.cpp
@@ -4860,13 +4860,13 @@ void tst_QTreeView::checkIntersectedRect_data()
     {
         QStandardItemModel *model = new QStandardItemModel;
         for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; ++i) {
-            const QList<QStandardItem *> sil({new QStandardItem(QLatin1String("Row %1 Item").arg(i)),
-                                              new QStandardItem(QLatin1String("2nd column"))});
+            const QList<QStandardItem *> sil({new QStandardItem(QString("Row %1 Item").arg(i)),
+                                              new QStandardItem(QString("2nd column"))});
             model->appendRow(sil);
         }
         for (int i = 2; i < 4; ++i) {
-            const QList<QStandardItem *> sil({new QStandardItem(QLatin1String("Row %1 Item").arg(i)),
-                                              new QStandardItem(QLatin1String("2nd column"))});
+            const QList<QStandardItem *> sil({new QStandardItem(QString("Row %1 Item").arg(i)),
+                                              new QStandardItem(QString("2nd column"))});
             model->item(i)->appendRow(sil);
         }
         return model;