diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/xml/qxmlstream/tst_qxmlstream.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/xml/qxmlstream/tst_qxmlstream.cpp
index 8a60bb1876..4442094541 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/xml/qxmlstream/tst_qxmlstream.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/xml/qxmlstream/tst_qxmlstream.cpp
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ void tst_QXmlStream::writeWithCodec() const
     QVERIFY(codec);
     writer.setCodec(codec);
 
-    const char *latin2 = "hé hé";
+    const char *latin2 = "h\xe9 h\xe9";
     const QString string = codec->toUnicode(latin2);
 
 
diff --git a/tests/manual/keypadnavigation/main.cpp b/tests/manual/keypadnavigation/main.cpp
index 964d46faf6..ad53c9f655 100644
--- a/tests/manual/keypadnavigation/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/manual/keypadnavigation/main.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ protected slots:
                 QFontDialog::getFont(0, this);
                 break;
             case DialogQuestion:
-                QMessageBox::question(this, QLatin1String("question"), QLatin1String("¿Hola, que tal?"));
+                QMessageBox::question(this, QLatin1String("question"), QLatin1String("\xbfHola, que tal?"));
                 break;
             case DialogAboutQt:
                 QMessageBox::aboutQt(this);