diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
index 38462c6e24..d879836572 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ void QFont::cacheStatistics()
 */
 QString QFont::lastResortFamily() const
 {
-    return QString::fromLatin1("helvetica");
+    return QStringLiteral("helvetica");
 }
 #endif