diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp
index 719ad7d2d..c15d6d0b4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyUserNotify.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void ChatLobbyUserNotify::iconClicked()
 	QString strName=tr("Remove All");
 	QAction *pAction = new QAction( QIcon(), strName, trayMenu);
 	ActionTag actionTag={0x0, "", true};
-	pAction->setData(qVariantFromValue(actionTag));
+	pAction->setData(QVariant::fromValue(actionTag));
 	trayMenu->addAction(pAction);
 
 	trayMenu->exec(QCursor::pos());
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ void ChatLobbyUserNotify::makeSubMenu(QMenu* parentMenu, QIcon icoLobby, QString
 		QAction *pAction = new QAction( icoLobby, strName, lobbyMenu);
 		pAction->setToolTip(doc.toPlainText());
 		ActionTag actionTag={itCL->first, itMsg->first, false};
-		pAction->setData(qVariantFromValue(actionTag));
+		pAction->setData(QVariant::fromValue(actionTag));
 		lobbyMenu->addAction(pAction);
 	}
 
 	QString strName=tr("Remove All");
 	QAction *pAction = new QAction( icoLobby, strName, lobbyMenu);
 	ActionTag actionTag={itCL->first, "", true};
-	pAction->setData(qVariantFromValue(actionTag));
+	pAction->setData(QVariant::fromValue(actionTag));
 	lobbyMenu->addAction(pAction);
 }
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp
index f4c01ddf1..114071ae7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/im_history/ImHistoryBrowser.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void ImHistoryBrowser::fillItem(QListWidgetItem *itemWidget, HistoryMsg& msg)
     QColor backgroundColor = ui.listWidget->palette().base().color();
     QString formatMsg = style.formatMessage(type, name, DateTime::DateTimeFromTime_t(msg.sendTime), messageText, 0, backgroundColor);
 
-    itemWidget->setData(Qt::DisplayRole, qVariantFromValue(IMHistoryItemPainter(formatMsg)));
+    itemWidget->setData(Qt::DisplayRole, QVariant::fromValue(IMHistoryItemPainter(formatMsg)));
     itemWidget->setData(ROLE_MSGID, msg.msgId);
 
     /* calculate plain text */
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp
index 38cb81be0..2fc22a13d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ QString ChatPage::loadStyleInfo(ChatStyle::enumStyleType type, QComboBox *style_
     {
         whileBlocking(style_CB)->insertItem(n,style->styleName);
 
-        style_CB->setItemData(n, qVariantFromValue(*style),Qt::UserRole);
+        style_CB->setItemData(n, QVariant::fromValue(*style),Qt::UserRole);
 
         if (style->stylePath == stylePath) {
             activeItem = n;