diff --git a/src/Gui/CallTips.cpp b/src/Gui/CallTips.cpp
index 0e416ff07..e7e7b539a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CallTips.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CallTips.cpp
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ void CallTipsList::callTipItemActivated(QListWidgetItem *item)
     cursor.insertText( text );
 
     // get CallTip from item's UserRole-data
-    const CallTip &callTip = qVariantValue<CallTip>( item->data(Qt::UserRole) );
+    const CallTip &callTip = item->data(Qt::UserRole).value<CallTip>();
 
     // if call completion enabled and we've something callable (method or class constructor) ...
     if (this->doCallCompletion
diff --git a/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp b/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp
index 7ec6521d5..fea49102b 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Widgets.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void CommandIconView::startDrag ( Qt::DropActions supportedActions )
     dataStream << items.count();
     for (QList<QListWidgetItem*>::ConstIterator it = items.begin(); it != items.end(); ++it) {
         if (it == items.begin())
-            pixmap = qVariantValue<QPixmap>((*it)->data(Qt::UserRole));
+            pixmap = ((*it)->data(Qt::UserRole)).value<QPixmap>();
         dataStream << (*it)->text();
     }