diff --git a/src/library/dao/settingsdao.cpp b/src/library/dao/settingsdao.cpp
index b7797c7bbf82..138a40942cdf 100644
--- a/src/library/dao/settingsdao.cpp
+++ b/src/library/dao/settingsdao.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ QString SettingsDAO::getValue(const QString& name, QString defaultValue) const {
 }
 
 bool SettingsDAO::setValue(const QString& name, const QVariant& value) const {
-    VERIFY_OR_DEBUG_ASSERT(value.canConvert(QMetaType::QString)) {
+    VERIFY_OR_DEBUG_ASSERT(value.canConvert<QString>()) {
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/library/proxytrackmodel.cpp b/src/library/proxytrackmodel.cpp
index 8579b4eb9e9b..d8a2755c1c4f 100644
--- a/src/library/proxytrackmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/library/proxytrackmodel.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ bool ProxyTrackModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow,
         int i = iter.next();
         QModelIndex index = itemModel->index(sourceRow, i, sourceParent);
         QVariant data = itemModel->data(index);
-        if (data.canConvert(QMetaType::QString)) {
+        if (data.canConvert<QString>()) {
             QString strData = data.toString();
             if (strData.contains(filter)) {
                 rowMatches = true;
diff --git a/src/library/searchquery.cpp b/src/library/searchquery.cpp
index 027c011f9c37..f914f2ca18e5 100644
--- a/src/library/searchquery.cpp
+++ b/src/library/searchquery.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ TextFilterNode::TextFilterNode(const QSqlDatabase& database,
 bool TextFilterNode::match(const TrackPointer& pTrack) const {
     for (const auto& sqlColumn : m_sqlColumns) {
         QVariant value = getTrackValueForColumn(pTrack, sqlColumn);
-        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert(QMetaType::QString)) {
+        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert<QString>()) {
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ bool NullOrEmptyTextFilterNode::match(const TrackPointer& pTrack) const {
     if (!m_sqlColumns.isEmpty()) {
         // only use the major column
         QVariant value = getTrackValueForColumn(pTrack, m_sqlColumns.first());
-        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert(QMetaType::QString)) {
+        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert<QString>()) {
             return true;
         }
         return value.toString().isEmpty();
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ double NumericFilterNode::parse(const QString& arg, bool* ok) {
 bool NumericFilterNode::match(const TrackPointer& pTrack) const {
     for (const auto& sqlColumn : m_sqlColumns) {
         QVariant value = getTrackValueForColumn(pTrack, sqlColumn);
-        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert(QMetaType::Double)) {
+        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert<double>()) {
             if (m_bNullQuery) {
                 return true;
             }
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ bool NullNumericFilterNode::match(const TrackPointer& pTrack) const {
     if (!m_sqlColumns.isEmpty()) {
         // only use the major column
         QVariant value = getTrackValueForColumn(pTrack, m_sqlColumns.first());
-        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert(QMetaType::Double)) {
+        if (!value.isValid() || !value.canConvert<double>()) {
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/widget/wtrackproperty.cpp b/src/widget/wtrackproperty.cpp
index d3f497de26aa..dfc9f3db5f7a 100644
--- a/src/widget/wtrackproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/widget/wtrackproperty.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void WTrackProperty::slotTrackChanged(TrackId trackId) {
 void WTrackProperty::updateLabel() {
     if (m_pCurrentTrack) {
         QVariant property = m_pCurrentTrack->property(m_property.toUtf8().constData());
-        if (property.isValid() && property.canConvert(QMetaType::QString)) {
+        if (property.isValid() && property.canConvert<QString>()) {
             setText(property.toString());
             return;
         }