diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
index 184e340395..dc159c8f7c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qsortfilterproxymodel.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-typedef QList<QPair<QModelIndex, QPersistentModelIndex> > QModelIndexPairList;
+typedef QVector<QPair<QModelIndex, QPersistentModelIndex> > QModelIndexPairList;
 
 static inline QSet<int> qVectorToSet(const QVector<int> &vector)
 {
diff --git a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel.cpp b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel.cpp
index 5f39fa60d7..e28348474c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/itemmodels/qstringlistmodel.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void QStringListModel::sort(int, Qt::SortOrder order)
 {
     emit layoutAboutToBeChanged(QList<QPersistentModelIndex>(), VerticalSortHint);
 
-    QList<QPair<QString, int> > list;
+    QVector<QPair<QString, int> > list;
     const int lstCount = lst.count();
     list.reserve(lstCount);
     for (int i = 0; i < lstCount; ++i)