diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfileselector.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfileselector.cpp
index 2dd5d13e53..38f479dd0d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfileselector.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileselector.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ QUrl QFileSelector::select(const QUrl &filePath) const
     return ret;
 }
 
-QString QFileSelectorPrivate::selectionHelper(const QString &path, const QString &fileName, const QStringList &selectors, const QChar &indicator)
+QString QFileSelectorPrivate::selectionHelper(const QString &path, const QString &fileName,
+                                              const QStringList &selectors, QChar indicator)
 {
     /* selectionHelper does a depth-first search of possible selected files. Because there is strict
        selector ordering in the API, we can stop checking as soon as we find the file in a directory
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfileselector_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfileselector_p.h
index 49022908b0..390bc76b3f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfileselector_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileselector_p.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public:
     static QStringList platformSelectors();
     static void addStatics(const QStringList &); //For loading GUI statics from other Qt modules
     static QString selectionHelper(const QString &path, const QString &fileName,
-                                   const QStringList &selectors, const QChar &indicator = u'+');
+                                   const QStringList &selectors, QChar indicator = u'+');
     QFileSelectorPrivate();
     QString select(const QString &filePath) const;