diff --git a/applets/systemtray/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp b/applets/systemtray/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp
index 31e60392d..a205d65f4 100644
--- a/applets/systemtray/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp
+++ b/applets/systemtray/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback(QDBusPendingCallWatcher *call)
             }
             // FIXME: If last part of path is not "icons", this won't work!
             QString appName;
-            auto tokens = path.splitRef('/', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+            auto tokens = QStringView(path).split('/', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
             if (tokens.length() >= 3 && tokens.takeLast() == QLatin1String("icons"))
                 appName = tokens.takeLast().toString();
 
diff --git a/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp b/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp
index a6edbc10a..a54620abc 100644
--- a/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp
+++ b/dataengines/applicationjobs/kuiserverengine.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ QString KuiserverEngine::sourceName(Job *job)
 
 uint KuiserverEngine::jobId(const QString &sourceName)
 {
-    return sourceName.midRef(4 /*length of Job + space*/).toUInt();
+    return QStringView(sourceName).mid(4 /*length of Job + space*/).toUInt();
 }
 
 Plasma::Service *KuiserverEngine::serviceForSource(const QString &source)
diff --git a/dataengines/devicenotifications/ksolidnotify.cpp b/dataengines/devicenotifications/ksolidnotify.cpp
index 5172a0ab8..f4852a268 100644
--- a/dataengines/devicenotifications/ksolidnotify.cpp
+++ b/dataengines/devicenotifications/ksolidnotify.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QStringList>
-#include <QStringRef>
+#include <QStringView>
 #include <QVector>
 
 KSolidNotify::KSolidNotify(QObject *parent)
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ void KSolidNotify::queryBlockingApps(const QString &devicePath)
     connect(p, static_cast<void (QProcess::*)(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)>(&QProcess::finished), [=](int, QProcess::ExitStatus) {
         QStringList blockApps;
         QString out(p->readAll());
-        const QVector<QStringRef> pidList = out.splitRef(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("\\s+")), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+        const auto pidList = QStringView(out).split(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("\\s+")), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
         KSysGuard::Processes procs;
-        for (const QStringRef &pidStr : pidList) {
+        for (const QStringView &pidStr : pidList) {
             int pid = pidStr.toInt();
             if (!pid) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp b/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp
index ab1fdc51b..233530749 100644
--- a/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp
+++ b/dataengines/statusnotifieritem/statusnotifieritemsource.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback(QDBusPendingCallWatcher *call)
             }
             // FIXME: If last part of path is not "icons", this won't work!
             QString appName;
-            auto tokens = path.splitRef('/', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+            auto tokens = QStringView(path).split('/', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
             if (tokens.length() >= 3 && tokens.takeLast() == QLatin1String("icons"))
                 appName = tokens.takeLast().toString();
 
diff --git a/dataengines/systemmonitor/systemmonitor.cpp b/dataengines/systemmonitor/systemmonitor.cpp
index ecfbd629a..943fd2e2d 100644
--- a/dataengines/systemmonitor/systemmonitor.cpp
+++ b/dataengines/systemmonitor/systemmonitor.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void SystemMonitorEngine::answerReceived(int id, const QList<QByteArray> &answer
 
         foreach (const QByteArray &sens, answer) {
             const QString sensStr{QString::fromUtf8(sens)};
-            const QVector<QStringRef> newSensorInfo = sensStr.splitRef('\t');
+            const auto newSensorInfo = QStringView(sensStr).split('\t');
             if (newSensorInfo.count() < 2) {
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/kcms/cursortheme/kcmcursortheme.cpp b/kcms/cursortheme/kcmcursortheme.cpp
index 63ac9e22e..aa7bdc2c3 100644
--- a/kcms/cursortheme/kcmcursortheme.cpp
+++ b/kcms/cursortheme/kcmcursortheme.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void CursorThemeConfig::ghnsEntryChanged(KNSCore::EntryWrapper *entry)
 {
     if (entry->entry().status() == KNS3::Entry::Deleted) {
         for (const QString &deleted : entry->entry().uninstalledFiles()) {
-            QVector<QStringRef> list = deleted.splitRef(QLatin1Char('/'));
+            auto list = QStringView(deleted).split(QLatin1Char('/'));
             if (list.last() == QLatin1Char('*')) {
                 list.takeLast();
             }
diff --git a/kcms/fonts/previewimageprovider.cpp b/kcms/fonts/previewimageprovider.cpp
index dc75feac0..050b14a2d 100644
--- a/kcms/fonts/previewimageprovider.cpp
+++ b/kcms/fonts/previewimageprovider.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ QImage PreviewImageProvider::requestImage(const QString &id, QSize *size, const
     int subPixelIndex = 0;
     int hintingIndex = 0;
 
-    const auto idpart = id.splitRef(QLatin1Char('.'))[0];
+    const auto idpart = QStringView(id).split(QLatin1Char('.'))[0];
     const auto sections = idpart.split(QLatin1Char('_'));
 
     if (sections.size() >= 2) {
diff --git a/libkworkspace/kdisplaymanager.cpp b/libkworkspace/kdisplaymanager.cpp
index bbd9f96f4..57f91d4bf 100644
--- a/libkworkspace/kdisplaymanager.cpp
+++ b/libkworkspace/kdisplaymanager.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ public:
             se.display = tty;
             se.tty = true;
         }
-        se.vt = tty.midRef(strlen("/dev/tty")).toInt();
+        se.vt = QStringView(tty).mid(strlen("/dev/tty")).toInt();
     }
 };
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ bool KDisplayManager::localSessions(SessList &list)
             QStringList ts = (*it).split(QChar(','));
             SessEnt se;
             se.display = ts[0];
-            se.vt = ts[1].midRef(2).toInt();
+            se.vt = QStringView(ts[1]).mid(2).toInt();
             se.user = ts[2];
             se.session = ts[3];
             se.self = (ts[4].indexOf('*') >= 0);
diff --git a/wallpapers/image/image.cpp b/wallpapers/image/image.cpp
index 346e2fe3c..38030982c 100644
--- a/wallpapers/image/image.cpp
+++ b/wallpapers/image/image.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ QSize resSize(const QString &str)
 {
     int index = str.indexOf('x');
     if (index != -1) {
-        return QSize(str.leftRef(index).toInt(), str.midRef(index + 1).toInt());
+        return QSize(QStringView(str).left(index).toInt(), QStringView(str).mid(index + 1).toInt());
     }
 
     return QSize();