diff --git a/examples/saslclient/saslclient.cpp b/examples/saslclient/saslclient.cpp
index 0d3ef7d2..1353c225 100644
--- a/examples/saslclient/saslclient.cpp
+++ b/examples/saslclient/saslclient.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if(at != -1)
 	{
 		host = hostinput.mid(0, at);
-		port = hostinput.mid(at + 1).toInt();
+		port = hostinput.midRef(at + 1).toInt();
 	}
 	else
 		host = hostinput;
diff --git a/examples/saslserver/saslserver.cpp b/examples/saslserver/saslserver.cpp
index e0514a23..ad2c6f97 100644
--- a/examples/saslserver/saslserver.cpp
+++ b/examples/saslserver/saslserver.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if(at != -1)
 	{
 		host = hostinput.mid(0, at);
-		port = hostinput.mid(at + 1).toInt();
+		port = hostinput.midRef(at + 1).toInt();
 	}
 	else
 		host = hostinput;
diff --git a/examples/ssltest/ssltest.cpp b/examples/ssltest/ssltest.cpp
index 2648c535..2b09431f 100644
--- a/examples/ssltest/ssltest.cpp
+++ b/examples/ssltest/ssltest.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public:
 		if(n != -1)
 		{
 			host = _host.mid(0, n);
-			port = _host.mid(n+1).toInt();
+			port = _host.midRef(n+1).toInt();
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/plugins/qca-pkcs11/qca-pkcs11.cpp b/plugins/qca-pkcs11/qca-pkcs11.cpp
index 1917462f..7d41bfc9 100644
--- a/plugins/qca-pkcs11/qca-pkcs11.cpp
+++ b/plugins/qca-pkcs11/qca-pkcs11.cpp
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ pkcs11KeyStoreListContext::_unescapeString (
 		QChar c = from[i];
 
 		if (c == '\\') {
-			to += QChar ((ushort)from.mid (i+2, 4).toInt (0, 16));
+			to += QChar ((ushort)from.midRef (i+2, 4).toInt (0, 16));
 			i+=5;
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/plugins/qca-softstore/qca-softstore.cpp b/plugins/qca-softstore/qca-softstore.cpp
index 50f17629..4a640615 100644
--- a/plugins/qca-softstore/qca-softstore.cpp
+++ b/plugins/qca-softstore/qca-softstore.cpp
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ private:
 			QChar c = from[i];
 
 			if (c == '\\') {
-				to += QChar ((ushort)from.mid (i+2, 4).toInt (0, 16));
+				to += QChar ((ushort)from.midRef (i+2, 4).toInt (0, 16));
 				i+=5;
 			}
 			else {
diff --git a/src/qca_default.cpp b/src/qca_default.cpp
index 7488c7ed..8a484e3a 100644
--- a/src/qca_default.cpp
+++ b/src/qca_default.cpp
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ public:
 			int x = s.indexOf(':');
 			bool ok = false;
 			if(x != -1)
-				s.mid(x + 1).toInt(&ok);
+				s.midRef(x + 1).toInt(&ok);
 			if(!ok)
 			{
 				plugin_priorities.removeAt(n);
diff --git a/src/qca_plugin.cpp b/src/qca_plugin.cpp
index 5ad08790..696c4f67 100644
--- a/src/qca_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/qca_plugin.cpp
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ int ProviderManager::get_default_priority(const QString &name) const
 		// qca_default already sanity checks the strings
 		int n = s.indexOf(':');
 		QString sname = s.mid(0, n);
-		int spriority = s.mid(n + 1).toInt();
+		int spriority = s.midRef(n + 1).toInt();
 		if(sname == name)
 			return spriority;
 	}