diff --git a/src/Parsers/qCSSParser.cpp b/src/Parsers/qCSSParser.cpp
index e54c1b1e22..88b42bedb3 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/qCSSParser.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/qCSSParser.cpp
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ QString CSSParser::unicode(QString& istring, int& i)
         (CSSUtils::hexdec(add) > 96 && CSSUtils::hexdec(add) < 123))
     {
         QString msg = "Replaced unicode notation: Changed \\" + CSSUtils::rtrim(add) + " to ";
-        add = static_cast<int>(CSSUtils::hexdec(add));
+        add = QChar(static_cast<int>(CSSUtils::hexdec(add)));
         msg += add;
         log(msg,Information);
         replaced = true;
diff --git a/src/Parsers/qCSSUtils.cpp b/src/Parsers/qCSSUtils.cpp
index d982510e23..b6c6b49579 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/qCSSUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/qCSSUtils.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ QChar CSSUtils::s_at(const QString &istring, const int pos)
 {
     if(pos > (istring.length()-1) || pos < 0)
     {
-        return 0;
+        return QChar(0);
     } 
     else 
     {
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ QString CSSUtils::build_value(const QVector<QString> subvalues)
 
 bool CSSUtils::ctype_space(const QChar c)
 {
-    return (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == 11);
+    return (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == QChar(11));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qt6sigil.cmake b/src/qt6sigil.cmake
index 763b0fff14..dada3378a9 100644
--- a/src/qt6sigil.cmake
+++ b/src/qt6sigil.cmake
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 #     Build Sigil against Qt6 - requires cmake 3.16+ and a C++17 compiler
 #############################################################################
 
-# quiet Qt 6 deprecat4ed warnings
-# add_definitions(-DQT_NO_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS)
-add_definitions(-DQT_IMPLICIT_QCHAR_CONSTRUCTION)
-
 if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.27.9")
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0153 OLD)
 endif()