diff --git a/src/imageformats/ani.cpp b/src/imageformats/ani.cpp
index ebf8082..5fa0d46 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/ani.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/ani.cpp
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ bool ANIHandler::ensureScanned() const
 
             // TODO should we check that the number of rate entries matches nSteps?
             auto *dataPtr = data.data();
-            QVector<int> list;
+            QList<int> list;
             for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i += sizeof(quint32_le)) {
                 const auto entry = *(reinterpret_cast<const quint32_le *>(dataPtr + i));
                 list.append(entry);
diff --git a/src/imageformats/ani_p.h b/src/imageformats/ani_p.h
index e33eee4..f5cbca6 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/ani_p.h
+++ b/src/imageformats/ani_p.h
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ private:
     int m_frameCount = 0; // "physical" frames
     int m_imageCount = 0; // logical images
     // Stores a custom sequence of images
-    QVector<int> m_imageSequence;
+    QList<int> m_imageSequence;
     // and the corresponding offsets where they are
     // since we can't read the image data sequentally in this case then
-    QVector<qint64> m_frameOffsets;
+    QList<qint64> m_frameOffsets;
     qint64 m_firstFrameOffset = 0;
 
     int m_displayRate = 0;
-    QVector<int> m_displayRates;
+    QList<int> m_displayRates;
 
     QString m_name;
     QString m_artist;
diff --git a/src/imageformats/jxl_p.h b/src/imageformats/jxl_p.h
index 7a4af0b..3e93808 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/jxl_p.h
+++ b/src/imageformats/jxl_p.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QImageIOHandler>
 #include <QImageIOPlugin>
+#include <QList>
 #include <QVariant>
-#include <QVector>
 
 #include <jxl/decode.h>
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private:
     void *m_runner;
     JxlBasicInfo m_basicinfo;
 
-    QVector<int> m_framedelays;
+    QList<int> m_framedelays;
     int m_next_image_delay;
 
     QImage m_current_image;
diff --git a/src/imageformats/psd.cpp b/src/imageformats/psd.cpp
index 710d1a6..85ef237 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/psd.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/psd.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct PSDDuotoneOptions {
  */
 struct PSDColorModeDataSection {
     PSDDuotoneOptions duotone;
-    QVector<QRgb> palette;
+    QList<QRgb> palette;
 };
 
 using PSDImageResourceSection = QHash<quint16, PSDImageResourceBlock>;
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ PSDColorModeDataSection readColorModeDataSection(QDataStream &s, bool *ok = null
     }
     else {              // read the palette (768 bytes)
         auto&& palette = cms.palette;
-        QVector<quint8> vect(size);
+        QList<quint8> vect(size);
         for (auto&& v : vect)
             s >> v;
         for (qsizetype i = 0, n = vect.size()/3; i < n; ++i)
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static bool LoadPSD(QDataStream &stream, const PSDHeader &header, QImage &img)
         return false;
     }
 
-    QVector<quint32> strides(header.height * header.channel_count, raw_count);
+    QList<quint32> strides(header.height * header.channel_count, raw_count);
     // Read the compressed stride sizes
     if (compression) {
         for (auto&& v : strides) {
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static bool LoadPSD(QDataStream &stream, const PSDHeader &header, QImage &img)
     }
     // calculate the absolute file positions of each stride (required when a colorspace conversion should be done)
     auto device = stream.device();
-    QVector<quint64> stridePositions(strides.size());
+    QList<quint64> stridePositions(strides.size());
     if (!stridePositions.isEmpty()) {
         stridePositions[0] = device->pos();
     }
diff --git a/src/imageformats/ras.cpp b/src/imageformats/ras.cpp
index b149909..bd250ff 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/ras.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/ras.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static bool LoadRAS(QDataStream &s, const RasHeader &ras, QImage &img)
 
     // Read palette if needed.
     if (ras.ColorMapType == RAS_COLOR_MAP_TYPE_RGB) {
-        QVector<quint8> palette(ras.ColorMapLength);
+        QList<quint8> palette(ras.ColorMapLength);
         for (quint32 i = 0; i < ras.ColorMapLength; ++i) {
             s >> palette[i];
         }
diff --git a/src/imageformats/rgb.cpp b/src/imageformats/rgb.cpp
index 99e3081..bfd92d3 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/rgb.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/rgb.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 #include "rgb_p.h"
 #include "util_p.h"
 
+#include <QList>
 #include <QMap>
-#include <QVector>
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QImage>
 
-class RLEData : public QVector<uchar>
+class RLEData : public QList<uchar>
 {
 public:
     RLEData()
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public:
     {
     }
     uint insert(const uchar *d, uint l);
-    QVector<const RLEData *> vector();
+    QList<const RLEData *> vector();
     void setBaseOffset(uint o)
     {
         _offset = o;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private:
     QByteArray _data;
     QByteArray::Iterator _pos;
     RLEMap _rlemap;
-    QVector<const RLEData *> _rlevector;
+    QList<const RLEData *> _rlevector;
     uint _numrows;
 
     bool readData(QImage &);
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ uint RLEMap::insert(const uchar *d, uint l)
     return QMap<RLEData, uint>::insert(data, _counter++).value();
 }
 
-QVector<const RLEData *> RLEMap::vector()
+QList<const RLEData *> RLEMap::vector()
 {
-    QVector<const RLEData *> v(size());
+    QList<const RLEData *> v(size());
     for (Iterator it = begin(); it != end(); ++it) {
         v.replace(it.value(), &it.key());
     }
diff --git a/src/imageformats/util_p.h b/src/imageformats/util_p.h
index 2429ffe..c318ea3 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/util_p.h
+++ b/src/imageformats/util_p.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QImageIOHandler>
 
-// QVector uses some extra space for stuff, hence the 32 here suggested by Thiago Macieira
+// QList uses some extra space for stuff, hence the 32 here suggested by Thiago Macieira
 static constexpr int kMaxQVectorSize = std::numeric_limits<int>::max() - 32;
 
 // On Qt 6 to make the plugins fail to allocate if the image size is greater than QImageReader::allocationLimit()
diff --git a/src/imageformats/xcf.cpp b/src/imageformats/xcf.cpp
index 7dd5da9..9a20cbe 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/xcf.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/xcf.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #include <QIODevice>
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QImageReader>
+#include <QList>
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QStack>
-#include <QVector>
 #include <QtEndian>
 
 #ifndef XCF_QT5_SUPPORT
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct RandomTable {
  * parallel processing on a tile-by-tile basis. Here, though,
  * we just read them in en-masse and store them in a matrix.
  */
-typedef QVector<QVector<QImage>> Tiles;
+typedef QList<QList<QImage>> Tiles;
 
 class XCFImageFormat
 {
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ public:
         qint32 tattoo; //!< (unique identifier?)
         quint32 unit; //!< Units of The GIMP (inch, mm, pica, etc...)
         qint32 num_colors = 0; //!< number of colors in an indexed image
-        QVector<QRgb> palette; //!< indexed image color palette
+        QList<QRgb> palette; //!< indexed image color palette
 
         int num_layers; //!< number of layers
         Layer layer; //!< most recently read layer
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ private:
     //! This table is used as a shared grayscale ramp to be set on grayscale
     //! images. This is because Qt does not differentiate between indexed and
     //! grayscale images.
-    static QVector<QRgb> grayTable;
+    static QList<QRgb> grayTable;
 
     //! This table provides the add_pixel saturation values (i.e. 250 + 250 = 255).
     // static int add_lut[256][256]; - this is so lame waste of 256k of memory
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ bool XCFImageFormat::random_table_initialized;
 
 constexpr RandomTable XCFImageFormat::randomTable;
 
-QVector<QRgb> XCFImageFormat::grayTable;
+QList<QRgb> XCFImageFormat::grayTable;
 
 bool XCFImageFormat::modeAffectsSourceAlpha(const quint32 type)
 {
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ bool XCFImageFormat::loadImageProperties(QDataStream &xcf_io, XCFImage &xcf_imag
                 return false;
             }
 
-            xcf_image.palette = QVector<QRgb>();
+            xcf_image.palette = QList<QRgb>();
             xcf_image.palette.reserve(xcf_image.num_colors);
 
             for (int i = 0; i < xcf_image.num_colors; i++) {
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ bool XCFImageFormat::loadLevel(QDataStream &xcf_io, Layer &layer, qint32 bpp, co
 
     const uint blockSize = TILE_WIDTH * TILE_HEIGHT * bpp * 1.5;
 
-    QVector<uchar> buffer;
+    QList<uchar> buffer;
     if (needConvert) {
         buffer.resize(blockSize * (bpp == 2 ? 2 : 1));
     }