diff --git a/Quotient/events/event.cpp b/Quotient/events/event.cpp
index b1d30e49c..d56f8a4b2 100644
--- a/Quotient/events/event.cpp
+++ b/Quotient/events/event.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ void AbstractEventMetaType::addDerived(const AbstractEventMetaType* newType)
         // is not normal, so give as much information as possible to diagnose
         if (QUO_ALARM_X(
                 (*existing)->className == newType->className,
-                QLatin1StringView(newType->className) % " claims '"_L1 % newType->matrixId
-                    % "' repeatedly;"
-                      " check that it's exported across translation units or shared objects"_L1))
+                QString::fromLatin1(newType->className) % u" claims '" % newType->matrixId
+                    % u"' repeatedly;"
+                      " check that it's exported across translation units or shared objects"))
             return; // That situation is very wrong so maybe std::terminate() even?
 
         qWarning(EVENTS).nospace() << newType->matrixId << " is already mapped to "