diff --git a/tests/check-qdict.c b/tests/check-qdict.c
index 9cdc985..3effca5 100644
--- a/tests/check-qdict.c
+++ b/tests/check-qdict.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void qdict_put_obj_test(void)
     qdict = qdict_new();

     // key "" will have tdb hash 12345
-    qdict_put(qdict, "", qint_from_int(num));
+    qdict_put_int(qdict, "", num);

     g_assert(qdict_size(qdict) == 1);
     ent = QLIST_FIRST(&qdict->table[12345 % QDICT_BUCKET_MAX]);
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ static void qdict_destroy_simple_test(void)
     QDict *qdict;

     qdict = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(qdict, "num", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(qdict, "str", qstring_from_str("foo"));
+    qdict_put_int(qdict, "num", 0);
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "str", "foo");

     QDECREF(qdict);
 }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void qdict_get_test(void)
     const char *key = "test";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qint_from_int(value));
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, key, value);

     obj = qdict_get(tests_dict, key);
     g_assert(obj != NULL);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void qdict_get_int_test(void)
     const char *key = "int";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qint_from_int(value));
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, key, value);

     ret = qdict_get_int(tests_dict, key);
     g_assert(ret == value);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void qdict_get_try_int_test(void)
     const char *key = "int";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qint_from_int(value));
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, key, value);

     ret = qdict_get_try_int(tests_dict, key, 0);
     g_assert(ret == value);
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void qdict_get_str_test(void)
     const char *str = "string";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qstring_from_str(str));
+    qdict_put_str(tests_dict, key, str);

     p = qdict_get_str(tests_dict, key);
     g_assert(p != NULL);
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void qdict_get_try_str_test(void)
     const char *str = "string";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qstring_from_str(str));
+    qdict_put_str(tests_dict, key, str);

     p = qdict_get_try_str(tests_dict, key);
     g_assert(p != NULL);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void qdict_haskey_test(void)
     const char *key = "test";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, key, 0);
     g_assert(qdict_haskey(tests_dict, key) == 1);

     QDECREF(tests_dict);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void qdict_del_test(void)
     const char *key = "key test";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qstring_from_str("foo"));
+    qdict_put_str(tests_dict, key, "foo");
     g_assert(qdict_size(tests_dict) == 1);

     qdict_del(tests_dict, key);
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ static void qdict_iterapi_test(void)

     g_assert(qdict_first(tests_dict) == NULL);

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, "key1", qint_from_int(1));
-    qdict_put(tests_dict, "key2", qint_from_int(2));
-    qdict_put(tests_dict, "key3", qint_from_int(3));
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, "key1", 1);
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, "key2", 2);
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, "key3", 3);

     count = 0;
     for (ent = qdict_first(tests_dict); ent; ent = qdict_next(tests_dict, ent)){
@@ -294,20 +294,20 @@ static void qdict_flatten_test(void)
      * }
      */

-    qdict_put(dict1, "a", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(dict1, "b", qint_from_int(1));
+    qdict_put_int(dict1, "a", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(dict1, "b", 1);

-    qlist_append(list1, qint_from_int(23));
-    qlist_append(list1, qint_from_int(66));
+    qlist_append_int(list1, 23);
+    qlist_append_int(list1, 66);
     qlist_append(list1, dict1);
-    qlist_append(list2, qint_from_int(42));
+    qlist_append_int(list2, 42);
     qlist_append(list2, list1);

-    qdict_put(dict2, "c", qint_from_int(2));
-    qdict_put(dict2, "d", qint_from_int(3));
+    qdict_put_int(dict2, "c", 2);
+    qdict_put_int(dict2, "d", 3);
     qdict_put(dict3, "e", list2);
     qdict_put(dict3, "f", dict2);
-    qdict_put(dict3, "g", qint_from_int(4));
+    qdict_put_int(dict3, "g", 4);

     qdict_flatten(dict3);

@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ static void qdict_array_split_test(void)
      * This example is given in the comment of qdict_array_split().
      */

-    qdict_put(test_dict, "1.x", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "4.y", qint_from_int(1));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "0.a", qint_from_int(42));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "o.o", qint_from_int(7));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "0.b", qint_from_int(23));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "2", qint_from_int(66));
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "1.x", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "4.y", 1);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "0.a", 42);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "o.o", 7);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "0.b", 23);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "2", 66);

     qdict_array_split(test_dict, &test_list);

@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@ static void qdict_array_split_test(void)

     test_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(test_dict, "0", qint_from_int(42));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "1", qint_from_int(23));
-    qdict_put(test_dict, "1.x", qint_from_int(84));
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "0", 42);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "1", 23);
+    qdict_put_int(test_dict, "1.x", 84);

     qdict_array_split(test_dict, &test_list);

@@ -472,38 +472,38 @@ static void qdict_array_entries_test(void)

     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, "foo."), ==, 0);

-    qdict_put(dict, "bar", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(dict, "baz.0", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "bar", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "baz.0", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, "foo."), ==, 0);

-    qdict_put(dict, "foo.1", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "foo.1", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, "foo."), ==, -EINVAL);
-    qdict_put(dict, "foo.0", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "foo.0", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, "foo."), ==, 2);
-    qdict_put(dict, "foo.bar", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "foo.bar", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, "foo."), ==, -EINVAL);
     qdict_del(dict, "foo.bar");

-    qdict_put(dict, "foo.2.a", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(dict, "foo.2.b", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(dict, "foo.2.c", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "foo.2.a", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "foo.2.b", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "foo.2.c", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, "foo."), ==, 3);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, ""), ==, -EINVAL);

     QDECREF(dict);

     dict = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(dict, "1", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "1", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, ""), ==, -EINVAL);
-    qdict_put(dict, "0", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "0", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, ""), ==, 2);
-    qdict_put(dict, "bar", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "bar", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, ""), ==, -EINVAL);
     qdict_del(dict, "bar");

-    qdict_put(dict, "2.a", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(dict, "2.b", qint_from_int(0));
-    qdict_put(dict, "2.c", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "2.a", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "2.b", 0);
+    qdict_put_int(dict, "2.c", 0);
     g_assert_cmpint(qdict_array_entries(dict, ""), ==, 3);

     QDECREF(dict);
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static void qdict_join_test(void)

         /* First iteration: Test movement */
         /* Second iteration: Test empty source and non-empty destination */
-        qdict_put(dict2, "foo", qint_from_int(42));
+        qdict_put_int(dict2, "foo", 42);

         for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
             qdict_join(dict1, dict2, overwrite);
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static void qdict_join_test(void)
         }

         /* Test non-empty source and destination without conflict */
-        qdict_put(dict2, "bar", qint_from_int(23));
+        qdict_put_int(dict2, "bar", 23);

         qdict_join(dict1, dict2, overwrite);

@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static void qdict_join_test(void)
         g_assert(qdict_get_int(dict1, "bar") == 23);

         /* Test conflict */
-        qdict_put(dict2, "foo", qint_from_int(84));
+        qdict_put_int(dict2, "foo", 84);

         qdict_join(dict1, dict2, overwrite);

@@ -594,15 +594,15 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_recursive(void)
     QList *rules;

     src = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.listen.addr", qstring_from_str("127.0.0.1"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.listen.port", qstring_from_str("5901"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl.rules.0.match", qstring_from_str("fred"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl.rules.0.policy", qstring_from_str("allow"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl.rules.1.match", qstring_from_str("bob"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl.rules.1.policy", qstring_from_str("deny"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl.default", qstring_from_str("deny"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl..name", qstring_from_str("acl0"));
-    qdict_put(src, "vnc.acl.rule..name", qstring_from_str("acl0"));
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.listen.addr", "127.0.0.1");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.listen.port", "5901");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl.rules.0.match", "fred");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl.rules.0.policy", "allow");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl.rules.1.match", "bob");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl.rules.1.policy", "deny");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl.default", "deny");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl..name", "acl0");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "vnc.acl.rule..name", "acl0");

     dst = qobject_to_qdict(qdict_crumple(src, &error_abort));
     g_assert(dst);
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_bad_inputs(void)

     src = qdict_new();
     /* rule.0 can't be both a string and a dict */
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.0", qstring_from_str("fred"));
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.0.policy", qstring_from_str("allow"));
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.0", "fred");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.0.policy", "allow");

     g_assert(qdict_crumple(src, &error) == NULL);
     g_assert(error != NULL);
@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_bad_inputs(void)

     src = qdict_new();
     /* rule can't be both a list and a dict */
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.0", qstring_from_str("fred"));
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.a", qstring_from_str("allow"));
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.0", "fred");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.a", "allow");

     g_assert(qdict_crumple(src, &error) == NULL);
     g_assert(error != NULL);
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_bad_inputs(void)
     src = qdict_new();
     /* The input should be flat, ie no dicts or lists */
     qdict_put(src, "rule.a", qdict_new());
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.b", qstring_from_str("allow"));
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.b", "allow");

     g_assert(qdict_crumple(src, &error) == NULL);
     g_assert(error != NULL);
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_bad_inputs(void)

     src = qdict_new();
     /* List indexes must not have gaps */
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.0", qstring_from_str("deny"));
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.3", qstring_from_str("allow"));
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.0", "deny");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.3", "allow");

     g_assert(qdict_crumple(src, &error) == NULL);
     g_assert(error != NULL);
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ static void qdict_crumple_test_bad_inputs(void)

     src = qdict_new();
     /* List indexes must be in %zu format */
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.0", qstring_from_str("deny"));
-    qdict_put(src, "rule.+1", qstring_from_str("allow"));
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.0", "deny");
+    qdict_put_str(src, "rule.+1", "allow");

     g_assert(qdict_crumple(src, &error) == NULL);
     g_assert(error != NULL);
@@ -733,8 +733,8 @@ static void qdict_put_exists_test(void)
     const char *key = "exists";
     QDict *tests_dict = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qint_from_int(1));
-    qdict_put(tests_dict, key, qint_from_int(2));
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, key, 1);
+    qdict_put_int(tests_dict, key, 2);

     value = qdict_get_int(tests_dict, key);
     g_assert(value == 2);
diff --git a/tests/check-qlist.c b/tests/check-qlist.c
index e16da5e..4983867 100644
--- a/tests/check-qlist.c
+++ b/tests/check-qlist.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void qlist_destroy_test(void)
     qlist = qlist_new();

     for (i = 0; i < 42; i++)
-        qlist_append(qlist, qint_from_int(i));
+        qlist_append_int(qlist, i);

     QDECREF(qlist);
 }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static void qlist_iter_test(void)
     qlist = qlist_new();

     for (i = 0; i < iter_max; i++)
-        qlist_append(qlist, qint_from_int(i));
+        qlist_append_int(qlist, i);

     iter_called = 0;
     qlist_iter(qlist, iter_func, NULL);
diff --git a/tests/device-introspect-test.c b/tests/device-introspect-test.c
index c5637cc..b1abb2a 100644
--- a/tests/device-introspect-test.c
+++ b/tests/device-introspect-test.c
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ static QList *qom_list_types(const char *implements, bool abstract)
     QList *ret;
     QDict *args = qdict_new();

-    qdict_put(args, "abstract", qbool_from_bool(abstract));
+    qdict_put_bool(args, "abstract", abstract);
     if (implements) {
-        qdict_put(args, "implements", qstring_from_str(implements));
+        qdict_put_str(args, "implements", implements);
     }
     resp = qmp("{'execute': 'qom-list-types',"
                " 'arguments': %p }", args);
diff --git a/tests/test-qemu-opts.c b/tests/test-qemu-opts.c
index 0ad74b4..cc1bb1a 100644
--- a/tests/test-qemu-opts.c
+++ b/tests/test-qemu-opts.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static void test_qemu_opt_get_size(void)
     dict = qdict_new();
     g_assert(dict != NULL);

-    qdict_put(dict, "size1", qstring_from_str("10"));
+    qdict_put_str(dict, "size1", "10");

     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, dict, &error_abort);
     g_assert(error_abort == NULL);
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void test_qemu_opt_get_size(void)
     g_assert(opt == 10);

     /* reset value */
-    qdict_put(dict, "size1", qstring_from_str("15"));
+    qdict_put_str(dict, "size1", "15");

     qemu_opts_absorb_qdict(opts, dict, &error_abort);
     g_assert(error_abort == NULL);
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
index ac3fd03..acdded4 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-commands.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void test_dispatch_cmd(void)
     QDict *req = qdict_new();
     QObject *resp;

-    qdict_put(req, "execute", qstring_from_str("user_def_cmd"));
+    qdict_put_str(req, "execute", "user_def_cmd");

     resp = qmp_dispatch(&qmp_commands, QOBJECT(req));
     assert(resp != NULL);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void test_dispatch_cmd_failure(void)
     QDict *args = qdict_new();
     QObject *resp;

-    qdict_put(req, "execute", qstring_from_str("user_def_cmd2"));
+    qdict_put_str(req, "execute", "user_def_cmd2");

     resp = qmp_dispatch(&qmp_commands, QOBJECT(req));
     assert(resp != NULL);
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ static void test_dispatch_cmd_failure(void)

     /* check that with extra arguments it throws an error */
     req = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(args, "a", qint_from_int(66));
+    qdict_put_int(args, "a", 66);
     qdict_put(req, "arguments", args);

-    qdict_put(req, "execute", qstring_from_str("user_def_cmd"));
+    qdict_put_str(req, "execute", "user_def_cmd");

     resp = qmp_dispatch(&qmp_commands, QOBJECT(req));
     assert(resp != NULL);
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ static void test_dispatch_cmd_io(void)
     QDict *ret_dict_dict2, *ret_dict_dict2_userdef;
     QInt *ret3;

-    qdict_put(ud1a, "integer", qint_from_int(42));
-    qdict_put(ud1a, "string", qstring_from_str("hello"));
-    qdict_put(ud1b, "integer", qint_from_int(422));
-    qdict_put(ud1b, "string", qstring_from_str("hello2"));
+    qdict_put_int(ud1a, "integer", 42);
+    qdict_put_str(ud1a, "string", "hello");
+    qdict_put_int(ud1b, "integer", 422);
+    qdict_put_str(ud1b, "string", "hello2");
     qdict_put(args, "ud1a", ud1a);
     qdict_put(args, "ud1b", ud1b);
     qdict_put(req, "arguments", args);
-    qdict_put(req, "execute", qstring_from_str("user_def_cmd2"));
+    qdict_put_str(req, "execute", "user_def_cmd2");

     ret = qobject_to_qdict(test_qmp_dispatch(req));

@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ static void test_dispatch_cmd_io(void)
     assert(!strcmp(qdict_get_str(ret_dict_dict2, "string"), "blah4"));
     QDECREF(ret);

-    qdict_put(args3, "a", qint_from_int(66));
+    qdict_put_int(args3, "a", 66);
     qdict_put(req, "arguments", args3);
-    qdict_put(req, "execute", qstring_from_str("guest-get-time"));
+    qdict_put_str(req, "execute", "guest-get-time");

     ret3 = qobject_to_qint(test_qmp_dispatch(req));
     assert(qint_get_int(ret3) == 66);
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void test_dealloc_partial(void)
         Visitor *v;

         ud2_dict = qdict_new();
-        qdict_put(ud2_dict, "string0", qstring_from_str(text));
+        qdict_put_str(ud2_dict, "string0", text);

         v = qobject_input_visitor_new(QOBJECT(ud2_dict));
         visit_type_UserDefTwo(v, NULL, &ud2, &err);
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-event.c b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
index 7bb621b..4c0f096 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-event.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-event.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void test_event_a(TestEventData *data,
 {
     QDict *d;
     d = data->expect;
-    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_A"));
+    qdict_put_str(d, "event", "EVENT_A");
     qapi_event_send_event_a(&error_abort);
 }

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void test_event_b(TestEventData *data,
 {
     QDict *d;
     d = data->expect;
-    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_B"));
+    qdict_put_str(d, "event", "EVENT_B");
     qapi_event_send_event_b(&error_abort);
 }

@@ -177,16 +177,16 @@ static void test_event_c(TestEventData *data,
     b.has_enum1 = false;

     d_b = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(d_b, "integer", qint_from_int(2));
-    qdict_put(d_b, "string", qstring_from_str("test1"));
+    qdict_put_int(d_b, "integer", 2);
+    qdict_put_str(d_b, "string", "test1");

     d_data = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(d_data, "a", qint_from_int(1));
+    qdict_put_int(d_data, "a", 1);
     qdict_put(d_data, "b", d_b);
-    qdict_put(d_data, "c", qstring_from_str("test2"));
+    qdict_put_str(d_data, "c", "test2");

     d = data->expect;
-    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_C"));
+    qdict_put_str(d, "event", "EVENT_C");
     qdict_put(d, "data", d_data);

     qapi_event_send_event_c(true, 1, true, &b, "test2", &error_abort);
@@ -213,22 +213,22 @@ static void test_event_d(TestEventData *data,
     a.enum2 = ENUM_ONE_VALUE2;

     d_struct1 = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(d_struct1, "integer", qint_from_int(2));
-    qdict_put(d_struct1, "string", qstring_from_str("test1"));
-    qdict_put(d_struct1, "enum1", qstring_from_str("value1"));
+    qdict_put_int(d_struct1, "integer", 2);
+    qdict_put_str(d_struct1, "string", "test1");
+    qdict_put_str(d_struct1, "enum1", "value1");

     d_a = qdict_new();
     qdict_put(d_a, "struct1", d_struct1);
-    qdict_put(d_a, "string", qstring_from_str("test2"));
-    qdict_put(d_a, "enum2", qstring_from_str("value2"));
+    qdict_put_str(d_a, "string", "test2");
+    qdict_put_str(d_a, "enum2", "value2");

     d_data = qdict_new();
     qdict_put(d_data, "a", d_a);
-    qdict_put(d_data, "b", qstring_from_str("test3"));
-    qdict_put(d_data, "enum3", qstring_from_str("value3"));
+    qdict_put_str(d_data, "b", "test3");
+    qdict_put_str(d_data, "enum3", "value3");

     d = data->expect;
-    qdict_put(d, "event", qstring_from_str("EVENT_D"));
+    qdict_put_str(d, "event", "EVENT_D");
     qdict_put(d, "data", d_data);

     qapi_event_send_event_d(&a, "test3", false, NULL, true, ENUM_ONE_VALUE3,
diff --git a/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c b/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c
index c213fce..94b9518 100644
--- a/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qobject-output-visitor.c
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ static void test_visitor_out_any(TestOutputVisitorData *data,

     visitor_reset(data);
     qdict = qdict_new();
-    qdict_put(qdict, "integer", qint_from_int(-42));
-    qdict_put(qdict, "boolean", qbool_from_bool(true));
-    qdict_put(qdict, "string", qstring_from_str("foo"));
+    qdict_put_int(qdict, "integer", -42);
+    qdict_put_bool(qdict, "boolean", true);
+    qdict_put_str(qdict, "string", "foo");
     qobj = QOBJECT(qdict);
     visit_type_any(data->ov, NULL, &qobj, &error_abort);
     qobject_decref(qobj);
