diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/glue/qcoreapplication_impl.cpp b/PySide/QtCore/glue/qcoreapplication_impl.cpp
index dff267f..4bc84d2 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/glue/qcoreapplication_impl.cpp
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/glue/qcoreapplication_impl.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PyObject* SbkQCoreApplication_New(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject*)
+PyObject* SbkQCoreApplication_New(Shiboken::SbkBaseWrapperType* type, PyObject* args, PyObject*)
 {
     int numArgs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args);
     if (numArgs != 1) {
diff --git a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
index 9047677..f9302cb 100644
--- a/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
+++ b/PySide/QtCore/typesystem_core.xml
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
     <inject-code class="native" position="beginning" file="glue/qvariant_converter_impl.cpp" />
     <add-function signature="QVariant(PyObject*)">
         <inject-code class="target" position="beginning">
-        cptr = new QVariant(Shiboken::Converter&lt;QVariant>::toCpp(%PYARG_1));
+        cptr = new %TYPE(%CONVERTTOCPP[QVariant](%PYARG_1));
         </inject-code>
     </add-function>
     <add-function signature="toPyObject()" return-type="PyObject*">