diff --git a/konq-plugins/babelfish/plugin_babelfish.cpp b/konq-plugins/babelfish/plugin_babelfish.cpp
index 834ca5c..c95dd7e 100644
--- a/konq-plugins/babelfish/plugin_babelfish.cpp
+++ b/konq-plugins/babelfish/plugin_babelfish.cpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void PluginBabelFish::translateURL()
 
   // Select engine
   TDEConfig cfg( "translaterc", true );
-  TQString engine = cfg.readEntry( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name(), "babelfish" );
+  TQString engine = cfg.readEntry( sender()->name(), "babelfish" );
 
   // Get URL
   TDEHTMLPart *part = dynamic_cast<TDEHTMLPart *>(parent());
@@ -262,33 +262,33 @@ void PluginBabelFish::translateURL()
   TQString query;
   if( engine == "freetranslation" ) {
     query = "sequence=core&Submit=FREE Translation&language=";
-    if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_es" ) )
+    if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_es" ) )
       query += "English/Spanish";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_de" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_de" ) )
       query += "English/German";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_it" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_it" ) )
       query += "English/Italian";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_nl" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_nl" ) )
       query += "English/Dutch";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_pt" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_pt" ) )
       query += "English/Portuguese";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_no" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_no" ) )
       query += "English/Norwegian";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_zh" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_zh" ) )
       query += "English/SimplifiedChinese";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_zhTW" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_zhTW" ) )
       query += "English/TraditionalChinese";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "es_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "es_en" ) )
       query += "Spanish/English";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "fr_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "fr_en" ) )
       query += "French/English";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "de_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "de_en" ) )
       query += "German/English";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "it_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "it_en" ) )
       query += "Italian/English";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "nl_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "nl_en" ) )
       query += "Dutch/English";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "pt_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "pt_en" ) )
       query += "Portuguese/English";
     else // Should be en_fr
       query += "English/French";
@@ -313,21 +313,21 @@ void PluginBabelFish::translateURL()
   } else if( engine == "reverso" ) {
     result = KURL( "http://www.reverso.net/url/frame.asp" );
     query = "autotranslate=on&templates=0&x=0&y=0&directions=";
-    if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "de_fr" ) )
+    if( sender()->name() == TQString( "de_fr" ) )
       query += "524292";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "fr_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "fr_en" ) )
       query += "65544";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "fr_de" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "fr_de" ) )
       query += "262152";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "de_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "de_en" ) )
       query += "65540";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_de" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_de" ) )
       query += "262145";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_es" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_es" ) )
       query += "2097153";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "es_en" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "es_en" ) )
       query += "65568";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "fr_es" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "fr_es" ) )
       query += "2097160";
     else // "en_fr"
       query += "524289";
@@ -336,20 +336,20 @@ void PluginBabelFish::translateURL()
   } else if( engine == "tsail" ) {
     result = KURL( "http://www.t-mail.com/cgi-bin/tsail" );
     query = "sail=full&lp=";
-    if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "zhTW_en" ) )
+    if( sender()->name() == TQString( "zhTW_en" ) )
       query += "tw-en";
-    else if( TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name() == TQString( "en_zhTW" ) )
+    else if( sender()->name() == TQString( "en_zhTW" ) )
       query += "en-tw";
     else
     {
-      query += TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name();
+      query += sender()->name();
       query[15] = '-';
     }
     query += totrans;
   } else if( engine == "voila" ) {
     result = KURL( "http://trans.voila.fr/voila" );
     query = "systran_id=Voila-fr&systran_lp=";
-    query += TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name();
+    query += sender()->name();
     if ( part->hasSelection() )
       query += "&systran_charset=utf-8&systran_text=";
     else
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ void PluginBabelFish::translateURL()
     // Using the altavista babelfish engine
     result = KURL( "http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr" );
     query = "lp=";
-    query += TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name();
+    query += sender()->name();
     if ( part->hasSelection() )
       query += "&text=";
     else
diff --git a/konq-plugins/domtreeviewer/domtreeview.cpp b/konq-plugins/domtreeviewer/domtreeview.cpp
index 6735ca2..55a95d0 100644
--- a/konq-plugins/domtreeviewer/domtreeview.cpp
+++ b/konq-plugins/domtreeviewer/domtreeview.cpp
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ bool DOMTreeView::eventFilter(TQObject *o, TQEvent *e)
     TQKeyEvent *ke = TQT_TQKEYEVENT(e);
     kdDebug(90180) << " acceloverride " << ke->key() << " o " << o->name() << endl;
 
-    if (TQT_BASE_OBJECT(o) == TQT_BASE_OBJECT(m_listView)) {	// DOM tree
+    if (o == m_listView) {	// DOM tree
       KKey ks = mainWindow()->deleteNodeAction()->shortcut().seq(0).key(0);
       if (ke->key() == ks.keyCodeQt())
         return true;
 
-    } else if (TQT_BASE_OBJECT(o) == TQT_BASE_OBJECT(nodeAttributes)) {
+    } else if (o == nodeAttributes) {
       KKey ks = mainWindow()->deleteAttributeAction()->shortcut().seq(0).key(0);
       if (ke->key() == ks.keyCodeQt())
         return true;
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ bool DOMTreeView::eventFilter(TQObject *o, TQEvent *e)
   } else if (e->type() == TQEvent::FocusIn) {
 
     kdDebug(90180) << " focusin o " << o->name() << endl;
-    if (TQT_BASE_OBJECT(o) != TQT_BASE_OBJECT(this)) {
+    if (o != this) {
       focused_child = o;
     }
 
   } else if (e->type() == TQEvent::FocusOut) {
 
     kdDebug(90180) << " focusout o " << o->name() << endl;
-    if (TQT_BASE_OBJECT(o) != TQT_BASE_OBJECT(this)) {
+    if (o != this) {
       focused_child = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/konq-plugins/rellinks/plugin_rellinks.cpp b/konq-plugins/rellinks/plugin_rellinks.cpp
index 4be8767..8b646c3 100644
--- a/konq-plugins/rellinks/plugin_rellinks.cpp
+++ b/konq-plugins/rellinks/plugin_rellinks.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ bool RelLinksPlugin::eventFilter(TQObject *watched, TQEvent* event) {
 
     if (watched == 0 || event == 0) return false;
 
-    if (TQT_BASE_OBJECT(watched) == TQT_BASE_OBJECT(m_view))
+    if (watched == m_view)
     {
         switch (event->type())
         {
diff --git a/konq-plugins/searchbar/searchbar.cpp b/konq-plugins/searchbar/searchbar.cpp
index cf2809c..0752ada 100644
--- a/konq-plugins/searchbar/searchbar.cpp
+++ b/konq-plugins/searchbar/searchbar.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ TQChar delimiter()
 
 bool SearchBarPlugin::eventFilter(TQObject *o, TQEvent *e)
 {
-	if( TQT_BASE_OBJECT(o)==TQT_BASE_OBJECT(m_searchCombo->lineEdit()) && e->type() == TQEvent::KeyPress ) 
+	if( o==m_searchCombo->lineEdit() && e->type() == TQEvent::KeyPress )
 	{
 		TQKeyEvent *k = (TQKeyEvent *)e;
 		TQString text = k->text();
diff --git a/konq-plugins/sidebar/metabar/src/serviceloader.cpp b/konq-plugins/sidebar/metabar/src/serviceloader.cpp
index 3ff2e88..06a913a 100644
--- a/konq-plugins/sidebar/metabar/src/serviceloader.cpp
+++ b/konq-plugins/sidebar/metabar/src/serviceloader.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void ServiceLoader::loadServices(const KFileItem item, DOM::DOMString &html, int
 
 void ServiceLoader::runAction()
 {    
-  KDEDesktopMimeType::Service s = services[TQT_TQOBJECT(const_cast<TQT_BASE_OBJECT_NAME*>(sender()))->name()];
+  KDEDesktopMimeType::Service s = services[sender()->name()];
   if(!s.isEmpty()){
     KDEDesktopMimeType::executeService(urlList, s);
   }