diff --git a/src/blackmisc/variant.cpp b/src/blackmisc/variant.cpp
index f9cef52ba..c33801109 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/variant.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "blackmisc/logmessage.h"
 #include "blackmisc/propertyindexref.h"
 #include "blackmisc/statusmessage.h"
-#include "blackmisc/variantlist.h"
 #include "blackmisc/stringutils.h"
 
 #include <QByteArray>
@@ -33,6 +32,9 @@
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
+    //! \private
+    int qMetaTypeId_CVariantList = -1; // referenced in variantlist.cpp
+
     Private::IValueObjectMetaInfo *Private::getValueObjectMetaInfo(int typeId)
     {
         return getValueObjectMetaInfo(QVariant(typeId, nullptr));
@@ -49,11 +51,11 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         {
             return true;
         }
-        if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<CVariantList>())
+        if (typeId == qMetaTypeId_CVariantList)
         {
             return m_v.canConvert<QVector<CVariant>>() || m_v.canConvert<QVariantList>();
         }
-        if (userType() == qMetaTypeId<CVariantList>())
+        if (userType() == qMetaTypeId_CVariantList)
         {
             return QVariant::fromValue(QVector<CVariant>()).canConvert(typeId)
                 || QVariant(typeId, nullptr).canConvert<QVariantList>();
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         if (!m_v.canConvert(typeId))
         {
             if (!canConvert(typeId)) { return false; }
-            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId<CVariantList>())
+            if (typeId == qMetaTypeId_CVariantList)
             {
                 if (m_v.canConvert<QVector<CVariant>>())
                 {
@@ -74,11 +76,15 @@ namespace BlackMisc
                 }
                 else if (m_v.canConvert<QVariantList>())
                 {
-                    m_v.setValue(CVariantList(m_v.value<QSequentialIterable>()));
+                    QVector<CVariant> vec;
+                    const auto seqit = m_v.value<QSequentialIterable>();
+                    vec.reserve(seqit.size());
+                    for (auto it = seqit.begin(); it != seqit.end(); ++it) { vec.push_back(*it); }
+                    m_v.setValue(vec);
                 }
                 else { return false; }
             }
-            if (userType() == qMetaTypeId<CVariantList>())
+            if (userType() == qMetaTypeId_CVariantList)
             {
                 if (QVariant::fromValue(QVector<CVariant>()).canConvert(typeId))
                 {
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 
     bool CVariant::isVariantList() const
     {
-        return userType() == qMetaTypeId<CVariantList>();
+        return userType() == qMetaTypeId_CVariantList;
     }
 
     QString CVariant::convertToQString(bool i18n) const
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/variant.h b/src/blackmisc/variant.h
index eccd8c56a..ffba8c687 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/variant.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/variant.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 {
     class CIcon;
     class CPropertyIndex;
-    class CVariantList;
 
     /*!
      * Wrapper around QVariant which provides transparent access to CValueObject methods
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/variantlist.cpp b/src/blackmisc/variantlist.cpp
index 84a7037fc..e72c96d98 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/variantlist.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/variantlist.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
+    //! \private
+    extern int qMetaTypeId_CVariantList; // defined in variant.cpp
+
     CVariantList::CVariantList(const CSequence &other) : CSequence(other)
     {}
 
@@ -25,16 +28,12 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         std::move(other.begin(), other.end(), std::back_inserter(*this));
     }
 
-    CVariantList::CVariantList(const QSequentialIterable &other)
-    {
-        for (auto it = other.begin(); it != other.end(); ++it) { push_back(*it); }
-    }
-
     void CVariantList::registerMetadata()
     {
         Mixin::MetaType<CVariantList>::registerMetadata();
         QMetaType::registerConverter<CVariantList, QVector<CVariant>>([](const CVariantList &list) { return list.toVector(); });
         QMetaType::registerConverter<QVector<CVariant>, CVariantList>([](const QVector<CVariant> &list) { return CSequence(list); });
+        qMetaTypeId_CVariantList = qMetaTypeId<CVariantList>();
     }
 
     bool CVariantList::matches(const CVariant &event) const
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/variantlist.h b/src/blackmisc/variantlist.h
index b3ef55648..41c424471 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/variantlist.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/variantlist.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Construct from a moved QVariantList.
         CVariantList(QVariantList &&other);
 
-        //! Construct from a QSequentialIterable.
-        CVariantList(const QSequentialIterable &other);
-
         //! Convert to a sequence type by converting all elements.
         template <typename T>
         T to() const { return CVariant::from(*this).template to<T>(); }