diff --git filters/libmsooxml/CMakeLists.txt filters/libmsooxml/CMakeLists.txt
index cd5b597d319..b243cf875eb 100644
--- filters/libmsooxml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ filters/libmsooxml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ if(Qca-qt5_FOUND)
     add_definitions( -DHAVE_QCA2 )
 endif()
 
-# TEMPORARY: for std::auto_ptr deprecation warnings are only annoying noise
-if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUC)
-    add_definitions(-Wno-deprecated-declarations)
-endif ()
-
 include_directories(
     ${KOMAIN_INCLUDES}
     ${KOODF2_INCLUDES} # For charts
diff --git filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlImport.cpp filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlImport.cpp
index 8876988220f..c873a998413 100644
--- filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlImport.cpp
+++ filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlImport.cpp
@@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus MsooXmlImport::imageFromFile(const QString& sourceNam
     QString errorMessage;
     KoFilter::ConversionStatus status = KoFilter::OK;
 
-    std::auto_ptr<QIODevice> inputDevice(Utils::openDeviceForFile(m_zip, errorMessage, sourceName, status));
-    if (!inputDevice.get()) {
+    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> inputDevice(Utils::openDeviceForFile(m_zip, errorMessage, sourceName, status));
+    if (!inputDevice) {
         return status;
     }
     QImageReader r(inputDevice.get(), QFileInfo(sourceName).suffix().toLatin1());
diff --git filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlThemesReader.cpp filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlThemesReader.cpp
index 5818a5caf03..9919d7f1ffb 100644
--- filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlThemesReader.cpp
+++ filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlThemesReader.cpp
@@ -736,14 +736,14 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus MsooXmlThemesReader::read_color()
 */
 KoFilter::ConversionStatus MsooXmlThemesReader::read_srgbClr_local()
 {
-    std::auto_ptr<DrawingMLColorSchemeItem> color(new DrawingMLColorSchemeItem);
+    std::unique_ptr<DrawingMLColorSchemeItem> color(new DrawingMLColorSchemeItem);
     m_currentColor_local = 0;
     READ_PROLOGUE
     const QXmlStreamAttributes attrs(attributes());
 
     READ_ATTR_WITHOUT_NS(val)
-    color.get()->color = Utils::ST_HexColorRGB_to_QColor(val);
-    //debugMsooXml << color.get()->color;
+    color->color = Utils::ST_HexColorRGB_to_QColor(val);
+    //debugMsooXml << color->color;
 
     readNext();
     READ_EPILOGUE_WITHOUT_RETURN
@@ -841,19 +841,19 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus MsooXmlThemesReader::read_srgbClr_local()
 */
 KoFilter::ConversionStatus MsooXmlThemesReader::read_sysClr_local()
 {
-    std::auto_ptr<DrawingMLColorSchemeSystemItem> color(new DrawingMLColorSchemeSystemItem);
+    std::unique_ptr<DrawingMLColorSchemeSystemItem> color(new DrawingMLColorSchemeSystemItem);
     m_currentColor_local = 0;
     READ_PROLOGUE
     const QXmlStreamAttributes attrs(attributes());
 
     READ_ATTR_WITHOUT_NS(lastClr)
-    color.get()->lastColor = Utils::ST_HexColorRGB_to_QColor(lastClr);
-//     debugMsooXml << "lastClr:" << color.get()->lastColor.name();
+    color->lastColor = Utils::ST_HexColorRGB_to_QColor(lastClr);
+//     debugMsooXml << "lastClr:" << color->lastColor.name();
 
     // System color value. This color is based upon the value that this color
     // currently has within the system on which the document is being viewed.
-    READ_ATTR_WITHOUT_NS_INTO(val, color.get()->systemColor)
-//     debugMsooXml << "val:" << color.get()->systemColor;
+    READ_ATTR_WITHOUT_NS_INTO(val, color->systemColor)
+//     debugMsooXml << "val:" << color->systemColor;
 
     readNext();
     READ_EPILOGUE_WITHOUT_RETURN
diff --git filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp
index 49f8faea449..99460c28df9 100644
--- filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp
+++ filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus Utils::loadAndParse(KoXmlDocument& doc, const KZip* z
 {
     errorMessage.clear();
     KoFilter::ConversionStatus status;
-    std::auto_ptr<QIODevice> device(openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, fileName, status));
-    if (!device.get())
+    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> device(openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, fileName, status));
+    if (!device)
         return status;
     return loadAndParse(device.get(), doc, errorMessage, fileName);
 }
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus Utils::loadAndParseDocument(MsooXmlReader* reader,
     Q_UNUSED(writers)
     errorMessage.clear();
     KoFilter::ConversionStatus status;
-    std::auto_ptr<QIODevice> device(openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, fileName, status));
-    if (!device.get())
+    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> device(openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, fileName, status));
+    if (!device)
         return status;
     reader->setDevice(device.get());
     reader->setFileName(fileName); // for error reporting
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus Utils::copyFile(const KZip* zip, QString& errorMessag
         return status;
     }
 
-    std::auto_ptr<QIODevice> inputDevice = std::auto_ptr<QIODevice>(Utils::openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, sourceName, status));
+    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> inputDevice(Utils::openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, sourceName, status));
 
-    if (!inputDevice.get()) {
+    if (!inputDevice) {
         return status;
     }
 
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ KoFilter::ConversionStatus Utils::imageSize(const KZip* zip, QString& errorMessa
 {
     Q_ASSERT(size);
     KoFilter::ConversionStatus status;
-    std::auto_ptr<QIODevice> inputDevice(Utils::openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, sourceName, status));
-    if (!inputDevice.get()) {
+    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> inputDevice(Utils::openDeviceForFile(zip, errorMessage, sourceName, status));
+    if (!inputDevice) {
         return status;
     }
     QImageReader r(inputDevice.get(), QFileInfo(sourceName).suffix().toLatin1());