diff --git a/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp b/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp
index 47d1eac0c..97ba98e0a 100644
--- a/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QtGlobal>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QMutex>
-#include <QFuture>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QIODevice>
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@
 #include <QtDebug>
 
 #include "core/application.h"
-#include "core/closure.h"
 #include "core/database.h"
 #include "core/iconloader.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
@@ -859,18 +857,15 @@ void CollectionModel::LazyPopulate(CollectionItem *parent, const bool signal) {
 }
 
 void CollectionModel::ResetAsync() {
-  QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult> future = QtConcurrent::run(this, &CollectionModel::RunQuery, root_);
-  NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult>)), future);
+  (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { ResetAsyncQueryFinished(RunQuery(root_)); });
 }
 
-void CollectionModel::ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult> future) {
+void CollectionModel::ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QueryResult result) {
 
   if (QThread::currentThread() != thread() && QThread::currentThread() != backend_->thread()) {
     backend_->Close();
   }
 
-  const struct QueryResult result = future.result();
-
   BeginReset();
   root_->lazy_loaded = true;
 
diff --git a/src/collection/collectionmodel.h b/src/collection/collectionmodel.h
index 949820b2e..23835927f 100644
--- a/src/collection/collectionmodel.h
+++ b/src/collection/collectionmodel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
-#include <QFuture>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QMetaType>
 #include <QPair>
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ class CollectionModel : public SimpleTreeModel<CollectionItem> {
   void ClearDiskCache();
 
   // Called after ResetAsync
-  void ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult> future);
+  void ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QueryResult result);
 
   void AlbumCoverLoaded(const quint64 id, const AlbumCoverLoaderResult &result);
 
diff --git a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp
index c35befa0e..f10545ba7 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 
 #include <QtGlobal>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
-#include <QFuture>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QDialog>
@@ -286,16 +285,15 @@ void EditTagDialog::SetSongs(const SongList &s, const PlaylistItemList &items) {
   ui_->song_list->clear();
 
   // Reload tags in the background
-  QFuture<QList<Data>> future = QtConcurrent::run(this, &EditTagDialog::LoadData, s);
-  NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(SetSongsFinished(QFuture<QList<EditTagDialog::Data>>)), future);
+  (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]{ SetSongsFinished(LoadData(s)); });
 
 }
 
-void EditTagDialog::SetSongsFinished(QFuture<QList<Data>> future) {
+void EditTagDialog::SetSongsFinished(QList<Data> _data) {
 
   if (!SetLoading(QString())) return;
 
-  data_ = future.result();
+  data_ = _data;
   if (data_.count() == 0) {
     // If there were no valid songs, disable everything
     ui_->song_list->setEnabled(false);
diff --git a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h
index 1f926f651..71731c270 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h
+++ b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QDialog>
-#include <QFuture>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QString>
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ class EditTagDialog : public QDialog {
   };
 
  private slots:
-  void SetSongsFinished(QFuture<QList<EditTagDialog::Data>> future);
+  void SetSongsFinished(QList<Data> _data);
   void AcceptFinished();
 
   void SelectionChanged();
diff --git a/src/engine/gststartup.cpp b/src/engine/gststartup.cpp
index 4de5d7593..ff24b6c8d 100644
--- a/src/engine/gststartup.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/gststartup.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QFuture>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "gststartup.h"
 
 GstStartup::GstStartup(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) {
-  initialising_ = QtConcurrent::run(this, &GstStartup::InitialiseGStreamer);
+  initialising_ = QtConcurrent::run([=]{ InitialiseGStreamer(); });
 }
 
 GstStartup::~GstStartup() {
diff --git a/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp b/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp
index 5f30de061..869b4fb9b 100644
--- a/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include <QtGlobal>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QDialog>
 #include <QScreen>
@@ -344,10 +344,9 @@ bool OrganiseDialog::SetUrls(const QList<QUrl> &urls) {
 
 bool OrganiseDialog::SetFilenames(const QStringList &filenames) {
 
-  songs_future_ = QtConcurrent::run(this, &OrganiseDialog::LoadSongsBlocking, filenames);
-  NewClosure(songs_future_, [=]() { SetSongs(songs_future_.result()); });
-
   SetLoadingSongs(true);
+  songs_future_ = QtConcurrent::run([=]{ SetSongs(LoadSongsBlocking(filenames)); });
+
   return true;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/organise/organisedialog.h b/src/organise/organisedialog.h
index b74b38853..93c044752 100644
--- a/src/organise/organisedialog.h
+++ b/src/organise/organisedialog.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class OrganiseDialog : public QDialog {
 
   OrganiseFormat format_;
 
-  QFuture<SongList> songs_future_;
+  QFuture<void> songs_future_;
   SongList songs_;
   Organise::NewSongInfoList new_songs_info_;
   quint64 total_size_;
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
index 0fc818ed1..298117afa 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QFuture>
 #include <QIODevice>
 #include <QDataStream>
@@ -1314,17 +1314,15 @@ void Playlist::Restore() {
   collection_items_by_id_.clear();
 
   cancel_restore_ = false;
-  QFuture<QList<PlaylistItemPtr>> future = QtConcurrent::run(backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems, id_);
-  NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList>)), future);
+
+  (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { ItemsLoaded(backend_->GetPlaylistItems(id_)); });
 
 }
 
-void Playlist::ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList> future) {
+void Playlist::ItemsLoaded(PlaylistItemList items) {
 
   if (cancel_restore_) return;
 
-  PlaylistItemList items = future.result();
-
   // Backend returns empty elements for collection items which it couldn't match (because they got deleted); we don't need those
   QMutableListIterator<PlaylistItemPtr> it(items);
   while (it.hasNext()) {
@@ -1353,7 +1351,7 @@ void Playlist::ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList> future) {
 
   // Should we gray out deleted songs asynchronously on startup?
   if (greyout) {
-    QtConcurrent::run(this, &Playlist::InvalidateDeletedSongs);
+    (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { InvalidateDeletedSongs(); });
   }
 
   emit PlaylistLoaded();
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist.h b/src/playlist/playlist.h
index c5ef6d186..ff5297a7f 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
 #include <QPersistentModelIndex>
-#include <QFuture>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QMap>
 #include <QMultiMap>
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@ class Playlist : public QAbstractListModel {
   void QueueLayoutChanged();
   void SongSaveComplete(TagReaderReply *reply, const QPersistentModelIndex &index);
   void ItemReloadComplete(const QPersistentModelIndex &index);
-  void ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList> future);
+  void ItemsLoaded(PlaylistItemList items);
   void SongInsertVetoListenerDestroyed();
   void AlbumCoverLoaded(const Song &song, const AlbumCoverLoaderResult &result);
 
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
index a41741c05..4b0d4a8dc 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QDialog>
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QFuture>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileDialog>
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <QtDebug>
 
 #include "core/application.h"
-#include "core/closure.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
 #include "core/player.h"
 #include "core/utilities.h"
@@ -211,18 +210,11 @@ void PlaylistManager::Save(int id, const QString &filename, Playlist::Path path_
   }
   else {
     // Playlist is not in the playlist manager: probably save action was triggered from the left side bar and the playlist isn't loaded.
-    QFuture<QList<Song>> future = QtConcurrent::run(playlist_backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistSongs, id);
-    NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(ItemsLoadedForSavePlaylist(QFuture<SongList>, QString, Playlist::Path)), future, filename, path_type);
+    (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { parser_->Save(playlist_backend_->GetPlaylistSongs(id), filename, path_type); });
   }
 
 }
 
-void PlaylistManager::ItemsLoadedForSavePlaylist(QFuture<SongList> future, const QString &filename, Playlist::Path path_type) {
-
-  parser_->Save(future.result(), filename, path_type);
-
-}
-
 void PlaylistManager::SaveWithUI(int id, const QString &playlist_name) {
 
   QSettings settings;
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h
index d4cc39a83..6836ddab0 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ class PlaylistManager : public PlaylistManagerInterface {
   void OneOfPlaylistsChanged();
   void UpdateSummaryText();
   void SongsDiscovered(const SongList& songs);
-  void ItemsLoadedForSavePlaylist(QFuture<SongList> future, const QString& filename, Playlist::Path path_type);
   void PlaylistLoaded();
 
  private:
diff --git a/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp b/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp
index 90abb936e..7483e9eb3 100644
--- a/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#include <QtConcurrentRun>
+#include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QtAlgorithms>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QUrl>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void SongLoaderInserter::Load(Playlist *destination, int row, bool play_now, boo
     deleteLater();
   }
   else {
-    QtConcurrent::run(this, &SongLoaderInserter::AsyncLoad);
+    (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]{ AsyncLoad(); });
   }
 }