diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.h b/src/qt/guiutil.h
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.h
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.h
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@
 // Open the config file
 bool openBitcoinConf();
 
+// Split a QString using given separator, skipping the empty parts
+QStringList splitSkipEmptyParts(const QString &s, const QString &separator);
+
 /** Qt event filter that intercepts ToolTipChange events, and replaces the
  * tooltip with a rich text representation if needed.  This assures that Qt can
  * word-wrap long tooltip messages. Tooltips longer than the provided size
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -412,6 +412,16 @@
         QUrl::fromLocalFile(boostPathToQString(pathConfig)));
 }
 
+QStringList splitSkipEmptyParts(const QString &s, const QString &separator) {
+    return s.split(separator,
+#if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
+                   Qt::SkipEmptyParts
+#else
+                   QString::SkipEmptyParts
+#endif
+    );
+}
+
 ToolTipToRichTextFilter::ToolTipToRichTextFilter(int _size_threshold,
                                                  QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent), size_threshold(_size_threshold) {}
diff --git a/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp b/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
--- a/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/optionsmodel.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
     }
     // contains IP at index 0 and port at index 1
     QStringList ip_port =
-        settings.value(name).toString().split(":", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+        GUIUtil::splitSkipEmptyParts(settings.value(name).toString(), ":");
     if (ip_port.size() == 2) {
         return {true, ip_port.at(0), ip_port.at(1)};
     } else { // Invalid: return default
diff --git a/src/qt/transactionview.cpp b/src/qt/transactionview.cpp
--- a/src/qt/transactionview.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/transactionview.cpp
@@ -279,9 +279,8 @@
 
         if (_model->getOptionsModel()) {
             // Add third party transaction URLs to context menu
-            QStringList listUrls =
-                _model->getOptionsModel()->getThirdPartyTxUrls().split(
-                    "|", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+            QStringList listUrls = GUIUtil::splitSkipEmptyParts(
+                _model->getOptionsModel()->getThirdPartyTxUrls(), "|");
             for (int i = 0; i < listUrls.size(); ++i) {
                 QString host =
                     QUrl(listUrls[i].trimmed(), QUrl::StrictMode).host();