diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
index 1248f30aa2..904b6a866d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ from calibre.utils.localization import get_lang
 from calibre.utils.filenames import expanduser
 from calibre.utils.file_type_icons import EXT_MAP
 
+try:
+    NO_URL_FORMATTING = QUrl.None_
+except AttributeError:
+    NO_URL_FORMATTING = QUrl.None
+
 # Setup gprefs {{{
 gprefs = JSONConfig('gui')
 defs = gprefs.defaults
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py b/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py
index 1ff5d22cfb..62e1670a91 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/book_details.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from calibre.gui2.dnd import (dnd_has_image, dnd_get_image, dnd_get_files,
 from calibre.ebooks import BOOK_EXTENSIONS
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import (field_metadata, Metadata)
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.render import mi_to_html
-from calibre.gui2 import (config, open_url, pixmap_to_data, gprefs, rating_font)
+from calibre.gui2 import (config, open_url, pixmap_to_data, gprefs, rating_font, NO_URL_FORMATTING)
 from calibre.utils.config import tweaks
 from calibre.utils.localization import is_rtl
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def details_context_menu_event(view, ev, book_info):  # {{{
     p = view.page()
     mf = p.mainFrame()
     r = mf.hitTestContent(ev.pos())
-    url = unicode(r.linkUrl().toString(QUrl.None)).strip()
+    url = unicode(r.linkUrl().toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING)).strip()
     menu = p.createStandardContextMenu()
     ca = view.pageAction(p.Copy)
     for action in list(menu.actions()):
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class BookInfo(QWebView):
         self._link_clicked = True
         if unicode(link.scheme()) in ('http', 'https'):
             return open_url(link)
-        link = unicode(link.toString(QUrl.None))
+        link = unicode(link.toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING))
         self.link_clicked.emit(link)
 
     def turnoff_scrollbar(self, *args):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py b/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py
index 32f2116af1..b1d9ab0220 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView, QWebPage
 
 from calibre.ebooks.chardet import xml_to_unicode
 from calibre import xml_replace_entities, prepare_string_for_xml
-from calibre.gui2 import open_url, error_dialog, choose_files, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import open_url, error_dialog, choose_files, gprefs, NO_URL_FORMATTING
 from calibre.utils.soupparser import fromstring
 from calibre.utils.config import tweaks
 from calibre.utils.imghdr import what
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class EditorWidget(QWebView):  # {{{
             return
         url = self.parse_link(link)
         if url.isValid():
-            url = unicode(url.toString(QUrl.None))
+            url = unicode(url.toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING))
             self.setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
             if is_image:
                 self.exec_command('insertHTML',
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
index d220fe4b95..4ace1e128d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 from PyQt5.Qt import (
     QCoreApplication, QModelIndex, QTimer, Qt, pyqtSignal, QWidget,
     QGridLayout, QDialog, QPixmap, QSize, QPalette, QShortcut, QKeySequence,
-    QSplitter, QVBoxLayout, QCheckBox, QPushButton, QIcon, QBrush, QUrl)
+    QSplitter, QVBoxLayout, QCheckBox, QPushButton, QIcon, QBrush)
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView
 
-from calibre.gui2 import gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import gprefs, NO_URL_FORMATTING
 from calibre import fit_image
 from calibre.gui2.book_details import render_html, details_context_menu_event
 from calibre.gui2.widgets import CoverView
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class BookInfo(QDialog):
                 pass
 
     def link_clicked(self, qurl):
-        link = unicode(qurl.toString(QUrl.None))
+        link = unicode(qurl.toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING))
         self.link_delegate(link)
 
     def done(self, r):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
index d892c3830c..039eae9d2b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from PyQt5.Qt import (
     QStyledItemDelegate, QTextDocument, QRectF, QIcon, Qt, QApplication,
     QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QDialogButtonBox, QStyle, QStackedWidget,
     QWidget, QTableView, QGridLayout, QFontInfo, QPalette, QTimer, pyqtSignal,
-    QAbstractTableModel, QSize, QListView, QPixmap, QModelIndex, QUrl,
+    QAbstractTableModel, QSize, QListView, QPixmap, QModelIndex,
     QAbstractListModel, QRect, QTextBrowser, QStringListModel, QMenu,
     QCursor, QHBoxLayout, QPushButton, QSizePolicy)
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from calibre.utils.logging import GUILog as Log
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.identify import urls_from_identifiers
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import Metadata
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf2 import OPF
-from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, rating_font, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, rating_font, gprefs, NO_URL_FORMATTING
 from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import draw_snake_spinner
 from calibre.utils.date import (utcnow, fromordinal, format_date,
         UNDEFINED_DATE, as_utc)
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class Comments(QWebView):  # {{{
 
     def link_clicked(self, url):
         from calibre.gui2 import open_url
-        if unicode(url.toString(QUrl.None)).startswith('http://'):
+        if unicode(url.toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING)).startswith('http://'):
             open_url(url)
 
     def turnoff_scrollbar(self, *args):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
index dd98a69783..47fde46b1f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/web_control.py
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 import os
 from urlparse import urlparse
 
-from PyQt5.Qt import QNetworkCookieJar, QNetworkProxy, QUrl
+from PyQt5.Qt import QNetworkCookieJar, QNetworkProxy
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView, QWebPage
 
 from calibre import USER_AGENT, get_proxies
 from calibre.ebooks import BOOK_EXTENSIONS
-from calibre.gui2 import choose_save_file
+from calibre.gui2 import choose_save_file, NO_URL_FORMATTING
 from calibre.gui2.ebook_download import show_download_info
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryFile
 from calibre.utils.filenames import ascii_filename
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class NPWebView(QWebView):
         if not self.gui:
             return
 
-        url = unicode(request.url().toString(QUrl.None))
+        url = unicode(request.url().toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING))
         cf = self.get_cookies()
 
         filename = get_download_filename(url, cf)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/check.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/check.py
index 185712ea8a..2454dc49f9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/check.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/check.py
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ __copyright__ = '2013, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 import sys
 
 from PyQt5.Qt import (
-     QIcon, Qt, QSplitter, QListWidget, QTextBrowser, QPalette, QUrl, QMenu,
+     QIcon, Qt, QSplitter, QListWidget, QTextBrowser, QPalette, QMenu,
      QListWidgetItem, pyqtSignal, QApplication, QStyledItemDelegate)
 
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.check.base import WARN, INFO, DEBUG, ERROR, CRITICAL
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.check.main import run_checks, fix_errors
+from calibre.gui2 import NO_URL_FORMATTING
 from calibre.gui2.tweak_book import tprefs
 from calibre.gui2.tweak_book.widgets import BusyCursor
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class Check(QSplitter):
             msg, _('Click to run a check on the book'), _('Run check')))
 
     def link_clicked(self, url):
-        url = unicode(url.toString(QUrl.None))
+        url = unicode(url.toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING))
         if url == 'activate:item':
             self.current_item_activated()
         elif url == 'run:check':
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/preview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/preview.py
index fea102a977..b94209303b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/preview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/preview.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from calibre.constants import iswindows
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.polish.parsing import parse
 from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import serialize, OEB_DOCS
 from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryDirectory
-from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, open_url
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, open_url, NO_URL_FORMATTING
 from calibre.gui2.tweak_book import current_container, editors, tprefs, actions, TOP
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.documentview import apply_settings
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.config import config
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class NetworkAccessManager(QNetworkAccessManager):
         self.cache.setMaximumCacheSize(0)
 
     def createRequest(self, operation, request, data):
-        url = unicode(request.url().toString(QUrl.None))
+        url = unicode(request.url().toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING))
         if operation == self.GetOperation and url.startswith('file://'):
             path = url[7:]
             if iswindows and path.startswith('/'):
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ class WebView(QWebView):
         p = self.page()
         mf = p.mainFrame()
         r = mf.hitTestContent(ev.pos())
-        url = unicode(r.linkUrl().toString(QUrl.None)).strip()
+        url = unicode(r.linkUrl().toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING)).strip()
         ca = self.pageAction(QWebPage.Copy)
         if ca.isEnabled():
             menu.addAction(ca)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/image_popup.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/image_popup.py
index f7cd14259a..713519e6ac 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/image_popup.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/image_popup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from PyQt5.Qt import (QDialog, QPixmap, QUrl, QScrollArea, QLabel, QSizePolicy,
         QDialogButtonBox, QVBoxLayout, QPalette, QApplication, QSize, QIcon,
         Qt, QTransform)
 
-from calibre.gui2 import choose_save_file, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import choose_save_file, gprefs, NO_URL_FORMATTING
 
 class ImageView(QDialog):
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class ImageView(QDialog):
         if geom is not None:
             self.restoreGeometry(geom)
         try:
-            self.current_image_name = unicode(self.current_url.toString(QUrl.None)).rpartition('/')[-1]
+            self.current_image_name = unicode(self.current_url.toString(NO_URL_FORMATTING)).rpartition('/')[-1]
         except AttributeError:
             self.current_image_name = self.current_url
         title = _('View Image: %s')%self.current_image_name