diff --git a/qutebrowser/app.py b/qutebrowser/app.py
index 770ce9875..817fcf2fb 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/app.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/app.py
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ from qutebrowser.network import qutescheme, proxy
 from qutebrowser.browser import quickmarks, cookies, downloads
 from qutebrowser.widgets import mainwindow, console, crash
 from qutebrowser.keyinput import modeparsers, keyparser, modeman
-from qutebrowser.utils import log, version, message, utilcmds, readline, utils
+from qutebrowser.utils import (log, version, message, utilcmds, readline,
+                               utils, qtutils)
 from qutebrowser.utils import url as urlutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
 from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes as utypes
 
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index c02290a12..551e40a40 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
 from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 from qutebrowser.browser import hints, quickmarks
-from qutebrowser.utils import message, webelem, editor, usertypes, log
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import message, webelem, editor, usertypes, log, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.utils import url as urlutils
 
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py b/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
index 335e2b078..a6a7cbf7f 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QNetworkRequest, QNetworkReply
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
 from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc
-from qutebrowser.utils import message, http, usertypes, log, utils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import message, http, usertypes, log, utils, qtutils
 
 
 class DownloadItem(QObject):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py b/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
index 34c2ed752..d3e586f3f 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ from qutebrowser.keyinput import modeman
 from qutebrowser.utils import message, webelem
 from qutebrowser.commands import userscripts
 from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc
-from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, log
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, log, qtutils
 
 
 ElemTuple = collections.namedtuple('ElemTuple', 'elem, label')
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/quickmarks.py b/qutebrowser/browser/quickmarks.py
index 7a24aec23..194078741 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/quickmarks.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/quickmarks.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import collections
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QStandardPaths, QUrl
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import message, usertypes, utils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import message, usertypes, utils, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
 from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc
 from qutebrowser.config import lineparser
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webpage.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webpage.py
index e72e82cb3..9b89bfed4 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webpage.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webpage.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebPage
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 from qutebrowser.network import networkmanager
-from qutebrowser.utils import message, usertypes, log, http, utils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import message, usertypes, log, http, utils, qtutils
 
 
 class BrowserPage(QWebPage):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/utils.py b/qutebrowser/commands/utils.py
index 5deb35ae3..0cad46673 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/utils.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/utils.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Module attributes:
 import inspect
 import collections
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.commands import command
 from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
index 80e03b12a..b0c9d0581 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import collections
 from qutebrowser.config import conftypes as typ
 from qutebrowser.config import sections as sect
 from qutebrowser.config.value import SettingValue
-from qutebrowser.utils.qt import MAXVALS
+from qutebrowser.utils.qtutils import MAXVALS
 
 
 FIRST_COMMENT = r"""
diff --git a/qutebrowser/models/basecompletion.py b/qutebrowser/models/basecompletion.py
index 656dfea4b..ca945689c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/models/basecompletion.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/models/basecompletion.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Module attributes:
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QStandardItemModel, QStandardItem
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, qtutils
 
 
 Role = usertypes.enum('Role', 'marks', 'sort', start=Qt.UserRole, is_int=True)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/models/completion.py b/qutebrowser/models/completion.py
index 81cac60f5..71a3f0710 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/models/completion.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/models/completion.py
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, Qt, QCoreApplication
 from qutebrowser.config import config, configdata
 from qutebrowser.models import basecompletion
 from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import log
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, qtutils
 
 
 class SettingSectionCompletionModel(basecompletion.BaseCompletionModel):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/models/completionfilter.py b/qutebrowser/models/completionfilter.py
index 11cfe0e1e..a9b8e41ca 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/models/completionfilter.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/models/completionfilter.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Contains:
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QSortFilterProxyModel, QModelIndex
 
 from qutebrowser.models import basecompletion as completion
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import log
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, qtutils
 
 
 class CompletionFilterModel(QSortFilterProxyModel):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/models/downloadmodel.py b/qutebrowser/models/downloadmodel.py
index da6295280..36aa4f89c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/models/downloadmodel.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/models/downloadmodel.py
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import (pyqtSlot, Qt, QVariant, QAbstractListModel,
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config
-from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, qtutils
 
 
 Role = usertypes.enum('Role', 'item', start=Qt.UserRole, is_int=True)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_misc.py b/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_misc.py
index 0ffcaa295..28b72f3da 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_misc.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_misc.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import tempfile
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QStandardPaths, QCoreApplication, Qt
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import utils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import utils, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.test import helpers
 
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_qt.py b/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_qt.py
index ff489edbf..49b7e7bcf 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_qt.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_qt.py
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-"""Tests for qutebrowser.utils.qt."""
+"""Tests for qutebrowser.utils.qtutils."""
 
 import sys
 import argparse
 import unittest
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt
+from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
 
 
 class CheckOverflowTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CheckOverflowTests(unittest.TestCase):
         for ctype, vals in self.GOOD_VALUES.items():
             for val in vals:
                 with self.subTest(ctype=ctype, val=val):
-                    qt.check_overflow(val, ctype)
+                    qtutils.check_overflow(val, ctype)
 
     def test_bad_values_fatal(self):
         """Test values which are outside bounds with fatal=True."""
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ class CheckOverflowTests(unittest.TestCase):
             for (val, _) in vals:
                 with self.subTest(ctype=ctype, val=val):
                     with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
-                        qt.check_overflow(val, ctype)
+                        qtutils.check_overflow(val, ctype)
 
     def test_bad_values_nonfatal(self):
         """Test values which are outside bounds with fatal=False."""
         for ctype, vals in self.BAD_VALUES.items():
             for (val, replacement) in vals:
                 with self.subTest(ctype=ctype, val=val):
-                    newval = qt.check_overflow(val, ctype, fatal=False)
+                    newval = qtutils.check_overflow(val, ctype, fatal=False)
                     self.assertEqual(newval, replacement)
 
 
@@ -109,26 +109,26 @@ class GetQtArgsTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_no_qt_args(self):
         """Test commandline with no Qt arguments given."""
         ns = self._namespace(['--foo'], flags=['--foo'])
-        self.assertEqual(qt.get_args(ns), [sys.argv[0]])
+        self.assertEqual(qtutils.get_args(ns), [sys.argv[0]])
 
     def test_qt_flag(self):
         """Test commandline with a Qt flag."""
         ns = self._namespace(['--foo', '--qt-reverse', '--bar'],
                              flags=['--foo', '--qt-reverse', '--bar'])
-        self.assertEqual(qt.get_args(ns), [sys.argv[0], '-reverse'])
+        self.assertEqual(qtutils.get_args(ns), [sys.argv[0], '-reverse'])
 
     def test_qt_arg(self):
         """Test commandline with a Qt argument."""
         ns = self._namespace(['--qt-stylesheet', 'foobar'],
                              args=['--qt-stylesheet'])
-        self.assertEqual(qt.get_args(ns), [sys.argv[0], '-stylesheet',
-                                           'foobar'])
+        self.assertEqual(qtutils.get_args(ns), [sys.argv[0], '-stylesheet',
+                                                'foobar'])
 
     def test_qt_both(self):
         """Test commandline with a Qt argument and flag."""
         ns = self._namespace(['--qt-stylesheet', 'foobar', '--qt-reverse'],
                              flags=['--qt-reverse'], args=['--qt-stylesheet'])
-        qt_args = qt.get_args(ns)
+        qt_args = qtutils.get_args(ns)
         self.assertEqual(qt_args[0], sys.argv[0])
         self.assertIn('-reverse', qt_args)
         self.assertIn('-stylesheet', qt_args)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/earlyinit.py b/qutebrowser/utils/earlyinit.py
index 2ab4e2224..ffdaa8e71 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/earlyinit.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/earlyinit.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def check_qt_version():
     """Check if the Qt version is recent enough."""
     import operator
     from PyQt5.QtCore import qVersion
-    from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+    from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
     if qtutils.version_check('5.2.0', operator.lt):
         text = ("Fatal error: Qt and PyQt >= 5.2.0 are required, but {} is "
                 "installed.".format(qVersion()))
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/qt.py b/qutebrowser/utils/qtutils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from qutebrowser/utils/qt.py
rename to qutebrowser/utils/qtutils.py
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/url.py b/qutebrowser/utils/url.py
index 13fe29776..fe431e224 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/url.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/url.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
 from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QHostInfo
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import log
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, qtutils
 
 
 # FIXME: we probably could raise some exceptions on invalid URLs
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py b/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py
index b7b1a694a..2337b4be0 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/usertypes.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import enum as pyenum
 
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal, QObject, QTimer
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import log
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, qtutils
 
 
 _UNSET = object()
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
index d1f51af61..a7e50e7c4 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeySequence, QColor
 import pkg_resources
 
 import qutebrowser
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
 
 
 def elide(text, length):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/completion.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/completion.py
index ddc91f50f..165de13a5 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/completion.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/completion.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot, pyqtSignal, Qt, QItemSelectionModel
 from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
 from qutebrowser.config import config, style
 from qutebrowser.widgets import completiondelegate
-from qutebrowser.utils import completer, usertypes
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import completer, usertypes, qtutils
 
 
 class CompletionView(QTreeView):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/completiondelegate.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/completiondelegate.py
index 7401aae8f..483b13ffe 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/completiondelegate.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/completiondelegate.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtGui import (QIcon, QPalette, QTextDocument, QTextOption,
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config, style
 from qutebrowser.models import basecompletion
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
 
 
 class CompletionItemDelegate(QStyledItemDelegate):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/downloads.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/downloads.py
index 1b0dc83c2..165dc4744 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/downloads.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/downloads.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QListView, QSizePolicy, QMenu
 
 from qutebrowser.models import downloadmodel
 from qutebrowser.config import style
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
 
 
 class DownloadView(QListView):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
index aacac384f..9d0fafb1d 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/mainwindow.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout
 
 from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
 from qutebrowser.config import config
-from qutebrowser.utils import message, log, usertypes
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import message, log, usertypes, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.widgets import tabbedbrowser, completion, downloads
 from qutebrowser.widgets.statusbar import bar
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/prompter.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/prompter.py
index eeb34417e..f4fa94e39 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/prompter.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/prompter.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLineEdit
 
 from qutebrowser.keyinput import modeman
 from qutebrowser.commands import utils as cmdutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, log
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import usertypes, log, qtutils
 
 
 PromptContext = collections.namedtuple('PromptContext',
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/textbase.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/textbase.py
index c1780fdef..249769e55 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/textbase.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/statusbar/textbase.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel, QSizePolicy
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QPainter
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
 
 
 class TextBase(QLabel):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/tabbedbrowser.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/tabbedbrowser.py
index 22c48f39e..39cd65582 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/tabbedbrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/tabbedbrowser.py
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc
 from qutebrowser.keyinput import modeman
 from qutebrowser.widgets import tabwidget, webview
 from qutebrowser.browser import signalfilter, commands
-from qutebrowser.utils import log, message, usertypes, utils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, message, usertypes, utils, qtutils
 
 
 class TabbedBrowser(tabwidget.TabWidget):
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py
index 6d9d90057..b3fdc733b 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/tabwidget.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QTabWidget, QTabBar, QSizePolicy, QCommonStyle,
                              QApplication)
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QPalette, QColor
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import qtutils
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py b/qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py
index 7f3ff32fa..7abdb6b81 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/widgets/webview.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView, QWebPage
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config
 from qutebrowser.keyinput import modeman
-from qutebrowser.utils import message, webelem, log, usertypes, utils
-from qutebrowser.utils import qt as qtutils
+from qutebrowser.utils import message, webelem, log, usertypes, utils, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.browser import webpage, hints
 from qutebrowser.commands import exceptions as cmdexc