--- scribus/colorm.cpp
+++ scribus/colorm.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 ColorListBox::ColorListBox(QWidget * parent, const char * name, WFlags f)
 	: QListBox(parent, name, f)
 {
-	if (name == "")
+	if (name[0] == 0)
 		setName("ColorListBox");
 }
 
--- scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp
+++ scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 	char *Repl = const_cast<char*>(CommonStrings::None.latin1());
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "es|es", "utf-8", &Name, "utf-8", &Repl))
 		return NULL;
-	if (Name == "")
+	if (Name[0] == 0)
 	{
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, QObject::tr("Cannot delete a color with an empty name.","python error"));
 		return NULL;