diff --git a/src/launcher/booster.cpp b/src/launcher/booster.cpp
index 3d00ff3..723c23f 100644
--- a/src/launcher/booster.cpp
+++ b/src/launcher/booster.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_CREDS
     #include <sys/creds.h>
 
-    QVector<BinCreds> Booster::m_extraCreds;
+    CredsList Booster::m_extraCreds;
 
     const char * const Booster::m_strCreds[] = {
         "applauncherd-launcher::access",
@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ Booster::Booster() :
 
 Booster::~Booster()
 {
-    if (m_conn != NULL)
-    {
-        delete m_conn;
-        m_conn = NULL;
-    }
+    delete m_conn;
+    m_conn = NULL;
 }
 
 bool Booster::preload()
@@ -381,22 +378,23 @@ int Booster::pipeFd(bool whichEnd) const
 
 void Booster::initExtraCreds()
 {
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(m_strCreds)/sizeof(char*); i++)
+    // Convert string-formatted credentials into
+    // "binary"-formatted credentials
+
+    unsigned int numCreds = sizeof(m_strCreds) / sizeof(char*);
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numCreds; i++)
     {
         creds_value_t value;
         creds_value_t ret = creds_str2creds(m_strCreds[i], &value);
 
         if (ret != CREDS_BAD)
-        {
-            BinCreds pair(ret, value);
-            m_extraCreds.append(pair);
-        }
+            m_extraCreds.push_back(BinCredsPair(ret, value));
     }
 }
 
 void Booster::filterOutCreds(creds_t creds)
 {
-    for(int i = 0; i < m_extraCreds.size(); i++)
+    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < m_extraCreds.size(); i++)
     {
         creds_sub(creds, m_extraCreds[i].first, m_extraCreds[i].second);
     }
diff --git a/src/launcher/booster.h b/src/launcher/booster.h
index d8266c7..149f62d 100644
--- a/src/launcher/booster.h
+++ b/src/launcher/booster.h
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ class Connection;
 #ifdef HAVE_CREDS
 
     #include <sys/creds.h>
-    #include <QVector>
-    #include <QPair>
+    #include <vector>
+    #include <map>
 
-    typedef QPair<creds_type_t, creds_value_t> BinCreds;
+    // Storage types for "binary"-formatted credentials
+    typedef std::pair<creds_type_t, creds_value_t> BinCredsPair;
+    typedef std::vector<BinCredsPair> CredsList;
 
 #endif
 
@@ -173,7 +175,6 @@ private:
     //! Helper method: load the library and find out address for "main".
     void* loadMain();
 
-
     //! Size (length) of the argument vector
     int m_argvArraySize;
 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ private:
 
     //! set of credentials to be filtered out of credentials
     //! inhereted from invoker process
-    static QVector<BinCreds> m_extraCreds;
+    static CredsList m_extraCreds;
 
     //! str array of creds to filter out
     static const char * const m_strCreds[];