diff --git a/ebml/EbmlUnicodeString.h b/ebml/EbmlUnicodeString.h
index c37bd03f..040fe1a9 100644
--- a/ebml/EbmlUnicodeString.h
+++ b/ebml/EbmlUnicodeString.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class EBML_DLL_API UTFstring {
   UTFstring(const UTFstring &);
   UTFstring(std::wstring const &);
 
-  virtual ~UTFstring();
+  virtual ~UTFstring() = default;
   bool operator==(const UTFstring&) const;
   inline bool operator!=(const UTFstring &cmp) const
   {
diff --git a/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp b/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp
index 5a390c2d..3fcacb7e 100644
--- a/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp
+++ b/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ UTFstring::UTFstring(std::wstring const &_aBuf)
   *this = _aBuf.c_str();
 }
 
-UTFstring::~UTFstring()
-{
-}
-
 UTFstring::UTFstring(const UTFstring & _aBuf)
 {
   *this = _aBuf.c_str();