diff --git a/lib/path.cpp b/lib/path.cpp
index ebec372c8..bddf1eed3 100644
--- a/lib/path.cpp
+++ b/lib/path.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ std::string Path::simplifyPath(std::string originalPath)
         originalPath = originalPath.erase(0, toErase);
     }
 
-    std::string subPath = "";
+    std::string subPath;
     std::vector<std::string> pathParts;
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < originalPath.size(); ++i) {
         if (originalPath[i] == '/' || originalPath[i] == '\\') {
diff --git a/test/testsuite.cpp b/test/testsuite.cpp
index 4cc80497b..ce60979bf 100644
--- a/test/testsuite.cpp
+++ b/test/testsuite.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void TestFixture::processOptions(const options& args)
 std::size_t TestFixture::runTests(const options& args)
 {
     std::string classname(args.which_test());
-    std::string testname("");
+    std::string testname;
     if (classname.find("::") != std::string::npos) {
         testname = classname.substr(classname.find("::") + 2);
         classname.erase(classname.find("::"));
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index a5a2b30c7..a21476486 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8095,7 +8095,7 @@ private:
         // Preprocess file..
         Preprocessor preprocessor(settings0);
         std::list<std::string> configurations;
-        std::string filedata = "";
+        std::string filedata;
         std::istringstream fin(raw_code);
         preprocessor.preprocess(fin, filedata, configurations, emptyString, settings0.includePaths);
         const std::string code = preprocessor.getcode(filedata, emptyString, emptyString);