diff --git a/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmDPath.cxx b/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmDPath.cxx
index 23f8955d2..0666a741b 100644
--- a/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmDPath.cxx
+++ b/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/gdcmDPath.cxx
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 namespace gdcm {
 
-DPath::DPath() {}
+DPath::DPath() = default;
 
-DPath::~DPath() {}
+DPath::~DPath() = default;
 
 // LO mandates that '\\' is never used:
 static const char SEPARATOR = '\\';
diff --git a/Source/MessageExchangeDefinition/gdcmBaseQuery.cxx b/Source/MessageExchangeDefinition/gdcmBaseQuery.cxx
index 1063e704c..3cb9ea9ac 100644
--- a/Source/MessageExchangeDefinition/gdcmBaseQuery.cxx
+++ b/Source/MessageExchangeDefinition/gdcmBaseQuery.cxx
@@ -49,14 +49,8 @@ passed to a c-find or c-move query.
 namespace gdcm
 {
 
-  BaseQuery::BaseQuery()
-  {
-    //nothing to do, really
-  }
-  BaseQuery::~BaseQuery()
-  {
-    //nothing to do, really
-  }
+  BaseQuery::BaseQuery() = default;
+  BaseQuery::~BaseQuery() = default;
 
   void BaseQuery::SetSearchParameter(const Tag& inTag, const DictEntry& inDictEntry, const std::string& inValue)
   {
diff --git a/Testing/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/Cxx/TestCleaner4.cxx b/Testing/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/Cxx/TestCleaner4.cxx
index eaafc73bc..702e9b370 100644
--- a/Testing/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/Cxx/TestCleaner4.cxx
+++ b/Testing/Source/MediaStorageAndFileFormat/Cxx/TestCleaner4.cxx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static bool IsTagEmpty(const DataSet &ds, const T1 &path, const T2 &pt) {
 }  // namespace gdcm
 
 struct TestCleaner4Impl {
-  virtual ~TestCleaner4Impl() {}
+  virtual ~TestCleaner4Impl() = default;
   virtual bool check_before(gdcm::DataSet &ds) = 0;
   virtual bool check_after(gdcm::DataSet &ds, bool preservePatientName) = 0;
   int run(std::string const &filename, std::string const &outfilename,