diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 2a9f84862..50a7d7604 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     try {
         // Create Application
         const QString appId = QLatin1String("qBittorrent-") + Utils::Misc::getUserIDString();
-        std::unique_ptr<Application> app(new Application(appId, argc, argv));
+        auto app = std::make_unique<Application>(appId, argc, argv);
 
         const QBtCommandLineParameters params = app->commandLineArgs();
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         if (params.shouldDaemonize) {
             app.reset(); // Destroy current application
             if (daemon(1, 0) == 0) {
-                app.reset(new Application(appId, argc, argv));
+                app = std::make_unique<Application>(appId, argc, argv);
                 if (app->isRunning()) {
                     // Another instance had time to start.
                     return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/private/nativesessionextension.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/private/nativesessionextension.cpp
index f1bf0d55b..8ce4e9633 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/private/nativesessionextension.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/private/nativesessionextension.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<lt::torrent_plugin> NativeSessionExtension::new_torrent(const lt
 #else
 boost::shared_ptr<lt::torrent_plugin> NativeSessionExtension::new_torrent(const lt::torrent_handle &torrentHandle, void *)
 {
-    return boost::shared_ptr<lt::torrent_plugin> {new NativeTorrentExtension {torrentHandle}};
+    return boost::make_shared<NativeTorrentExtension>(torrentHandle);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
index 9dae06b81..3d68aa0b5 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ void SearchPluginManager::update()
         if (!engineElem.isNull()) {
             const QString pluginName = engineElem.tagName();
 
-            std::unique_ptr<PluginInfo> plugin {new PluginInfo {}};
+            auto plugin = std::make_unique<PluginInfo>();
             plugin->name = pluginName;
             plugin->version = getPluginVersion(pluginPath(pluginName));
             plugin->fullName = engineElem.elementsByTagName("name").at(0).toElement().text();
diff --git a/src/base/utils/fs.cpp b/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
index 77404c25d..9f2314e53 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/fs.cpp
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ bool Utils::Fs::isNetworkFileSystem(const QString &path)
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
     const std::wstring pathW {path.toStdWString()};
-    std::unique_ptr<wchar_t[]> volumePath {new wchar_t[path.length() + 1] {}};
+    auto volumePath = std::make_unique<wchar_t[]>(path.length() + 1);
     if (!::GetVolumePathNameW(pathW.c_str(), volumePath.get(), (path.length() + 1)))
         return false;
 
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
index a8e4386bc..c3f4015c9 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void Utils::Misc::shutdownComputer(const ShutdownDialogAction &action)
     }
     else {
         const QString msg = QCoreApplication::translate("misc", "qBittorrent will shutdown the computer now because all downloads are complete.");
-        std::unique_ptr<wchar_t[]> msgWchar(new wchar_t[msg.length() + 1] {});
+        auto msgWchar = std::make_unique<wchar_t[]>(msg.length() + 1);
         msg.toWCharArray(msgWchar.get());
         ::InitiateSystemShutdownW(nullptr, msgWchar.get(), 10, true, false);
     }
diff --git a/src/base/utils/misc.h b/src/base/utils/misc.h
index 4aa57c8ca..33d65abdc 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/misc.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/misc.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Utils
 
             path += source;
 
-            std::unique_ptr<wchar_t[]> pathWchar(new wchar_t[path.length() + 1] {});
+            auto pathWchar = std::make_unique<wchar_t[]>(path.length() + 1);
             path.toWCharArray(pathWchar.get());
 
             return reinterpret_cast<T>(
diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index dae5d960e..5a93cc697 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ bool AddNewTorrentDialog::loadTorrentFile(const QString &torrentPath)
         return false;
     }
 
-    m_torrentGuard.reset(new TorrentFileGuard(decodedPath));
+    m_torrentGuard = std::make_unique<TorrentFileGuard>(decodedPath);
 
     return loadTorrentImpl();
 }
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ bool AddNewTorrentDialog::loadMagnet(const BitTorrent::MagnetUri &magnetUri)
         return false;
     }
 
-    m_torrentGuard.reset(new TorrentFileGuard(QString()));
+    m_torrentGuard = std::make_unique<TorrentFileGuard>();
     m_hash = magnetUri.hash();
     // Prevent showing the dialog if download is already present
     if (BitTorrent::Session::instance()->isKnownTorrent(m_hash)) {
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::handleDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &resu
             return;
         }
 
-        m_torrentGuard.reset(new TorrentFileGuard);
+        m_torrentGuard = std::make_unique<TorrentFileGuard>();
 
         if (loadTorrentImpl())
             open();