diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp
index c7e57671c..a45918635 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp
@@ -548,16 +548,13 @@ CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator()
     bucketMap[INF_FEERATE] = bucketIndex;
     assert(bucketMap.size() == buckets.size());
 
-    feeStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE);
-    shortStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE);
-    longStats = new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE);
+    feeStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, MED_BLOCK_PERIODS, MED_DECAY, MED_SCALE));
+    shortStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, SHORT_BLOCK_PERIODS, SHORT_DECAY, SHORT_SCALE));
+    longStats = std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats>(new TxConfirmStats(buckets, bucketMap, LONG_BLOCK_PERIODS, LONG_DECAY, LONG_SCALE));
 }
 
 CBlockPolicyEstimator::~CBlockPolicyEstimator()
 {
-    delete feeStats;
-    delete shortStats;
-    delete longStats;
 }
 
 void CBlockPolicyEstimator::processTransaction(const CTxMemPoolEntry& entry, bool validFeeEstimate)
@@ -690,16 +687,16 @@ CFeeRate CBlockPolicyEstimator::estimateRawFee(int confTarget, double successThr
     double sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_FEETXS;
     switch (horizon) {
     case FeeEstimateHorizon::SHORT_HALFLIFE: {
-        stats = shortStats;
+        stats = shortStats.get();
         sufficientTxs = SUFFICIENT_TXS_SHORT;
         break;
     }
     case FeeEstimateHorizon::MED_HALFLIFE: {
-        stats = feeStats;
+        stats = feeStats.get();
         break;
     }
     case FeeEstimateHorizon::LONG_HALFLIFE: {
-        stats = longStats;
+        stats = longStats.get();
         break;
     }
     default: {
@@ -1002,12 +999,9 @@ bool CBlockPolicyEstimator::Read(CAutoFile& filein)
             }
 
             // Destroy old TxConfirmStats and point to new ones that already reference buckets and bucketMap
-            delete feeStats;
-            delete shortStats;
-            delete longStats;
-            feeStats = fileFeeStats.release();
-            shortStats = fileShortStats.release();
-            longStats = fileLongStats.release();
+            feeStats = std::move(fileFeeStats);
+            shortStats = std::move(fileShortStats);
+            longStats = std::move(fileLongStats);
 
             nBestSeenHeight = nFileBestSeenHeight;
             historicalFirst = nFileHistoricalFirst;
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.h b/src/policy/fees.h
index 6edaf2871..9c0937cbd 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.h
+++ b/src/policy/fees.h
@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ private:
     std::map<uint256, TxStatsInfo> mapMemPoolTxs;
 
     /** Classes to track historical data on transaction confirmations */
-    TxConfirmStats* feeStats;
-    TxConfirmStats* shortStats;
-    TxConfirmStats* longStats;
+    std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> feeStats;
+    std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> shortStats;
+    std::unique_ptr<TxConfirmStats> longStats;
 
     unsigned int trackedTxs;
     unsigned int untrackedTxs;