diff --git a/taglib/asf/asffile.cpp b/taglib/asf/asffile.cpp
index 00d463c0..9432502a 100644
--- a/taglib/asf/asffile.cpp
+++ b/taglib/asf/asffile.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class ASF::File::FilePrivate::BaseObject
 {
 public:
   ByteVector data;
-  virtual ~BaseObject() {}
+  virtual ~BaseObject() = default;
   virtual ByteVector guid() const = 0;
   virtual void parse(ASF::File *file, unsigned int size);
   virtual ByteVector render(ASF::File *file);
diff --git a/taglib/audioproperties.cpp b/taglib/audioproperties.cpp
index ca433fd9..09e6af3e 100644
--- a/taglib/audioproperties.cpp
+++ b/taglib/audioproperties.cpp
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ class AudioProperties::AudioPropertiesPrivate
 // public methods
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-AudioProperties::~AudioProperties()
-{
-
-}
+AudioProperties::~AudioProperties() = default;
 
 int AudioProperties::length() const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/fileref.cpp b/taglib/fileref.cpp
index e9f8a5a8..20d54062 100644
--- a/taglib/fileref.cpp
+++ b/taglib/fileref.cpp
@@ -516,10 +516,6 @@ void FileRef::parse(IOStream *stream, bool readAudioProperties,
   d->file = detectByContent(stream, readAudioProperties, audioPropertiesStyle);
 }
 
-FileRef::FileTypeResolver::~FileTypeResolver()
-{
-}
+FileRef::FileTypeResolver::~FileTypeResolver() = default;
 
-FileRef::StreamTypeResolver::~StreamTypeResolver()
-{
-}
+FileRef::StreamTypeResolver::~StreamTypeResolver() = default;
diff --git a/taglib/flac/flacmetadatablock.cpp b/taglib/flac/flacmetadatablock.cpp
index 695e559b..21efde4f 100644
--- a/taglib/flac/flacmetadatablock.cpp
+++ b/taglib/flac/flacmetadatablock.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ using namespace TagLib;
 class FLAC::MetadataBlock::MetadataBlockPrivate
 {
 public:
-  MetadataBlockPrivate() {}
-
+  MetadataBlockPrivate() = default;
 };
 
 FLAC::MetadataBlock::MetadataBlock()
@@ -41,7 +40,4 @@ FLAC::MetadataBlock::MetadataBlock()
 {
 }
 
-FLAC::MetadataBlock::~MetadataBlock()
-{
-}
-
+FLAC::MetadataBlock::~MetadataBlock() = default;
diff --git a/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp b/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp
index 96f3bf99..11a710e1 100644
--- a/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ using namespace Mod;
 class Mod::Tag::TagPrivate
 {
 public:
-  TagPrivate()
-  {
-  }
+  TagPrivate() = default;
 
   String title;
   String comment;
diff --git a/taglib/mp4/mp4atom.cpp b/taglib/mp4/mp4atom.cpp
index 3ae2fb40..8ac60761 100644
--- a/taglib/mp4/mp4atom.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mp4/mp4atom.cpp
@@ -129,9 +129,7 @@ MP4::Atom::Atom(File *file)
   file->seek(offset + length);
 }
 
-MP4::Atom::~Atom()
-{
-}
+MP4::Atom::~Atom() = default;
 
 MP4::Atom *
 MP4::Atom::find(const char *name1, const char *name2, const char *name3, const char *name4)
@@ -193,8 +191,7 @@ MP4::Atoms::Atoms(File *file)
 }
 
 MP4::Atoms::~Atoms()
-{
-}
+= default;
 
 MP4::Atom *
 MP4::Atoms::find(const char *name1, const char *name2, const char *name3, const char *name4)
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
index cc335bda..8b21162d 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
@@ -63,13 +63,9 @@ public:
 // StringHandler implementation
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-StringHandler::StringHandler()
-{
-}
+StringHandler::StringHandler() = default;
 
-StringHandler::~StringHandler()
-{
-}
+StringHandler::~StringHandler() = default;
 
 String ID3v1::StringHandler::parse(const ByteVector &data) const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2footer.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2footer.cpp
index 2d1ec7d0..78f7ea94 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2footer.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2footer.cpp
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ Footer::Footer() :
 {
 }
 
-Footer::~Footer()
-{
-}
+Footer::~Footer() = default;
 
 unsigned int Footer::size()
 {
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
index f78af096..4a631d51 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
@@ -102,13 +102,9 @@ public:
 // StringHandler implementation
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-Latin1StringHandler::Latin1StringHandler()
-{
-}
+Latin1StringHandler::Latin1StringHandler() = default;
 
-Latin1StringHandler::~Latin1StringHandler()
-{
-}
+Latin1StringHandler::~Latin1StringHandler() = default;
 
 String Latin1StringHandler::parse(const ByteVector &data) const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp b/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp
index 1f834090..a82b4ca6 100644
--- a/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp
@@ -48,13 +48,9 @@ public:
 // StringHandler implementation
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-StringHandler::StringHandler()
-{
-}
+StringHandler::StringHandler() = default;
 
-StringHandler::~StringHandler()
-{
-}
+StringHandler::~StringHandler() = default;
 
 String RIFF::Info::StringHandler::parse(const ByteVector &data) const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/tag.cpp b/taglib/tag.cpp
index c7f32f34..75ff178b 100644
--- a/taglib/tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/tag.cpp
@@ -34,15 +34,9 @@ class Tag::TagPrivate
 
 };
 
-Tag::Tag()
-{
+Tag::Tag() = default;
 
-}
-
-Tag::~Tag()
-{
-
-}
+Tag::~Tag() = default;
 
 bool Tag::isEmpty() const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
index 26c1610a..218f55b1 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
@@ -64,20 +64,14 @@ ByteVectorList ByteVectorList::split(const ByteVector &v, const ByteVector &patt
 // public members
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-ByteVectorList::ByteVectorList()
-{
-
-}
+ByteVectorList::ByteVectorList() = default;
 
 ByteVectorList::ByteVectorList(const ByteVectorList &l) : List<ByteVector>(l)
 {
 
 }
 
-ByteVectorList::~ByteVectorList()
-{
-
-}
+ByteVectorList::~ByteVectorList() = default;
 
 ByteVector ByteVectorList::toByteVector(const ByteVector &separator) const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tdebuglistener.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tdebuglistener.cpp
index bc89ab9e..eb4a15a0 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tdebuglistener.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tdebuglistener.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace
 
       std::cerr << msg;
 
-#endif 
+#endif
     }
   };
 
@@ -67,13 +67,9 @@ namespace TagLib
 {
   DebugListener *debugListener = &defaultListener;
 
-  DebugListener::DebugListener()
-  {
-  }
+  DebugListener::DebugListener() = default;
 
-  DebugListener::~DebugListener()
-  {
-  }
+  DebugListener::~DebugListener() = default;
 
   void setDebugListener(DebugListener *listener)
   {
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp
index 3bc3cc5b..0a918793 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tiostream.cpp
@@ -85,13 +85,9 @@ String FileName::toString() const
 // public members
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-IOStream::IOStream()
-{
-}
+IOStream::IOStream() = default;
 
-IOStream::~IOStream()
-{
-}
+IOStream::~IOStream() = default;
 
 void IOStream::clear()
 {
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp
index e6fef3d4..da7a9cf2 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@
 using namespace TagLib;
 
 
-PropertyMap::PropertyMap()
-{
-}
+PropertyMap::PropertyMap() = default;
 
-PropertyMap::PropertyMap(const PropertyMap &m) : SimplePropertyMap(m), unsupported(m.unsupported)
-{
-}
+PropertyMap::PropertyMap(const PropertyMap &m) = default;
 
 PropertyMap::PropertyMap(const SimplePropertyMap &m)
 {
@@ -47,9 +43,7 @@ PropertyMap::PropertyMap(const SimplePropertyMap &m)
   }
 }
 
-PropertyMap::~PropertyMap()
-{
-}
+PropertyMap::~PropertyMap() = default;
 
 bool PropertyMap::insert(const String &key, const StringList &values)
 {
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
index 6d50a2a1..1f75207d 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ namespace TagLib {
 class String::StringPrivate : public RefCounter
 {
 public:
-  StringPrivate()
-    {}
+  StringPrivate() = default;
 
   /*!
    * Stores string in UTF-16. The byte order depends on the CPU endian.
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tstringlist.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tstringlist.cpp
index 436fb913..bd9b5914 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tstringlist.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tstringlist.cpp
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ StringList StringList::split(const String &s, const String &pattern)
 // public members
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-StringList::StringList()
-{
-
-}
+StringList::StringList() = default;
 
 StringList::StringList(const StringList &l) : List<String>(l)
 {
@@ -78,9 +75,7 @@ StringList::StringList(const ByteVectorList &bl, String::Type t)
 }
 
 StringList::~StringList()
-{
-
-}
+= default;
 
 String StringList::toString(const String &separator) const
 {
diff --git a/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp b/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp
index 66c4052e..b8ca6037 100644
--- a/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp
+++ b/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ namespace
 class Reader
 {
 public:
-  virtual ~Reader()
-  {
-  }
+  virtual ~Reader() = default;
 
   /*!
    * Reads associated values from \a file, but never reads more