diff --git a/taglib/ape/apetag.cpp b/taglib/ape/apetag.cpp
index ed04c89b..dc224c60 100644
--- a/taglib/ape/apetag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/ape/apetag.cpp
@@ -91,13 +91,11 @@ public:
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 APE::Tag::Tag() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
 }
 
 APE::Tag::Tag(TagLib::File *file, long footerLocation) :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
   d->file = file;
diff --git a/taglib/asf/asftag.cpp b/taglib/asf/asftag.cpp
index 935db046..a4831d62 100644
--- a/taglib/asf/asftag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/asf/asftag.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 ASF::Tag::Tag() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
 }
diff --git a/taglib/fileref.cpp b/taglib/fileref.cpp
index 89f1592e..0749e019 100644
--- a/taglib/fileref.cpp
+++ b/taglib/fileref.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ class FileRef::FileRefPrivate : public RefCounter
 {
 public:
   FileRefPrivate() :
-    RefCounter(),
     file(0),
     stream(0) {}
 
diff --git a/taglib/it/itfile.cpp b/taglib/it/itfile.cpp
index 3b35f0d8..58cb7848 100644
--- a/taglib/it/itfile.cpp
+++ b/taglib/it/itfile.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class IT::File::FilePrivate
 {
 public:
   FilePrivate(AudioProperties::ReadStyle propertiesStyle)
-    : tag(), properties(propertiesStyle)
+    :  properties(propertiesStyle)
   {
   }
 
diff --git a/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp b/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp
index 0e8d0371..0495045b 100644
--- a/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mod/modtag.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public:
 };
 
 Mod::Tag::Tag() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
 }
diff --git a/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.cpp b/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.cpp
index 69c9e685..b12392e8 100644
--- a/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mp4/mp4coverart.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class MP4::CoverArt::CoverArtPrivate : public RefCounter
 {
 public:
   CoverArtPrivate() :
-    RefCounter(),
     format(MP4::CoverArt::JPEG) {}
 
   Format format;
diff --git a/taglib/mp4/mp4item.cpp b/taglib/mp4/mp4item.cpp
index 787ed457..eee8480a 100644
--- a/taglib/mp4/mp4item.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mp4/mp4item.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class MP4::Item::ItemPrivate : public RefCounter
 {
 public:
   ItemPrivate() :
-    RefCounter(),
     valid(true),
     atomDataType(TypeUndefined) {}
 
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
index ca930411..53110b14 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
@@ -85,13 +85,11 @@ ByteVector ID3v1::StringHandler::render(const String &s) const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 ID3v1::Tag::Tag() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
 }
 
 ID3v1::Tag::Tag(File *file, long tagOffset) :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
   d->file = file;
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
index 54dddf72..a8d483fe 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v2/id3v2tag.cpp
@@ -120,14 +120,12 @@ String Latin1StringHandler::parse(const ByteVector &data) const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 ID3v2::Tag::Tag() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
   d->factory = FrameFactory::instance();
 }
 
 ID3v2::Tag::Tag(File *file, long tagOffset, const FrameFactory *factory) :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
   d->factory = factory;
diff --git a/taglib/ogg/xiphcomment.cpp b/taglib/ogg/xiphcomment.cpp
index f56bf810..2e3d4993 100644
--- a/taglib/ogg/xiphcomment.cpp
+++ b/taglib/ogg/xiphcomment.cpp
@@ -61,13 +61,11 @@ public:
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 Ogg::XiphComment::XiphComment() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new XiphCommentPrivate())
 {
 }
 
 Ogg::XiphComment::XiphComment(const ByteVector &data) :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new XiphCommentPrivate())
 {
   parse(data);
diff --git a/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp b/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp
index df1cfbee..b2c6372a 100644
--- a/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/riff/wav/infotag.cpp
@@ -71,14 +71,12 @@ ByteVector RIFF::Info::StringHandler::render(const String &s) const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 RIFF::Info::Tag::Tag(const ByteVector &data) :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
   parse(data);
 }
 
 RIFF::Info::Tag::Tag() :
-  TagLib::Tag(),
   d(new TagPrivate())
 {
 }
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
index c4fdf593..e71d4a7a 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tbytevectorlist.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ByteVectorList ByteVectorList::split(const ByteVector &v, const ByteVector &patt
 // public members
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-ByteVectorList::ByteVectorList() : List<ByteVector>()
+ByteVectorList::ByteVectorList()
 {
 
 }
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp
index 0876bcde..04bd3b7c 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tpropertymap.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 using namespace TagLib;
 
 
-PropertyMap::PropertyMap() : SimplePropertyMap()
+PropertyMap::PropertyMap()
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
index c60a3e2e..80337e24 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ namespace TagLib {
 class String::StringPrivate : public RefCounter
 {
 public:
-  StringPrivate() :
-    RefCounter() {}
+  StringPrivate()
+    {}
 
   /*!
    * 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 655fe6c4..32370913 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tstringlist.cpp
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tstringlist.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ StringList StringList::split(const String &s, const String &pattern)
 // public members
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-StringList::StringList() : List<String>()
+StringList::StringList()
 {
 
 }
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ StringList::StringList(const StringList &l) : List<String>(l)
 
 }
 
-StringList::StringList(const String &s) : List<String>()
+StringList::StringList(const String &s)
 {
   append(s);
 }
 
-StringList::StringList(const ByteVectorList &bl, String::Type t) : List<String>()
+StringList::StringList(const ByteVectorList &bl, String::Type t)
 {
   ByteVectorList::ConstIterator i = bl.begin();
   for(;i != bl.end(); i++) {
diff --git a/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp b/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp
index 0455338d..47cfc7d7 100644
--- a/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp
+++ b/taglib/xm/xmfile.cpp
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class XM::File::FilePrivate
 {
 public:
   FilePrivate(AudioProperties::ReadStyle propertiesStyle)
-    : tag(), properties(propertiesStyle)
+    :  properties(propertiesStyle)
   {
   }