diff --git a/src/lib/base/Event.h b/src/lib/base/Event.h
index c36de4120..0a7e54636 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/Event.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/Event.h
@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@
 class EventData
 {
 public:
-  EventData()
-  {
-  }
-  virtual ~EventData()
-  {
-  }
+  EventData() = default;
+  virtual ~EventData() = default;
 };
 
 //! Event
diff --git a/src/lib/base/EventQueue.cpp b/src/lib/base/EventQueue.cpp
index 19f8a1f23..967284f1d 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/EventQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/base/EventQueue.cpp
@@ -531,11 +531,6 @@ EventQueue::Timer::Timer(EventQueueTimer *timer, double timeout, double initialT
   assert(m_timeout > 0.0);
 }
 
-EventQueue::Timer::~Timer()
-{
-  // do nothing
-}
-
 void EventQueue::Timer::reset()
 {
   m_time = m_timeout;
diff --git a/src/lib/base/EventQueue.h b/src/lib/base/EventQueue.h
index b64402fed..de50cf0b6 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/EventQueue.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/EventQueue.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ private:
   {
   public:
     Timer(EventQueueTimer *, double timeout, double initialTime, void *target, bool oneShot);
-    ~Timer();
+    ~Timer() = default;
 
     void reset();