diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h b/include/yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h
index 29718ff..7242fe1 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/eventhandler.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct Mark;
 
 class EventHandler {
  public:
-  virtual ~EventHandler() {}
+  virtual ~EventHandler() = default;
 
   virtual void OnDocumentStart(const Mark& mark) = 0;
   virtual void OnDocumentEnd() = 0;
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/exceptions.h b/include/yaml-cpp/exceptions.h
index eef2283..38333c2 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/exceptions.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/exceptions.h
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class YAML_CPP_API TypedKeyNotFound : public KeyNotFound {
  public:
   TypedKeyNotFound(const Mark& mark_, const T& key_)
       : KeyNotFound(mark_, key_), key(key_) {}
-  virtual ~TypedKeyNotFound() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
+  virtual ~TypedKeyNotFound() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
 
   T key;
 };
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
index 7a3deac..e59505d 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/impl.h
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ inline Node::Node(const detail::iterator_value& rhs)
       m_pMemory(rhs.m_pMemory),
       m_pNode(rhs.m_pNode) {}
 
-inline Node::Node(const Node& rhs)
-    : m_isValid(rhs.m_isValid),
-      m_invalidKey(rhs.m_invalidKey),
-      m_pMemory(rhs.m_pMemory),
-      m_pNode(rhs.m_pNode) {}
+inline Node::Node(const Node& rhs) = default;
 
 inline Node::Node(Zombie)
     : m_isValid(false), m_invalidKey{}, m_pMemory{}, m_pNode(nullptr) {}
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@ inline Node::Node(Zombie, const std::string& key)
 inline Node::Node(detail::node& node, detail::shared_memory_holder pMemory)
     : m_isValid(true), m_invalidKey{}, m_pMemory(pMemory), m_pNode(&node) {}
 
-inline Node::~Node() {}
+inline Node::~Node() = default;
 
 inline void Node::EnsureNodeExists() const {
   if (!m_isValid)
diff --git a/include/yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h b/include/yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h
index 366a9c8..b447238 100644
--- a/include/yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h
+++ b/include/yaml-cpp/node/iterator.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 namespace YAML {
 namespace detail {
 struct iterator_value : public Node, std::pair<Node, Node> {
-  iterator_value() {}
+  iterator_value() = default;
   explicit iterator_value(const Node& rhs)
       : Node(rhs),
         std::pair<Node, Node>(Node(Node::ZombieNode), Node(Node::ZombieNode)) {}
diff --git a/src/emitter.cpp b/src/emitter.cpp
index 016beb1..06f633c 100644
--- a/src/emitter.cpp
+++ b/src/emitter.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Emitter::Emitter() : m_pState(new EmitterState), m_stream{} {}
 Emitter::Emitter(std::ostream& stream)
     : m_pState(new EmitterState), m_stream(stream) {}
 
-Emitter::~Emitter() {}
+Emitter::~Emitter() = default;
 
 const char* Emitter::c_str() const { return m_stream.str(); }
 
diff --git a/src/emitterstate.cpp b/src/emitterstate.cpp
index 890b4f0..5c76226 100644
--- a/src/emitterstate.cpp
+++ b/src/emitterstate.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ EmitterState::EmitterState()
       m_hasNonContent(false),
       m_docCount(0) {}
 
-EmitterState::~EmitterState() {}
+EmitterState::~EmitterState() = default;
 
 // SetLocalValue
 // . We blindly tries to set all possible formatters to this value
diff --git a/src/exceptions.cpp b/src/exceptions.cpp
index 841549e..dd833bb 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.cpp
+++ b/src/exceptions.cpp
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@
 namespace YAML {
 
 // These destructors are defined out-of-line so the vtable is only emitted once.
-Exception::~Exception() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-ParserException::~ParserException() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-RepresentationException::~RepresentationException() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-InvalidScalar::~InvalidScalar() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-KeyNotFound::~KeyNotFound() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-InvalidNode::~InvalidNode() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-BadConversion::~BadConversion() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-BadDereference::~BadDereference() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-BadSubscript::~BadSubscript() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-BadPushback::~BadPushback() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-BadInsert::~BadInsert() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-EmitterException::~EmitterException() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
-BadFile::~BadFile() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT {}
+Exception::~Exception() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+ParserException::~ParserException() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+RepresentationException::~RepresentationException() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+InvalidScalar::~InvalidScalar() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+KeyNotFound::~KeyNotFound() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+InvalidNode::~InvalidNode() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+BadConversion::~BadConversion() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+BadDereference::~BadDereference() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+BadSubscript::~BadSubscript() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+BadPushback::~BadPushback() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+BadInsert::~BadInsert() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+EmitterException::~EmitterException() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
+BadFile::~BadFile() YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT = default;
 }
 
 #undef YAML_CPP_NOEXCEPT
diff --git a/src/nodebuilder.cpp b/src/nodebuilder.cpp
index 171afd8..8dac0c5 100644
--- a/src/nodebuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/nodebuilder.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ NodeBuilder::NodeBuilder()
   m_anchors.push_back(nullptr);  // since the anchors start at 1
 }
 
-NodeBuilder::~NodeBuilder() {}
+NodeBuilder::~NodeBuilder() = default;
 
 Node NodeBuilder::Root() {
   if (!m_pRoot)
diff --git a/src/ostream_wrapper.cpp b/src/ostream_wrapper.cpp
index 5fa5858..2127dfe 100644
--- a/src/ostream_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/ostream_wrapper.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ostream_wrapper::ostream_wrapper(std::ostream& stream)
       m_col(0),
       m_comment(false) {}
 
-ostream_wrapper::~ostream_wrapper() {}
+ostream_wrapper::~ostream_wrapper() = default;
 
 void ostream_wrapper::write(const std::string& str) {
   if (m_pStream) {
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index 7bc0c78..81eac97 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Parser::Parser() : m_pScanner{}, m_pDirectives{} {}
 
 Parser::Parser(std::istream& in) : Parser() { Load(in); }
 
-Parser::~Parser() {}
+Parser::~Parser() = default;
 
 Parser::operator bool() const {
   return m_pScanner.get() && !m_pScanner->empty();
diff --git a/src/regex_yaml.h b/src/regex_yaml.h
index 3a347bb..c70ab60 100644
--- a/src/regex_yaml.h
+++ b/src/regex_yaml.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class YAML_CPP_API RegEx {
   explicit RegEx(char ch);
   RegEx(char a, char z);
   RegEx(const std::string& str, REGEX_OP op = REGEX_SEQ);
-  ~RegEx() {}
+  ~RegEx() = default;
 
   friend YAML_CPP_API RegEx operator!(const RegEx& ex);
   friend YAML_CPP_API RegEx operator|(const RegEx& ex1, const RegEx& ex2);
diff --git a/src/scanner.cpp b/src/scanner.cpp
index ac84892..3a466b3 100644
--- a/src/scanner.cpp
+++ b/src/scanner.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Scanner::Scanner(std::istream& in)
       m_indentRefs{},
       m_flows{} {}
 
-Scanner::~Scanner() {}
+Scanner::~Scanner() = default;
 
 bool Scanner::empty() {
   EnsureTokensInQueue();
diff --git a/src/setting.h b/src/setting.h
index 280d1e7..30bf831 100644
--- a/src/setting.h
+++ b/src/setting.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Setting {
 
 class SettingChangeBase {
  public:
-  virtual ~SettingChangeBase() {}
+  virtual ~SettingChangeBase() = default;
   virtual void pop() = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/singledocparser.cpp b/src/singledocparser.cpp
index be82741..52544dd 100644
--- a/src/singledocparser.cpp
+++ b/src/singledocparser.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SingleDocParser::SingleDocParser(Scanner& scanner, const Directives& directives)
       m_anchors{},
       m_curAnchor(0) {}
 
-SingleDocParser::~SingleDocParser() {}
+SingleDocParser::~SingleDocParser() = default;
 
 // HandleDocument
 // . Handles the next document
diff --git a/src/streamcharsource.h b/src/streamcharsource.h
index 4b6a143..6259d16 100644
--- a/src/streamcharsource.h
+++ b/src/streamcharsource.h
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ namespace YAML {
 class StreamCharSource {
  public:
   StreamCharSource(const Stream& stream) : m_offset(0), m_stream(stream) {}
-  StreamCharSource(const StreamCharSource& source)
-      : m_offset(source.m_offset), m_stream(source.m_stream) {}
+  StreamCharSource(const StreamCharSource& source) = default;
   StreamCharSource(StreamCharSource&&) = default;
   StreamCharSource& operator=(const StreamCharSource&) = delete;
   StreamCharSource& operator=(StreamCharSource&&) = delete;
-  ~StreamCharSource() {}
+  ~StreamCharSource() = default;
 
   operator bool() const;
   char operator[](std::size_t i) const { return m_stream.CharAt(m_offset + i); }