diff --git a/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h b/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
index ffa69ceb37..199768effd 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/htmlcell.h
@@ -648,8 +648,8 @@ protected:
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_HTML wxHtmlLinkInfo : public wxObject
 {
 public:
-    wxHtmlLinkInfo() : wxObject()
-          { m_Href = m_Target = wxEmptyString; m_Event = NULL; m_Cell = NULL; }
+    wxHtmlLinkInfo()
+        { m_Event = NULL; m_Cell = NULL; }
     wxHtmlLinkInfo(const wxString& href, const wxString& target = wxString())
         : m_Href(href)
         , m_Target(target)
diff --git a/src/html/chm.cpp b/src/html/chm.cpp
index 74d1608c69..e38bb6c4ac 100644
--- a/src/html/chm.cpp
+++ b/src/html/chm.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ size_t wxChmInputStream::OnSysRead(void *buffer, size_t bufsize)
 
 wxFileOffset wxChmInputStream::OnSysSeek(wxFileOffset seek, wxSeekMode mode)
 {
-    wxString mode_str = wxEmptyString;
+    wxString mode_str;
 
     if ( !m_contentStream || m_contentStream->Eof() )
     {
diff --git a/src/html/helpwnd.cpp b/src/html/helpwnd.cpp
index b7340cccf4..262904486f 100644
--- a/src/html/helpwnd.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpwnd.cpp
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ bool wxHtmlHelpWindow::KeywordSearch(const wxString& keyword,
 
     int foundcnt = 0;
     wxString foundstr;
-    wxString book = wxEmptyString;
+    wxString book;
 
     if (!m_Splitter->IsSplit())
     {
diff --git a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
index 008b30fbb7..5d2e2a3bd8 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ bool wxHtmlWindow::LoadPage(const wxString& location)
         else
         {
             wxList::compatibility_iterator node;
-            wxString src = wxEmptyString;
+            wxString src;
 
 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
             if (m_RelatedStatusBarIndex != -1)
diff --git a/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp b/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
index 3d11783c76..691a90aeb0 100644
--- a/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/webview_ie.cpp
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ void wxWebViewIE::onActiveXEvent(wxActiveXEvent& evt)
         {
             wxString url = evt[1].GetString();
             // TODO: set target parameter if possible
-            wxString target = wxEmptyString;
+            wxString target;
             wxWebViewEvent event(wxEVT_WEBVIEW_NAVIGATED,
                                  GetId(), url, target);
             event.SetEventObject(this);
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ void wxWebViewIE::onActiveXEvent(wxActiveXEvent& evt)
             //Reset the find values.
             FindClear();
             // TODO: set target parameter if possible
-            wxString target = wxEmptyString;
+            wxString target;
             wxWebViewEvent event(wxEVT_WEBVIEW_LOADED, GetId(),
                                  url, target);
             event.SetEventObject(this);
diff --git a/src/ribbon/bar.cpp b/src/ribbon/bar.cpp
index 304f92c7c0..e1a3878ece 100644
--- a/src/ribbon/bar.cpp
+++ b/src/ribbon/bar.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void wxRibbonBar::AddPage(wxRibbonPage *page)
     // info.rect not set (intentional)
 
     wxClientDC dcTemp(this);
-    wxString label = wxEmptyString;
+    wxString label;
     if(m_flags & wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PAGE_LABELS)
         label = page->GetLabel();
     wxBitmap icon = wxNullBitmap;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ bool wxRibbonBar::Realize()
         {
             status = false;
         }
-        wxString label = wxEmptyString;
+        wxString label;
         if(m_flags & wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PAGE_LABELS)
             label = info.page->GetLabel();
         wxBitmap icon = wxNullBitmap;