diff --git a/samples/opengl/penguin/dxfrenderer.cpp b/samples/opengl/penguin/dxfrenderer.cpp
index 464ccc65fd..dbe6e2447a 100644
--- a/samples/opengl/penguin/dxfrenderer.cpp
+++ b/samples/opengl/penguin/dxfrenderer.cpp
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ bool DXFRenderer::ParseEntities(wxInputStream& stream)
                 else
                     p->colour = GetLayerColour(layer);
                 m_entities.Append(p);
-                colour = -1; layer = wxEmptyString;
+                colour = -1; layer.clear();
                 v[0] = v[1] = v[2] = v[3] = DXFVector();
                 state = 0;
             }
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ bool DXFRenderer::ParseEntities(wxInputStream& stream)
                 else
                     p->colour = GetLayerColour(layer);
                 m_entities.Append(p);
-                colour = -1; layer = wxEmptyString;
+                colour = -1; layer.clear();
                 v[0] = v[1] = v[2] = v[3] = DXFVector();
                 state = 0;
             }
diff --git a/samples/typetest/typetest.cpp b/samples/typetest/typetest.cpp
index 8e4bf29b04..b4d511fd94 100644
--- a/samples/typetest/typetest.cpp
+++ b/samples/typetest/typetest.cpp
@@ -987,19 +987,19 @@ void MyApp::DoByteOrderDemo(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
     wxString text;
 
     wxInt32 var = 0xF1F2F3F4;
-    text = wxEmptyString;
+    text.clear();
     text.Printf( wxT("Value of wxInt32 is now: %#x.\n\n"), var );
     textCtrl.WriteText( text );
 
-    text = wxEmptyString;
+    text.clear();
     text.Printf( wxT("Value of swapped wxInt32 is: %#x.\n\n"), wxINT32_SWAP_ALWAYS( var ) );
     textCtrl.WriteText( text );
 
-    text = wxEmptyString;
+    text.clear();
     text.Printf( wxT("Value of wxInt32 swapped on little endian is: %#x.\n\n"), wxINT32_SWAP_ON_LE( var ) );
     textCtrl.WriteText( text );
 
-    text = wxEmptyString;
+    text.clear();
     text.Printf( wxT("Value of wxInt32 swapped on big endian is: %#x.\n\n"), wxINT32_SWAP_ON_BE( var ) );
     textCtrl.WriteText( text );
 }
diff --git a/src/generic/prntdlgg.cpp b/src/generic/prntdlgg.cpp
index b1c9d7eb77..6afa9eb544 100644
--- a/src/generic/prntdlgg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/prntdlgg.cpp
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ void wxGenericPrintSetupDialog::Init(wxPrintData* data)
                 wxStringTokenizer tok2( tmp, wxT(" ") );
                 tmp = tok2.GetNextToken();  // "printer"
                 tmp = tok2.GetNextToken();  // "hp_deskjet930c"
-                tmp = wxEmptyString;
+                tmp.clear();
                 while (tok2.HasMoreTokens())
                 {
                     tmp += tok2.GetNextToken();
diff --git a/src/html/helpctrl.cpp b/src/html/helpctrl.cpp
index 1d19b0dd4a..88e14624d8 100644
--- a/src/html/helpctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpctrl.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void wxHtmlHelpController::Init(int style)
     m_helpDialog = NULL;
 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
     m_Config = NULL;
-    m_ConfigRoot = wxEmptyString;
+    m_ConfigRoot.clear();
 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
     m_titleFormat = _("Help: %s");
     m_FrameStyle = style;
diff --git a/src/html/helpdata.cpp b/src/html/helpdata.cpp
index a18147ef0e..763516e1e5 100644
--- a/src/html/helpdata.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpdata.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ bool HP_TagHandler::HandleTag(const wxHtmlTag& tag)
     }
     else if (tag.GetName() == wxT("OBJECT"))
     {
-        m_name = m_page = wxEmptyString;
+        m_name.clear();
+        m_page.clear();
         ParseInner(tag);
 
 #if 0
@@ -845,7 +846,7 @@ bool wxHtmlSearchStatus::Search()
         return false;
     }
 
-    m_Name = wxEmptyString;
+    m_Name.clear();
     m_CurItem = NULL;
     thepage = m_Data->m_contents[i].page;
 
diff --git a/src/html/helpwnd.cpp b/src/html/helpwnd.cpp
index f68b485cea..88dca44361 100644
--- a/src/html/helpwnd.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpwnd.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void wxHtmlHelpWindow::Init(wxHtmlHelpData* data)
 
 #if wxUSE_CONFIG
     m_Config = NULL;
-    m_ConfigRoot = wxEmptyString;
+    m_ConfigRoot.clear();
 #endif // wxUSE_CONFIG
 
     m_Cfg.x = m_Cfg.y = wxDefaultCoord;
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ void wxHtmlHelpWindow::Init(wxHtmlHelpData* data)
     m_Cfg.navig_on = true;
 
     m_NormalFonts = m_FixedFonts = NULL;
-    m_NormalFace = m_FixedFace = wxEmptyString;
+    m_NormalFace.clear();
+    m_FixedFace.clear();
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
     m_FontSize = 10;
 #else
diff --git a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
index d3f06a38a8..eca5d83869 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlwin.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@ void wxHtmlWindow::Init()
 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
     m_RelatedFrame = NULL;
     m_TitleFormat = wxT("%s");
-    m_OpenedPage = m_OpenedAnchor = m_OpenedPageTitle = wxEmptyString;
+    m_OpenedPage.clear();
+    m_OpenedAnchor.clear();
+    m_OpenedPageTitle.clear();
     m_Cell = NULL;
     m_Parser = new wxHtmlWinParser(this);
     m_Parser->SetFS(m_FS);
@@ -433,7 +435,9 @@ void wxHtmlWindow::SetStandardFonts(int size,
 
 bool wxHtmlWindow::SetPage(const wxString& source)
 {
-    m_OpenedPage = m_OpenedAnchor = m_OpenedPageTitle = wxEmptyString;
+    m_OpenedPage.clear();
+    m_OpenedAnchor.clear();
+    m_OpenedPageTitle.clear();
     return DoSetPage(source);
 }
 
@@ -853,7 +857,7 @@ bool wxHtmlWindow::HistoryForward()
     if (m_HistoryPos == -1) return false;
     if (m_HistoryPos >= (int)m_History->GetCount() - 1)return false;
 
-    m_OpenedPage = wxEmptyString; // this will disable adding new entry into history in LoadPage()
+    m_OpenedPage.clear(); // this will disable adding new entry into history in LoadPage()
 
     m_HistoryPos++;
     l = (*m_History)[m_HistoryPos].GetPage();