diff --git a/src/torrent/data/file_list.cc b/src/torrent/data/file_list.cc
index 96db1a674..905fca939 100644
--- a/src/torrent/data/file_list.cc
+++ b/src/torrent/data/file_list.cc
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ FileList::create_chunk(uint64_t offset, uint32_t length, int prot) {
   if (offset + length > m_torrentSize)
     throw internal_error("Tried to access chunk out of range in FileList", data()->hash());
 
-  std::unique_ptr<Chunk> chunk(new Chunk);
+  auto chunk = std::make_unique<Chunk>();
 
   auto itr = std::find_if(begin(), end(), [offset](File* file) { return file->is_valid_position(offset); });
 
diff --git a/src/torrent/torrent.cc b/src/torrent/torrent.cc
index bdb1ed849..668d0c7b3 100644
--- a/src/torrent/torrent.cc
+++ b/src/torrent/torrent.cc
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ encoding_list() {
 
 Download
 download_add(Object* object) {
-  std::unique_ptr<DownloadWrapper> download(new DownloadWrapper);
+  auto download = std::make_unique<DownloadWrapper>();
 
   DownloadConstructor ctor;
   ctor.set_download(download.get());
diff --git a/src/torrent/utils/thread_interrupt.cc b/src/torrent/utils/thread_interrupt.cc
index b8cb73f6f..efd9ab010 100644
--- a/src/torrent/utils/thread_interrupt.cc
+++ b/src/torrent/utils/thread_interrupt.cc
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ thread_interrupt::create_pair() {
 
   pair_type result;
 
-  result.first = std::unique_ptr<thread_interrupt>(new thread_interrupt(fd1));
-  result.second = std::unique_ptr<thread_interrupt>(new thread_interrupt(fd2));
+  result.first = std::make_unique<thread_interrupt>(fd1);
+  result.second = std::make_unique<thread_interrupt>(fd2);
 
   result.first->m_other = result.second.get();
   result.second->m_other = result.first.get();