diff --git a/src/uas/UASMessageHandler.cc b/src/uas/UASMessageHandler.cc
index 8fa99e3cc2077f22188995927779e2e5ccd769f2..1e2ae51863a7c909cb164a46f555c9e4e97199ac 100644
--- a/src/uas/UASMessageHandler.cc
+++ b/src/uas/UASMessageHandler.cc
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void UASMessageHandler::handleTextMessage(int, int compId, int severity, QString
     }
 
     // And determine the text for the severitie
-    QString severityText("");
+    QString severityText;
     switch (severity)
     {
     case MAV_SEVERITY_EMERGENCY:
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void UASMessageHandler::handleTextMessage(int, int compId, int severity, QString
     // Finally preppend the properly-styled text with a timestamp.
     QString dateString = QDateTime::currentDateTime().toString("hh:mm:ss.zzz");
     UASMessage* message = new UASMessage(compId, severity, text);
-    QString compString("");
+    QString compString;
     if (_multiComp) {
         compString = QString(" COMP:%1").arg(compId);
     }