diff --git a/src/graphics/ui/elements/InventoryView.cpp b/src/graphics/ui/elements/InventoryView.cpp
index de121327..14b7a59b 100644
--- a/src/graphics/ui/elements/InventoryView.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/ui/elements/InventoryView.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void SlotView::draw(const DrawContext* pctx, Assets* assets) {
                 langs::get(util::str2wstr_utf8(def->caption))
             );
         } else {
-            tooltip = L"";
+            tooltip.clear();
         }
     }
     prevItem = itemid;
diff --git a/src/logic/scripting/scripting_functional.cpp b/src/logic/scripting/scripting_functional.cpp
index b3ad82af..557ece1d 100644
--- a/src/logic/scripting/scripting_functional.cpp
+++ b/src/logic/scripting/scripting_functional.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ wstringsupplier scripting::create_wstring_supplier(
             auto str = lua::require_wstring(L, -1); lua::pop(L);
             return str;
         }
-        return std::wstring(L"");
+        return std::wstring();
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/world/World.cpp b/src/world/World.cpp
index 37379852..c8ad542a 100644
--- a/src/world/World.cpp
+++ b/src/world/World.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void World::deserialize(dynamic::Map* root) {
     generator = root->get("generator", generator);
     seed = root->get("seed", seed);
 
-    if (generator == "") {
+    if (generator.empty()) {
         generator = WorldGenerators::getDefaultGeneratorID();
     }
     if (auto verobj = root->map("version")) {