diff --git a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
index 8cc4ef1cf4..b165d8bdc6 100644
--- a/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/gguf.cpp
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ void gguf_set_tensor_data(struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * name, const vo
 struct gguf_writer_base {
     size_t written_bytes {0u};
 
-    ~gguf_writer_base(void) {}
+    ~gguf_writer_base(void) = default;
 
     // we bet on devirtualization
     virtual void write(int8_t val) = 0;
diff --git a/src/llama-impl.h b/src/llama-impl.h
index c5163e9225..c3391e79f5 100644
--- a/src/llama-impl.h
+++ b/src/llama-impl.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void llama_log_callback_default(ggml_log_level level, const char * text, void *
 template <typename T>
 struct no_init {
     T value;
-    no_init() { /* do nothing */ }
+    no_init() = default;
 };
 
 struct time_meas {
diff --git a/src/llama-model.cpp b/src/llama-model.cpp
index e281dc760b..c3675dbdc4 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model.cpp
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ static buft_list_t make_gpu_buft_list(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, llama_split_mode s
 }
 
 struct llama_model::impl {
-    impl() {}
-    ~impl() {}
+    impl() = default;
+    ~impl() = default;
 
     uint64_t n_elements = 0;
 
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ llama_model::llama_model(const llama_model_params & params) : params(params), pi
     pimpl->has_tensor_overrides = params.tensor_buft_overrides && params.tensor_buft_overrides[0].pattern;
 }
 
-llama_model::~llama_model() {}
+llama_model::~llama_model() = default;
 
 void llama_model::load_stats(llama_model_loader & ml) {
     pimpl->n_elements = ml.n_elements;
diff --git a/src/llama-vocab.cpp b/src/llama-vocab.cpp
index a73c4c448b..e2cca66e48 100644
--- a/src/llama-vocab.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-vocab.cpp
@@ -3253,8 +3253,7 @@ void llama_vocab::impl::print_info() const {
 llama_vocab::llama_vocab() : pimpl(new impl(*this)) {
 }
 
-llama_vocab::~llama_vocab() {
-}
+llama_vocab::~llama_vocab() = default;
 
 void llama_vocab::load(llama_model_loader & ml, const LLM_KV & kv) {
     pimpl->load(ml, kv);