diff --git a/Source/dvlnet/abstract_net.cpp b/Source/dvlnet/abstract_net.cpp
index d34787d49..984a0b44e 100644
--- a/Source/dvlnet/abstract_net.cpp
+++ b/Source/dvlnet/abstract_net.cpp
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ namespace net {
 std::unique_ptr<abstract_net> abstract_net::make_net(provider_t provider)
 {
 #ifdef NONET
-	return std::unique_ptr<abstract_net>(new loopback);
+	return std::make_unique<loopback>();
 #else
 	switch (provider) {
 	case SELCONN_TCP:
-		return std::unique_ptr<abstract_net>(new cdwrap<tcp_client>);
+		return std::make_unique<cdwrap<tcp_client>>();
 	case SELCONN_ZT:
-		return std::unique_ptr<abstract_net>(new cdwrap<base_protocol<protocol_zt>>);
+		return std::make_unique<cdwrap<base_protocol<protocol_zt>>>();
 	case SELCONN_LOOPBACK:
-		return std::unique_ptr<abstract_net>(new loopback);
+		return std::make_unique<loopback>();
 	default:
 		ABORT();
 	}
diff --git a/Source/dvlnet/packet.h b/Source/dvlnet/packet.h
index 58053b1fa..89f456546 100644
--- a/Source/dvlnet/packet.h
+++ b/Source/dvlnet/packet.h
@@ -342,19 +342,19 @@ public:
 
 inline std::unique_ptr<packet> packet_factory::make_packet(buffer_t buf)
 {
-	std::unique_ptr<packet_in> ret(new packet_in(key));
+	auto ret = std::make_unique<packet_in>(key);
 	ret->create(std::move(buf));
 	ret->decrypt();
-	return std::unique_ptr<packet>(std::move(ret));
+	return ret;
 }
 
 template <packet_type t, typename... Args>
 std::unique_ptr<packet> packet_factory::make_packet(Args... args)
 {
-	std::unique_ptr<packet_out> ret(new packet_out(key));
+	auto ret = std::make_unique<packet_out>(key);
 	ret->create<t>(args...);
 	ret->encrypt();
-	return std::unique_ptr<packet>(std::move(ret));
+	return ret;
 }
 
 } // namespace net
diff --git a/Source/mpqapi.cpp b/Source/mpqapi.cpp
index 7ee880330..415eacfa9 100644
--- a/Source/mpqapi.cpp
+++ b/Source/mpqapi.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static bool mpqapi_write_file_contents(const char *pszName, const BYTE *pbData,
 	// We populate the table of sector offset while we write the data.
 	// We can't pre-populate it because we don't know the compressed sector sizes yet.
 	// First offset is the start of the first sector, last offset is the end of the last sector.
-	std::unique_ptr<uint32_t[]> sectoroffsettable(new uint32_t[num_sectors + 1]);
+	auto sectoroffsettable = std::make_unique<uint32_t[]>(num_sectors + 1);
 
 #ifdef CAN_SEEKP_BEYOND_EOF
 	if (!cur_archive.stream.seekp(pBlk->offset + offset_table_bytesize, std::ios::beg))
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static bool mpqapi_write_file_contents(const char *pszName, const BYTE *pbData,
 	const std::uintmax_t cur_size = stream_end - cur_archive.stream_begin;
 	if (cur_size < pBlk->offset + offset_table_bytesize) {
 		if (cur_size < pBlk->offset) {
-			std::unique_ptr<char[]> filler(new char[pBlk->offset - cur_size]);
+			auto filler = std::make_unique<char[]>(pBlk->offset - cur_size);
 			if (!cur_archive.stream.write(filler.get(), pBlk->offset - cur_size))
 				return false;
 		}