diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index e1bae2cd2554..540d5a7e878a 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Checks: >
         -modernize-replace-auto-ptr,
         -modernize-return-braced-init-list,
         -modernize-use-auto,
-        -modernize-use-equals-default,
         -modernize-use-trailing-return-type,
         -performance-avoid-endl,
         -performance-inefficient-string-concatenation,
diff --git a/clang-tidy.md b/clang-tidy.md
index 2311d2d3a97c..a2e2dd5db5e4 100644
--- a/clang-tidy.md
+++ b/clang-tidy.md
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ This does not appear to be useful as it is reported on very common code.
 
 It was decided not to apply these.
 
-`modernize-use-equals-default`<br/>
 `modernize-loop-convert`<br/>
 
 These might change the behavior of code which might not be intended (need to file an upstream issue)
diff --git a/gui/checkthread.cpp b/gui/checkthread.cpp
index b45f30c6eb05..0a8fbf346319 100644
--- a/gui/checkthread.cpp
+++ b/gui/checkthread.cpp
@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@ static bool executeCommand(std::string exe, std::vector<std::string> args, std::
 CheckThread::CheckThread(ThreadResult &result) :
     mResult(result),
     mCppcheck(result, true, executeCommand)
-{
-    //ctor
-}
-
-CheckThread::~CheckThread()
-{
-    //dtor
-}
+{}
 
 void CheckThread::check(const Settings &settings)
 {
diff --git a/gui/checkthread.h b/gui/checkthread.h
index d74ec2514a98..d246020bb618 100644
--- a/gui/checkthread.h
+++ b/gui/checkthread.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class CheckThread : public QThread {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit CheckThread(ThreadResult &result);
-    ~CheckThread() override;
+    ~CheckThread() override = default;
 
     /**
      * @brief Set settings for cppcheck
diff --git a/gui/csvreport.cpp b/gui/csvreport.cpp
index 36da50bbde57..740651cf06fd 100644
--- a/gui/csvreport.cpp
+++ b/gui/csvreport.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ CsvReport::CsvReport(const QString &filename) :
     Report(filename)
 {}
 
-CsvReport::~CsvReport()
-{}
-
 bool CsvReport::create()
 {
     if (Report::create()) {
diff --git a/gui/csvreport.h b/gui/csvreport.h
index a2efdd93b0a8..42395adba971 100644
--- a/gui/csvreport.h
+++ b/gui/csvreport.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ErrorItem;
 class CsvReport : public Report {
 public:
     explicit CsvReport(const QString &filename);
-    ~CsvReport() override;
+    ~CsvReport() override = default;
 
     /**
      * @brief Create the report (file).
diff --git a/gui/printablereport.cpp b/gui/printablereport.cpp
index 9bcfff55c342..d9272632f454 100644
--- a/gui/printablereport.cpp
+++ b/gui/printablereport.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ PrintableReport::PrintableReport() :
     Report(QString())
 {}
 
-PrintableReport::~PrintableReport()
-{}
-
 bool PrintableReport::create()
 {
     return true;
diff --git a/gui/printablereport.h b/gui/printablereport.h
index 29fa008bf61b..d85724ce6a83 100644
--- a/gui/printablereport.h
+++ b/gui/printablereport.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ErrorItem;
 class PrintableReport : public Report {
 public:
     PrintableReport();
-    ~PrintableReport() override;
+    ~PrintableReport() override = default;
 
     /**
      * @brief Create the report (file).
diff --git a/lib/timer.h b/lib/timer.h
index 1fe246f417da..34a5216d8d37 100644
--- a/lib/timer.h
+++ b/lib/timer.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ enum class SHOWTIME_MODES {
 
 class CPPCHECKLIB TimerResultsIntf {
 public:
-    virtual ~TimerResultsIntf() {}
+    virtual ~TimerResultsIntf() = default;
 
     virtual void addResults(const std::string& str, std::clock_t clocks) = 0;
 };
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct TimerResultsData {
 
 class CPPCHECKLIB TimerResults : public TimerResultsIntf {
 public:
-    TimerResults() {}
+    TimerResults() = default;
 
     void showResults(SHOWTIME_MODES mode) const;
     void addResults(const std::string& str, std::clock_t clocks) override;