diff --git a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/conflate/merging/MergerCreator.h b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/conflate/merging/MergerCreator.h
index ab2876f..482cff2 100644
--- a/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/conflate/merging/MergerCreator.h
+++ b/hoot-core/src/main/cpp/hoot/core/conflate/merging/MergerCreator.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ public:
static std::string className() { return "hoot::MergerCreator"; }
- virtual ~MergerCreator() {}
+ MergerCreator() = default;
+ virtual ~MergerCreator() = default;
/**
* Either creates one or more mergers that can merge all the matches in the