diff --git a/src/json-patch.cpp b/src/json-patch.cpp
index e55b167..3f24d80 100644
--- a/src/json-patch.cpp
+++ b/src/json-patch.cpp
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 namespace nlohmann
 {
 
-json_patch::json_patch()
-    : j_{R"([])"_json} {}
-
 json_patch::json_patch(json &&patch)
     : j_{std::move(patch)}
 {
diff --git a/src/json-patch.hpp b/src/json-patch.hpp
index 6453297..4f204be 100644
--- a/src/json-patch.hpp
+++ b/src/json-patch.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private:
 class json_patch
 {
 public:
-	json_patch();
+	json_patch() = default;
 	json_patch(json &&patch);
 	json_patch(const json &patch);