diff --git a/src/fish_indent.cpp b/src/fish_indent.cpp
index 0444f97b3..bb7cb185d 100644
--- a/src/fish_indent.cpp
+++ b/src/fish_indent.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct prettifier_t {
 static void dump_node(indent_t node_indent, const parse_node_t &node, const wcstring &source) {
     wchar_t nextc = L' ';
     wchar_t prevc = L' ';
-    wcstring source_txt = L"";
+    wcstring source_txt;
     if (node.source_start != SOURCE_OFFSET_INVALID && node.source_length != SOURCE_OFFSET_INVALID) {
         int nextc_idx = node.source_start + node.source_length;
         if (static_cast<size_t>(nextc_idx) < source.size()) {
diff --git a/src/wildcard.cpp b/src/wildcard.cpp
index 58b8c00e7..952fb42e0 100644
--- a/src/wildcard.cpp
+++ b/src/wildcard.cpp
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ int wildcard_expand_string(const wcstring &wc, const wcstring &working_directory
     // Check for a leading slash. If we find one, we have an absolute path: the prefix is empty, the
     // base dir is /, and the wildcard is the remainder. If we don't find one, the prefix is the
     // working directory, the base dir is empty.
-    wcstring prefix = L"", base_dir = L"", effective_wc;
+    wcstring prefix, base_dir, effective_wc;
     if (string_prefixes_string(L"/", wc)) {
         base_dir = L"/";
         effective_wc = wc.substr(1);