diff --git a/src/openrct2/CmdlineSprite.cpp b/src/openrct2/CmdlineSprite.cpp
index 8d44a95546..a0ecfed2db 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/CmdlineSprite.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/CmdlineSprite.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ bool SpriteFile::Save(const utf8* path)
 static bool SpriteImageExport(const rct_g1_element& spriteElement, const char* outPath)
 {
     const auto pixelBufferSize = spriteElement.width * spriteElement.height;
-    std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> pixelBuffer(new uint8_t[pixelBufferSize]);
+    auto pixelBuffer = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(pixelBufferSize);
     auto pixels = pixelBuffer.get();
     std::fill_n(pixels, pixelBufferSize, 0x00);
 
diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/DataSerialiserTraits.h b/src/openrct2/core/DataSerialiserTraits.h
index 4fdcbaf464..7284f69851 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/DataSerialiserTraits.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/DataSerialiserTraits.h
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ template<> struct DataSerializerTraits_t<OpenRCT2::MemoryStream>
         uint32_t length = 0;
         s.decode(stream, length);
 
-        std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> buf(new uint8_t[length]);
+        auto buf = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(length);
         stream->Read(buf.get(), length);
 
         val.Write(buf.get(), length);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp b/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp
index cf03dfdc5b..b8240009f6 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct12/SawyerChunkReader.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<SawyerChunk> SawyerChunkReader::ReadChunk()
             case CHUNK_ENCODING_RLECOMPRESSED:
             case CHUNK_ENCODING_ROTATE:
             {
-                std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> compressedData(new uint8_t[header.length]);
+                auto compressedData = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(header.length);
                 if (_stream->TryRead(compressedData.get(), header.length) != header.length)
                 {
                     throw SawyerChunkException(EXCEPTION_MSG_CORRUPT_CHUNK_SIZE);