diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc b/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
index d01ccaae..1ba3f502 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-port-test.cc
@@ -1104,9 +1104,9 @@ TEST(MutexTest, OnlyOneThreadCanLockAtATime) {
   // Creates and runs kThreadCount threads that increment locked_counter
   // kCycleCount times each.
   for (int i = 0; i < kThreadCount; ++i) {
-    counting_threads[i].reset(new ThreadType(
+    counting_threads[i] = std::make_unique<ThreadType>(
         &CountingThreadFunc, make_pair(&locked_counter, kCycleCount),
-        &threads_can_start));
+        &threads_can_start);
   }
   threads_can_start.Notify();
   for (int i = 0; i < kThreadCount; ++i) counting_threads[i]->Join();
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_stress_test.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_stress_test.cc
index af9733ad..0cf21852 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_stress_test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_stress_test.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 // Tests that SCOPED_TRACE() and various Google Test assertions can be
 // used in a large number of threads concurrently.
 
+#include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ TEST(StressTest, CanUseScopedTraceAndAssertionsInManyThreads) {
     std::unique_ptr<ThreadWithParam<int> > threads[kThreadCount];
     Notification threads_can_start;
     for (int i = 0; i != kThreadCount; i++)
-      threads[i].reset(
-          new ThreadWithParam<int>(&ManyAsserts, i, &threads_can_start));
+      threads[i] = std::make_unique<ThreadWithParam<int>>(&ManyAsserts, i,
+                                                          &threads_can_start);
 
     threads_can_start.Notify();