diff --git a/src/modules/syslink/syslink_bridge.cpp b/src/modules/syslink/syslink_bridge.cpp
index 7912fb90b2..7c7ac1e21a 100644
--- a/src/modules/syslink/syslink_bridge.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/syslink/syslink_bridge.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 
 SyslinkBridge::SyslinkBridge(Syslink *link) :
-	CDev("SyslinkBridge", "/dev/bridge0"),
+	CDev("/dev/bridge0"),
 	_link(link),
 	_readbuffer(16, sizeof(crtp_message_t))
 {
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ SyslinkBridge::SyslinkBridge(Syslink *link) :
 	//ideally _msg_to_send.data size should be CRTP_MAX_DATA_SIZE but cfbridge does not receive 31 bytes of data due to a bug somewhere
 }
 
-SyslinkBridge::~SyslinkBridge()
-{
-
-}
-
-
 int
 SyslinkBridge::init()
 {
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ SyslinkBridge::init()
 
 	/* if init failed, bail now */
 	if (ret != OK) {
-		DEVICE_DEBUG("CDev init failed");
+		PX4_DEBUG("CDev init failed");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/modules/syslink/syslink_main.h b/src/modules/syslink/syslink_main.h
index c71bc4ff8d..cc3665dead 100644
--- a/src/modules/syslink/syslink_main.h
+++ b/src/modules/syslink/syslink_main.h
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-class SyslinkBridge : public device::CDev
+class SyslinkBridge : public cdev::CDev
 {
 
 public:
 	SyslinkBridge(Syslink *link);
-	virtual ~SyslinkBridge();
+	virtual ~SyslinkBridge() = default;
 
 	virtual int	init();
 
@@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-class SyslinkMemory : public device::CDev
+class SyslinkMemory : public cdev::CDev
 {
 
 public:
 	SyslinkMemory(Syslink *link);
-	virtual ~SyslinkMemory();
+	virtual ~SyslinkMemory() = default;
 
 	virtual int	init();
 
diff --git a/src/modules/syslink/syslink_memory.cpp b/src/modules/syslink/syslink_memory.cpp
index 337bc63834..4473339557 100644
--- a/src/modules/syslink/syslink_memory.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/syslink/syslink_memory.cpp
@@ -40,17 +40,10 @@
 
 
 SyslinkMemory::SyslinkMemory(Syslink *link) :
-	CDev("SyslinkMemory", DECK_DEVICE_PATH),
+	CDev(DECK_DEVICE_PATH),
 	_link(link),
 	_activeI(0)
 {
-
-
-}
-
-SyslinkMemory::~SyslinkMemory()
-{
-
 }
 
 
@@ -61,7 +54,7 @@ SyslinkMemory::init()
 
 	/* if init failed, bail now */
 	if (ret != OK) {
-		DEVICE_DEBUG("CDev init failed");
+		PX4_DEBUG("CDev init failed");
 		return ret;
 	}