diff --git a/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp b/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp
index 044192d3e4..94252d21e4 100644
--- a/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.cpp
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ BlockLocalPositionEstimator::BlockLocalPositionEstimator() :
 	       (_fusion.get() & FUSE_BARO) != 0);
 }
 
-BlockLocalPositionEstimator::~BlockLocalPositionEstimator()
-{}
-
 Vector<float, BlockLocalPositionEstimator::n_x> BlockLocalPositionEstimator::dynamics(
 	float t,
 	const Vector<float, BlockLocalPositionEstimator::n_x> &x,
diff --git a/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.hpp b/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.hpp
index e1f2c929aa..eb95701a78 100644
--- a/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.hpp
+++ b/src/modules/local_position_estimator/BlockLocalPositionEstimator.hpp
@@ -147,12 +147,11 @@ public:
 	// public methods
 	BlockLocalPositionEstimator();
 	void update();
-	virtual ~BlockLocalPositionEstimator();
+	virtual ~BlockLocalPositionEstimator() = default;
 
 private:
-	// prevent copy and assignment
-	BlockLocalPositionEstimator(const BlockLocalPositionEstimator &);
-	BlockLocalPositionEstimator operator=(const BlockLocalPositionEstimator &);
+	BlockLocalPositionEstimator(const BlockLocalPositionEstimator &) = delete;
+	BlockLocalPositionEstimator operator=(const BlockLocalPositionEstimator &) = delete;
 
 	// methods
 	// ----------------------------