diff --git a/src/debug_utils.cc b/src/debug_utils.cc
index 984c04eb2d381d..4553b642b65837 100644
--- a/src/debug_utils.cc
+++ b/src/debug_utils.cc
@@ -100,16 +100,14 @@ class PosixSymbolDebuggingContext final : public NativeSymbolDebuggingContext {
 
 std::unique_ptr<NativeSymbolDebuggingContext>
 NativeSymbolDebuggingContext::New() {
-  return std::unique_ptr<NativeSymbolDebuggingContext>(
-      new PosixSymbolDebuggingContext());
+  return std::make_unique<PosixSymbolDebuggingContext>();
 }
 
 #else  // HAVE_EXECINFO_H
 
 std::unique_ptr<NativeSymbolDebuggingContext>
 NativeSymbolDebuggingContext::New() {
-  return std::unique_ptr<NativeSymbolDebuggingContext>(
-      new NativeSymbolDebuggingContext());
+  return std::make_unique<NativeSymbolDebuggingContext>();
 }
 
 #endif  // HAVE_EXECINFO_H