diff --git a/tests/daemon/fw/topology-tester.hpp b/tests/daemon/fw/topology-tester.hpp
index 16a1173..406c6b1 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/fw/topology-tester.hpp
+++ b/tests/daemon/fw/topology-tester.hpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
   addForwarder()
   {
     size_t i = m_forwarders.size();
-    m_forwarders.push_back(std::move(unique_ptr<Forwarder>(new Forwarder())));
+    m_forwarders.push_back(make_unique<Forwarder>());
     return i;
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-lru.t.cpp b/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-lru.t.cpp
index a690f33..02ce3c0 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-lru.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-lru.t.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(EvictOneLRU, UnitTestTimeFixture)
 {
   Cs cs(3);
-  cs.setPolicy(unique_ptr<Policy>(new LruPolicy()));
+  cs.setPolicy(make_unique<LruPolicy>());
 
   cs.insert(*makeData("ndn:/A"));
   cs.insert(*makeData("ndn:/B"));
diff --git a/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-priority-fifo.t.cpp b/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-priority-fifo.t.cpp
index e88f8d5..8fd1746 100644
--- a/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-priority-fifo.t.cpp
+++ b/tests/daemon/table/cs-policy-priority-fifo.t.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(EvictOne, UnitTestTimeFixture)
 {
   Cs cs(3);
-  cs.setPolicy(unique_ptr<Policy>(new PriorityFifoPolicy()));
+  cs.setPolicy(make_unique<PriorityFifoPolicy>());
 
   shared_ptr<Data> dataA = makeData("ndn:/A");
   dataA->setFreshnessPeriod(time::milliseconds(99999));
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(Refresh, UnitTestTimeFixture)
 {
   Cs cs(3);
-  cs.setPolicy(unique_ptr<Policy>(new PriorityFifoPolicy()));
+  cs.setPolicy(make_unique<PriorityFifoPolicy>());
 
   shared_ptr<Data> dataA = makeData("ndn:/A");
   dataA->setFreshnessPeriod(time::milliseconds(99999));