diff --git a/src/Mod/Points/App/Points.h b/src/Mod/Points/App/Points.h
index caa7d54712..080bff5770 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Points/App/Points.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Points/App/Points.h
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ public:
     /** @name Iterator */
     //@{
     const_point_iterator begin() const
-    { return const_point_iterator(this, _Points.begin()); }
+    { return {this, _Points.begin()}; }
     const_point_iterator end() const
-    { return const_point_iterator(this, _Points.end()); }
+    { return {this, _Points.end()}; }
     const_reverse_iterator rbegin() const
     { return const_reverse_iterator(end()); }
     const_reverse_iterator rend() const
diff --git a/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsPyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsPyImp.cpp
index d3c05d1d8d..454ea0267f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Points/App/PointsPyImp.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ using namespace Points;
 // returns a string which represents the object e.g. when printed in python
 std::string PointsPy::representation() const
 {
-    return std::string("<PointKernel object>");
+    return {"<PointKernel object>"};
 }
 
 PyObject *PointsPy::PyMake(struct _typeobject *, PyObject *, PyObject *)  // Python wrapper