1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 82d5a607b9..4b0604c55e 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ cmLocalNinjaGenerator::cmLocalNinjaGenerator(cmGlobalGenerator* gg,
 
 // Virtual public methods.
 
-cmRulePlaceholderExpander*
+std::unique_ptr<cmRulePlaceholderExpander>
 cmLocalNinjaGenerator::CreateRulePlaceholderExpander() const
 {
-  cmRulePlaceholderExpander* ret =
-    this->cmLocalGenerator::CreateRulePlaceholderExpander();
+  auto ret = this->cmLocalGenerator::CreateRulePlaceholderExpander();
   ret->SetTargetImpLib("$TARGET_IMPLIB");
-  return ret;
+  return std::unique_ptr<cmRulePlaceholderExpander>(std::move(ret));
 }
 
 cmLocalNinjaGenerator::~cmLocalNinjaGenerator() = default;
@@ -913,8 +912,7 @@ std::string cmLocalNinjaGenerator::MakeCustomLauncher(
   }
   vars.Output = output.c_str();
 
-  std::unique_ptr<cmRulePlaceholderExpander> rulePlaceholderExpander(
-    this->CreateRulePlaceholderExpander());
+  auto rulePlaceholderExpander = this->CreateRulePlaceholderExpander();
 
   std::string launcher = *property_value;
   rulePlaceholderExpander->ExpandRuleVariables(this, launcher, vars);