diff --git a/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp b/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp
index edfef717..4419da4c 100644
--- a/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp
@@ -43,19 +43,13 @@ namespace Catch {
                 return createReporter(config->getReporterName(), config);
             }
 
-            // On older platforms, returning unique_ptr<ListeningReporter>
-            // when the return type is unique_ptr<IStreamingReporter>
-            // doesn't compile without a std::move call. However, this causes
-            // a warning on newer platforms. Thus, we have to work around
-            // it a bit and downcast the pointer manually.
-            auto ret = Detail::unique_ptr<IStreamingReporter>(new ListeningReporter(config));
-            auto& multi = static_cast<ListeningReporter&>(*ret);
+            auto multi = Detail::make_unique<ListeningReporter>(config);
             auto const& listeners = Catch::getRegistryHub().getReporterRegistry().getListeners();
             for (auto const& listener : listeners) {
-                multi.addListener(listener->create(Catch::ReporterConfig(config)));
+                multi->addListener(listener->create(Catch::ReporterConfig(config)));
             }
-            multi.addReporter(createReporter(config->getReporterName(), config));
-            return ret;
+            multi->addReporter(createReporter(config->getReporterName(), config));
+            return multi;
         }
 
         class TestGroup {
diff --git a/src/catch2/catch_test_case_info.cpp b/src/catch2/catch_test_case_info.cpp
index 800c94fa..6a60f928 100644
--- a/src/catch2/catch_test_case_info.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/catch_test_case_info.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace Catch {
         makeTestCaseInfo(std::string const& _className,
                          NameAndTags const& nameAndTags,
                          SourceLineInfo const& _lineInfo ) {
-        return Detail::unique_ptr<TestCaseInfo>(new TestCaseInfo(_className, nameAndTags, _lineInfo));
+        return Detail::make_unique<TestCaseInfo>(_className, nameAndTags, _lineInfo);
     }
 
     TestCaseInfo::TestCaseInfo(std::string const& _className,
diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_stream.cpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_stream.cpp
index c1e0d1dc..9890ae3a 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_stream.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_stream.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace Detail {
 
         auto add() -> std::size_t {
             if( m_unused.empty() ) {
-                m_streams.push_back( Detail::unique_ptr<std::ostringstream>( new std::ostringstream ) );
+                m_streams.push_back( Detail::make_unique<std::ostringstream>() );
                 return m_streams.size()-1;
             }
             else {