6 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/engines/mohawk/console.cpp b/engines/mohawk/console.cpp
index f2020a5144..8ff1d158da 100644
--- a/engines/mohawk/console.cpp
+++ b/engines/mohawk/console.cpp
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ bool RivenConsole::Cmd_DumpScript(int argc, const char **argv) {
 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < namesCount; i++) {
 		nameStream->seek(curNamesPos + stringOffsets[i]);
 			
-		Common::String name = Common::String::emptyString;
+		Common::String name;
 		for (char c = nameStream->readByte(); c; c = nameStream->readByte())
 			name += c;
 		varNames.push_back(name);
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ bool RivenConsole::Cmd_DumpScript(int argc, const char **argv) {
 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < namesCount; i++) {
 		nameStream->seek(curNamesPos + stringOffsets[i]);
 			
-		Common::String name = Common::String::emptyString;
+		Common::String name;
 		for (char c = nameStream->readByte(); c; c = nameStream->readByte())
 			name += c;
 		xNames.push_back(name);
diff --git a/engines/mohawk/file.cpp b/engines/mohawk/file.cpp
index feeffd042b..31d9188feb 100644
--- a/engines/mohawk/file.cpp
+++ b/engines/mohawk/file.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ namespace Mohawk {
 
 MohawkFile::MohawkFile() {
 	_mhk = NULL;
-	_curFile = Common::String::emptyString;
 	_types = NULL;
 	_fileTable = NULL;
 }
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ void MohawkFile::close() {
 	delete[] _types; _types = NULL;
 	delete[] _fileTable; _fileTable = NULL;
 	
-	_curFile = Common::String::emptyString;
+	_curFile.clear();
 }
 
 void MohawkFile::open(Common::SeekableReadStream *stream) {
diff --git a/engines/mohawk/livingbooks.cpp b/engines/mohawk/livingbooks.cpp
index 4d77b23ddf..56e555db6d 100644
--- a/engines/mohawk/livingbooks.cpp
+++ b/engines/mohawk/livingbooks.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Common::SeekableSubReadStreamEndian *MohawkEngine_LivingBooks::wrapStreamEndian(
 }
 
 Common::String MohawkEngine_LivingBooks::getStringFromConfig(Common::String section, Common::String key) {
-	Common::String x = Common::String::emptyString;
+	Common::String x;
 	_bookInfoFile.getKey(key, section, x);
 	return removeQuotesFromString(x);
 }
diff --git a/engines/mohawk/myst.cpp b/engines/mohawk/myst.cpp
index 1143db721e..1a4af35be1 100644
--- a/engines/mohawk/myst.cpp
+++ b/engines/mohawk/myst.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ void MohawkEngine_Myst::loadHelp(uint16 id) {
 
 	uint16 count = helpStream->readUint16LE();
 	uint16 *u0 = new uint16[count];
-	Common::String helpText = Common::String::emptyString;
+	Common::String helpText;
 	
 	debugC(kDebugHelp, "\tcount: %d", count);
 	
diff --git a/engines/mohawk/riven.cpp b/engines/mohawk/riven.cpp
index 8653329fc9..bf98c64bdb 100644
--- a/engines/mohawk/riven.cpp
+++ b/engines/mohawk/riven.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ Common::String MohawkEngine_Riven::getHotspotName(uint16 hotspot) {
 	assert(hotspot < _hotspotCount);
 	
 	if (_hotspots[hotspot].name_resource < 0)
-		return Common::String::emptyString;
+		return Common::String();
 
 	return getName(HotspotNames, _hotspots[hotspot].name_resource);
 }
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ Common::String MohawkEngine_Riven::getName(uint16 nameResource, uint16 nameID) {
 	Common::SeekableReadStream* nameStream = getRawData(ID_NAME, nameResource);
 	uint16 fieldCount = nameStream->readUint16BE();
 	uint16* stringOffsets = new uint16[fieldCount];
-	Common::String name = Common::String::emptyString;
+	Common::String name;
 	char c;
 
 	if (nameID < fieldCount) {
diff --git a/engines/mohawk/riven_saveload.cpp b/engines/mohawk/riven_saveload.cpp
index 9331d034cd..0045eb9b49 100644
--- a/engines/mohawk/riven_saveload.cpp
+++ b/engines/mohawk/riven_saveload.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ bool RivenSaveLoad::loadGame(Common::String filename) {
 		names->seek(curNamesPos);
 		names->seek(stringOffsets[i], SEEK_CUR);
 			
-		Common::String name = Common::String::emptyString;
+		Common::String name;
 		char c = (char)names->readByte();
 
 		while (c) {