diff --git a/src/apt.cpp b/src/apt.cpp
index f81fbbe..99b753f 100644
--- a/src/apt.cpp
+++ b/src/apt.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ TQString AptProtocol::make_html_form() const
 
 AptProtocol::AptProtocol( const TQCString &pool_socket, const TQCString &app_socket )
     : SlaveBase( "tdeio_apt", pool_socket, app_socket ),
-      m_adept_batch(0), m_parser(0)
+      m_adept_batch(0), m_parser()
 
 {
   TDEStandardDirs* dirs = TDEGlobal::dirs();
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ TQString AptProtocol::header_background() const { return m_header_background; }
 
 void AptProtocol::token_dispatch(const TQString& name, const TQString& val)
 {
-  if (m_parser.get())
+  if (m_parser)
     (*m_parser)(this, name, val);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/apt.h b/src/apt.h
index 879582c..a066415 100644
--- a/src/apt.h
+++ b/src/apt.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ private slots:
   void token_dispatch(const TQString& tag, const TQString& value);
 
 private:
-  std::auto_ptr<Parsers::Parser> m_parser;
+  std::unique_ptr<Parsers::Parser> m_parser;
 
   /** apt-cache search
    * Performs apt-cache search, with the query encoded in url.query()