diff --git a/develop/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp b/develop/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp
index 4d939476..2934389b 100644
--- a/develop/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp
+++ b/develop/detail/iterators/iter_impl.hpp
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class iter_impl
     /// associated JSON instance
     pointer m_object = nullptr;
     /// the actual iterator of the associated instance
-    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it = {};
+    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it;
 };
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index 0bb324d0..7487b686 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -4467,7 +4467,7 @@ class iter_impl
     /// associated JSON instance
     pointer m_object = nullptr;
     /// the actual iterator of the associated instance
-    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it = {};
+    internal_iterator<typename std::remove_const<BasicJsonType>::type> m_it;
 };
 }
 }