diff --git a/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/AthExThinning/AthExIParticle.h b/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/AthExThinning/AthExIParticle.h
index 15b53df62e39a68f82946ab01ae81d1c8306a7a6..62d1f97477a3975c3313d15767e48858c18d68a7 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/AthExThinning/AthExIParticle.h
+++ b/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/AthExThinning/AthExIParticle.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ///////////////////////// -*- C++ -*- /////////////////////////////
 
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 // AthExIParticle.h 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AthExIParticle
 
   /** Destructor: 
    */
-  virtual ~AthExIParticle();
+  virtual ~AthExIParticle() = default;
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
   // Const methods: 
diff --git a/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/src_lib/AthExIParticle.cxx b/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/src_lib/AthExIParticle.cxx
index 78606ed3c69149106da4e437c2a7e256f73c041f..0c0940721651af0d5b3207b0b9b34afa4a9109a0 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/src_lib/AthExIParticle.cxx
+++ b/Control/AthenaExamples/AthExThinning/src_lib/AthExIParticle.cxx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ///////////////////////// -*- C++ -*- /////////////////////////////
 
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 // AthExIParticle.cxx 
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@
 // AthExThinning includes
 #include "AthExThinning/AthExIParticle.h"
 
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
-// Public methods: 
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
-
-AthExIParticle::~AthExIParticle()
-{}
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
 // Const methods: 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////