diff --git a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/TrkTrack/LinkToTrack.h b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/TrkTrack/LinkToTrack.h
index cb6f166ad4aec8aade23ee6af193a8487de5581b..168c4741e67348bc05021f1f2d1531c0bca4f6db 100644
--- a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/TrkTrack/LinkToTrack.h
+++ b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/TrkTrack/LinkToTrack.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #ifndef TRKTRACK_LINKTOTRACK_H
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace Trk
     LinkToTrack( ElementLink<TrackCollection>& link );
     
     /** default destructor */
-    virtual ~LinkToTrack();
+    virtual ~LinkToTrack() = default;
    
     /** return the track parameters of the track (to which the EL< TrackCollection > points) */
     const TrackParameters* parameters() const;
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ namespace Trk
     /** method to clone the LinkToTrack object */
     LinkToTrack * clone() const ;
     
-    /** assignment operator */
-    Trk::LinkToTrack& operator= ( const Trk::LinkToTrack& rhs );
     // This is here to make sure that the TrackCollection typedef
     // will make it into the dictionary.
     typedef TrackCollection TrackCollectionForDict;
diff --git a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/src/LinkToTrack.cxx b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/src/LinkToTrack.cxx
index 7f125f17fc822b1f960c2a8f433598ef3ed5f10b..96fba2032cbff11d4ed9d1873804c053709e7a27 100644
--- a/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/src/LinkToTrack.cxx
+++ b/Tracking/TrkEvent/TrkTrack/src/LinkToTrack.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #include "TrkTrack/LinkToTrack.h"
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ namespace Trk
 	LinkToTrack::LinkToTrack ( ElementLink<TrackCollection>& link ) : ElementLink<TrackCollection> ( link )
 	{}
 
-	LinkToTrack::~LinkToTrack()
-	{}
-
         const TrackParameters* LinkToTrack::parameters() const
 	{
 		if ( isValid() )
@@ -34,12 +31,4 @@ namespace Trk
 		return new LinkToTrack ( *this );
 	}
 
-	Trk::LinkToTrack& Trk::LinkToTrack::operator= ( const Trk::LinkToTrack& rhs )
-	{
-		if ( this!=&rhs )
-		{
-			ElementLink<TrackCollection>::operator= ( rhs );
-		}
-		return *this;
-	}
 }//end of namespace definitions