diff --git a/common/eda_pattern_match.cpp b/common/eda_pattern_match.cpp
index 5251305857..80f95c919c 100644
--- a/common/eda_pattern_match.cpp
+++ b/common/eda_pattern_match.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
*
* Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@gmail.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2015-2017 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
#include <wx/log.h>
#include <wx/tokenzr.h>
#include <climits>
-#include <make_unique.h>
bool EDA_PATTERN_MATCH_SUBSTR::SetPattern( const wxString& aPattern )
{
diff --git a/common/footprint_filter.cpp b/common/footprint_filter.cpp
index 58bbafb5ed..bf6d063fe3 100644
--- a/common/footprint_filter.cpp
+++ b/common/footprint_filter.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
*
* Copyright (C) 2016 Jean-Pierre Charras, jp.charras at wanadoo.fr
- * Copyright (C) 1992-2017 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 1992-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
*/
#include <footprint_filter.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <stdexcept>
using FOOTPRINT_FILTER_IT = FOOTPRINT_FILTER::ITERATOR;
diff --git a/common/geometry/shape_poly_set.cpp b/common/geometry/shape_poly_set.cpp
index ba52e63e0b..4e3c75a362 100644
--- a/common/geometry/shape_poly_set.cpp
+++ b/common/geometry/shape_poly_set.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
#include <md5_hash.h>
#include <map>
-#include <make_unique.h>
-
#include <geometry/geometry_utils.h>
#include <geometry/shape.h>
#include <geometry/shape_line_chain.h>
diff --git a/common/lib_tree_model.cpp b/common/lib_tree_model.cpp
index 71fe74c7dc..4cf23c2d01 100644
--- a/common/lib_tree_model.cpp
+++ b/common/lib_tree_model.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (C) 2017 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@gmail.com>
* Copyright (C) 2014 Henner Zeller <h.zeller@acm.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2014-2018 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
#include <eda_pattern_match.h>
#include <lib_tree_item.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <utility>
#include <pgm_base.h>
#include <kicad_string.h>
diff --git a/common/view/zoom_controller.cpp b/common/view/zoom_controller.cpp
index 95c21763f0..735cf24700 100644
--- a/common/view/zoom_controller.cpp
+++ b/common/view/zoom_controller.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Torsten Hueter, torstenhtr <at> gmx.de
* Copyright (C) 2013-2015 CERN
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2018 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
*
* @author Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@cern.ch>
* @author Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@cern.ch>
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
#include <view/zoom_controller.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <trace_helpers.h>
#include <wx/log.h>
@@ -131,4 +130,4 @@ double CONSTANT_ZOOM_CONTROLLER::GetScaleForRotation( int aRotation )
constexpr ACCELERATING_ZOOM_CONTROLLER::TIMEOUT ACCELERATING_ZOOM_CONTROLLER::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
constexpr double CONSTANT_ZOOM_CONTROLLER::MAC_SCALE;
-constexpr double CONSTANT_ZOOM_CONTROLLER::GTK3_SCALE;
\ No newline at end of file
+constexpr double CONSTANT_ZOOM_CONTROLLER::GTK3_SCALE;
diff --git a/common/widgets/wx_busy_indicator.cpp b/common/widgets/wx_busy_indicator.cpp
index b7da24f761..141213f09d 100644
--- a/common/widgets/wx_busy_indicator.cpp
+++ b/common/widgets/wx_busy_indicator.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
#include <widgets/wx_busy_indicator.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
-
#include <wx/cursor.h>
WX_BUSY_INDICATOR::WX_BUSY_INDICATOR() : m_cursor( std::make_unique<wxBusyCursor>() )
{
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom.cpp b/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom.cpp
index 119015173b..518c0bdd33 100644
--- a/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
#include <html_messagebox.h>
#include <reporter.h>
#include <bom_plugins.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <dialogs/dialog_bom_cfg_lexer.h>
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index a3fd9f2924..563af17861 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
#include <atomic>
#include <memory>
-// C++11 "polyfill" for the C++14 std::make_unique function
-#include "make_unique.h"
-
class wxAboutDialogInfo;
class SEARCH_STACK;
class REPORTER;
diff --git a/include/make_unique.h b/include/make_unique.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ef20658d0..0000000000
--- a/include/make_unique.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2017 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, you may find one here:
- * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- * or you may search the http://www.gnu.org website for the version 2 license,
- * or you may write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
- */
-
-/**
- * @file make_unique.h
- * @brief Implementation of std::make_unique for pre C++14 compilation
- * environments
- */
-
-#ifndef MAKE_UNIQUE_H
-#define MAKE_UNIQUE_H
-
-// Define std::make_unique if the compiler is C++11, but not C++14
-// (which provides this itself)
-// When C++14 support is a KiCad pre-requisite, this entire file
-// can be removed.
-#if __cplusplus == 201103L
-
-#include <cstddef>
-#include <memory>
-#include <type_traits>
-#include <utility>
-
-// It's a bit naughty to add things to std::, but the point is to
-// "polyfill" this function in only if std:: doesn't have it
-//
-// This implementation is the one proposed by Stephan T. Lavavej
-// in N3656: https://isocpp.org/files/papers/N3656.txt
-// This is more or less exactly how it is implemented in GCC (e.g. 6.3.1)
-// when C++14 is enabled.
-namespace std
-{
- template<class T> struct _Unique_if {
- typedef unique_ptr<T> _Single_object;
- };
-
- template<class T> struct _Unique_if<T[]> {
- typedef unique_ptr<T[]> _Unknown_bound;
- };
-
- template<class T, size_t N> struct _Unique_if<T[N]> {
- typedef void _Known_bound;
- };
-
- /// std::make_unique for single objects
- template<class T, class... Args>
- typename _Unique_if<T>::_Single_object
- make_unique(Args&&... args) {
- return unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
- }
-
- /// std::make_unique for arrays of unknown bound
- template<class T>
- typename _Unique_if<T>::_Unknown_bound
- make_unique(size_t n) {
- typedef typename remove_extent<T>::type U;
- return unique_ptr<T>(new U[n]());
- }
-
- /// Disable std::make_unique for arrays of known bound
- template<class T, class... Args>
- typename _Unique_if<T>::_Known_bound
- make_unique(Args&&...) = delete;
-}
-
-#endif // __cplusplus == 201103L
-
-#endif // WXSTRUCT_H_
diff --git a/libs/sexpr/sexpr_parser.cpp b/libs/sexpr/sexpr_parser.cpp
index 3c3decd784..28fcd73464 100644
--- a/libs/sexpr/sexpr_parser.cpp
+++ b/libs/sexpr/sexpr_parser.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/*
* Copyright (C) 2016 Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@gmail.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2018 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
#include <wx/file.h>
#include <macros.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
namespace SEXPR
{
diff --git a/pcbnew/footprint_info_impl.cpp b/pcbnew/footprint_info_impl.cpp
index b6a6aed56b..ae1ecffad0 100644
--- a/pcbnew/footprint_info_impl.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/footprint_info_impl.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (C) 2011 Jean-Pierre Charras, <jp.charras@wanadoo.fr>
* Copyright (C) 2013-2016 SoftPLC Corporation, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@softplc.com>
- * Copyright (C) 1992-2018 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 1992-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
#include <kiway.h>
#include <lib_id.h>
#include <macros.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <pgm_base.h>
#include <wildcards_and_files_ext.h>
#include <widgets/progress_reporter.h>
diff --git a/pcbnew/footprint_preview_panel.cpp b/pcbnew/footprint_preview_panel.cpp
index 7fe93c96cc..9d90da91bb 100644
--- a/pcbnew/footprint_preview_panel.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/footprint_preview_panel.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
*
- * Copyright (C) 2016-2017 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2019 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
* Copyright (C) 2017 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@gmail.com>
* Copyright (C) 2016 Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@cern.ch>
*
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
#include <mutex>
#include <eda_draw_frame.h>
#include <utility>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <colors_design_settings.h>
#include <pcb_edit_frame.h>
#include <wx/stattext.h>
diff --git a/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp b/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp
index 0238f99eee..aa1a40aed6 100644
--- a/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/pcbnew.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
#include <kiface_ids.h>
#include <confirm.h>
#include <macros.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
#include <pcb_edit_frame.h>
#include <eda_dde.h>
#include <wx/stdpaths.h>
diff --git a/qa/common/test_lib_table.cpp b/qa/common/test_lib_table.cpp
index 3394524021..c754b26d5c 100644
--- a/qa/common/test_lib_table.cpp
+++ b/qa/common/test_lib_table.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
*
- * Copyright (C) 2018 KiCad Developers, see CHANGELOG.TXT for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 KiCad Developers, see CHANGELOG.TXT for contributors.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
// Code under test
#include <lib_table_base.h>
-#include <make_unique.h>
-
/**
* A concrete implementation of #LIB_TABLE_ROW that implements