diff --git a/examples/GUI/OpenGLAppDemo.h b/examples/GUI/OpenGLAppDemo.h
index ee5cbd6581..2fbcc8b1fb 100644
--- a/examples/GUI/OpenGLAppDemo.h
+++ b/examples/GUI/OpenGLAppDemo.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public:
             attributes.reset();
             uniforms  .reset();
 
-            shader.reset (newShader.release());
+            shader = std::move (newShader);
             shader->use();
 
             shape     .reset (new Shape());
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
index 111c0f098c..9c4b1eec3c 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ bool JucerDocument::reloadFromDocument()
     if (currentXML != nullptr && currentXML->isEquivalentTo (newXML.get(), true))
         return true;
 
-    currentXML.reset (newXML.release());
+    currentXML = std::move (newXML);
     stopTimer();
 
     resources.loadFromCpp (getCppFile(), cppContent);
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp b/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp
index 855dffec7c..1582571c14 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/javascript/juce_Javascript.cpp
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
         Expression* parseFunctionCall (FunctionCall* call, ExpPtr& function)
         {
             std::unique_ptr<FunctionCall> s (call);
-            s->object.reset (function.release());
+            s->object = std::move (function);
             match (TokenTypes::openParen);
 
             while (currentType != TokenTypes::closeParen)
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
             if (matchIf (TokenTypes::openBracket))
             {
                 std::unique_ptr<ArraySubscript> s (new ArraySubscript (location));
-                s->object.reset (input.release());
+                s->object = std::move (input);
                 s->index.reset (parseExpression());
                 match (TokenTypes::closeBracket);
                 return parseSuffixes (s.release());
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ struct JavascriptEngine::RootObject   : public DynamicObject
         Expression* parseTernaryOperator (ExpPtr& condition)
         {
             std::unique_ptr<ConditionalOp> e (new ConditionalOp (location));
-            e->condition.reset (condition.release());
+            e->condition = std::move (condition);
             e->trueBranch.reset (parseExpression());
             match (TokenTypes::colon);
             e->falseBranch.reset (parseExpression());
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_win32_ActiveXComponent.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_win32_ActiveXComponent.cpp
index d5f98f874d..d4d9a45e07 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_win32_ActiveXComponent.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_extra/native/juce_win32_ActiveXComponent.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ bool ActiveXControlComponent::createControl (const void* controlIID)
 
                 if (newControl->control->DoVerb (OLEIVERB_SHOW, nullptr, newControl->clientSite, 0, hwnd, &rect) == S_OK)
                 {
-                    control.reset (newControl.release());
+                    control = std::move (newControl);
                     control->controlHWND = ActiveXHelpers::getHWND (this);
 
                     if (control->controlHWND != nullptr)