diff --git a/src/tiffvisitor_int.cpp b/src/tiffvisitor_int.cpp
index 8335f1ae..f9ac8f04 100644
--- a/src/tiffvisitor_int.cpp
+++ b/src/tiffvisitor_int.cpp
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ Exiv2::ByteOrder stringToByteOrder(const std::string& val) {
 // *****************************************************************************
 // class member definitions
 namespace Exiv2::Internal {
-TiffVisitor::TiffVisitor() {
-  go_.fill(true);
-}
-
 void TiffVisitor::setGo(GoEvent event, bool go) {
   go_[event] = go;
 }
diff --git a/src/tiffvisitor_int.hpp b/src/tiffvisitor_int.hpp
index ec0fb9bb..c5f8c0e1 100644
--- a/src/tiffvisitor_int.hpp
+++ b/src/tiffvisitor_int.hpp
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ class TiffVisitor {
   };
 
  private:
-  static const int events_ = 2;     //!< The number of stop/go flags.
-  std::array<bool, events_> go_{};  //!< Array of stop/go flags. See setGo().
+  static const int events_ = 2;               //!< The number of stop/go flags.
+  std::array<bool, events_> go_{true, true};  //!< Array of stop/go flags. See setGo().
 
  public:
   //! @name Creators
   //@{
-  //! Default constructor. Initialises all stop/go flags to true.
-  TiffVisitor();
   //! Virtual destructor
   virtual ~TiffVisitor() = default;
   //@}