diff --git a/vcl/osx/HtmlFmtFlt.cxx b/vcl/osx/HtmlFmtFlt.cxx
index 6661d0e6fdde..e6abfed4fc62 100644
--- a/vcl/osx/HtmlFmtFlt.cxx
+++ b/vcl/osx/HtmlFmtFlt.cxx
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ std::string GetHtmlFormatHeader(size_t startHtml, size_t endHtml, size_t startFr
 
 // the office always writes the start and end html tag in upper cases and
 // without spaces both tags don't allow parameters
-const std::string TAG_HTML = std::string("<html>");
-const std::string TAG_END_HTML = std::string("</html>");
+const std::string TAG_HTML("<html>");
+const std::string TAG_END_HTML("</html>");
 
 // The body tag may have parameters so we need to search for the
 // closing '>' manually e.g. <BODY param> #92840#
-const std::string TAG_BODY = std::string("<body");
-const std::string TAG_END_BODY = std::string("</body");
+const std::string TAG_BODY("<body");
+const std::string TAG_END_BODY("</body");
 
 Sequence<sal_Int8> TextHtmlToHTMLFormat(Sequence<sal_Int8> const & aTextHtml)
 {
