diff --git a/src/string.cc b/src/string.cc
index b5f04f29..37467451 100644
--- a/src/string.cc
+++ b/src/string.cc
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
 namespace Kakoune
 {
 
-String::Data::Data(String::NoCopy, const char* data, size_t size)
-{
-    l.ptr = const_cast<char*>(data);
-    l.size = size;
-    l.capacity = 0;
-}
-
 String::Data::Data(const char* data, size_t size, size_t capacity)
 {
     if (capacity > Short::capacity)
diff --git a/src/string.hh b/src/string.hh
index 56771c65..1a3568e0 100644
--- a/src/string.hh
+++ b/src/string.hh
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ public:
         } s;
 
         Data() { set_empty(); }
-        Data(NoCopy, const char* data, size_t size);
+        Data(NoCopy, const char* data, size_t size) : l{const_cast<char*>(data), size, 0} {}
+
         Data(const char* data, size_t size, size_t capacity);
         Data(const char* data, size_t size) : Data(data, size, size) {}
         Data(const Data& other) : Data{other.data(), other.size()} {}