diff --git a/bench/formatter-bench.cpp b/bench/formatter-bench.cpp
index 34407c10..f2b84920 100644
--- a/bench/formatter-bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/formatter-bench.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 //
 
 #include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
-
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include "spdlog/pattern_formatter.h"
 
+#include <memory>
 void bench_formatter(benchmark::State &state, std::string pattern)
 {
-    auto formatter = spdlog::details::make_unique<spdlog::pattern_formatter>(pattern);
+    auto formatter = std::make_unique<spdlog::pattern_formatter>(pattern);
     spdlog::memory_buf_t dest;
     std::string logger_name = "logger-name";
     const char *text = "Hello. This is some message with length of 80                                   ";
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index 5136eff5..5be28b43 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public:
 
 void custom_flags_example()
 {
-    
+
     auto formatter = std::make_unique<spdlog::pattern_formatter>();
     formatter->add_flag<my_formatter_flag>('*').set_pattern("[%n] [%*] [%^%l%$] %v");
     spdlog::set_formatter(std::move(formatter));
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/dist_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/dist_sink.h
index 8fccb4ee..426d6fce 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/dist_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/dist_sink.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected:
 
     void set_pattern_(const std::string &pattern) override
     {
-        set_formatter_(details::make_unique<spdlog::pattern_formatter>(pattern));
+        set_formatter_(std::make_unique<spdlog::pattern_formatter>(pattern));
     }
 
     void set_formatter_(std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter> sink_formatter) override
diff --git a/tests/includes.h b/tests/includes.h
index 7285873a..05edf162 100644
--- a/tests/includes.h
+++ b/tests/includes.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <memory>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #define SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL SPDLOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
diff --git a/tests/test_pattern_formatter.cpp b/tests/test_pattern_formatter.cpp
index 848398fd..4c54ea17 100644
--- a/tests/test_pattern_formatter.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_pattern_formatter.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public:
 
     std::unique_ptr<custom_flag_formatter> clone() const override
     {
-        return spdlog::details::make_unique<custom_test_flag>(some_txt);
+        return std::make_unique<custom_test_flag>(some_txt);
     }
 };
 // test clone with custom flag formatters