diff --git a/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh8.cxx b/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh8.cxx
index 9514e3b3f6ef..ce54a91532d9 100644
--- a/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh8.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh8.cxx
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ namespace
 
         // get connection
 
-        OUString aConnUrl("sdbc:dbase:");
-        aConnUrl += aPath;
+        const OUString aConnUrl{"sdbc:dbase:" + aPath};
 
         // sdbc:dbase is based on the css.sdbc.FILEConnectionProperties UNOIDL service, so we can
         // transport the raw rtl_TextEncoding value instead of having to translate it into a IANA