diff --git a/Utils/FileConverter/ConvertSHPToGLI.cpp b/Utils/FileConverter/ConvertSHPToGLI.cpp
index 163f1b978d1ed2ef0a93ff27dbf4f38e64526912..dafc343e489d91f35095d2744481f86b6b85c531 100644
--- a/Utils/FileConverter/ConvertSHPToGLI.cpp
+++ b/Utils/FileConverter/ConvertSHPToGLI.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void convertPoints (DBFHandle dbf_handle,
 		if (z_id != std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max())
 			z = DBFReadDoubleAttribute(dbf_handle, k, z_id);
 
-		name = "";
+		name.clear();
 		if (!name_component_ids.empty()) {
 			for (size_t j(0); j < name_component_ids.size(); j++)
 				if (name_component_ids[j] != std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max()) {