diff --git a/src/V3AssertPre.cpp b/src/V3AssertPre.cpp
index 59ca21019..50a405b13 100644
--- a/src/V3AssertPre.cpp
+++ b/src/V3AssertPre.cpp
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ private:
         AstNode* exprp = nodep->exprp()->unlinkFrBack();
         AstNode* past = new AstPast(fl, exprp, nullptr);
         past->dtypeFrom(exprp);
-        exprp = new AstEq(fl, past,
-                          exprp->cloneTree(false));
+        exprp = new AstEq(fl, past, exprp->cloneTree(false));
         exprp->dtypeSetLogicBool();
         nodep->replaceWith(exprp);
         nodep->sentreep(newSenTree(nodep));
diff --git a/src/V3Ast.cpp b/src/V3Ast.cpp
index b20a3b184..e8f8682ef 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Ast.cpp
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, AstType rhs);
 //######################################################################
 // Creators
 
-void AstNode::init() {
+AstNode::AstNode(AstType t, FileLine* fl)
+    : m_type{t}
+    , m_fileline{fl} {
     editCountInc();
-    m_fileline = nullptr;
     m_nextp = nullptr;
     m_backp = nullptr;
     m_headtailp = this;  // When made, we're a list of only a single element
diff --git a/src/V3Ast.h b/src/V3Ast.h
index c7c44c5cb..18fe163c8 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.h
+++ b/src/V3Ast.h
@@ -1449,7 +1449,6 @@ class AstNode {
         if (nodep) nodep->m_backp = this;
     }
 
-    void init();  // initialize value of AstNode
 private:
     AstNode* cloneTreeIter();
     AstNode* cloneTreeIterList();
@@ -1469,15 +1468,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     // CONSTRUCTORS
-    AstNode(AstType t)
-        : m_type{t} {
-        init();
-    }
-    AstNode(AstType t, FileLine* fl)
-        : m_type{t} {
-        init();
-        m_fileline = fl;
-    }
+    AstNode(AstType t, FileLine* fl);
     virtual AstNode* clone() = 0;  // Generally, cloneTree is what you want instead
     virtual void cloneRelink() {}
     void cloneRelinkTree();