diff --git a/CommonTools/CandAlgos/interface/NamedCandCombiner.h b/CommonTools/CandAlgos/interface/NamedCandCombiner.h
index c2a5a04dee50d..2006895773917 100644
--- a/CommonTools/CandAlgos/interface/NamedCandCombiner.h
+++ b/CommonTools/CandAlgos/interface/NamedCandCombiner.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace reco {
 	  }
 	  cv.push_back(r);
 	}
-	std::auto_ptr<NamedCompositeCandidateCollection> out = combiner_.combine(cv, roles_);
+	std::unique_ptr<NamedCompositeCandidateCollection> out = combiner_.combine(cv, roles_);
 	if(setLongLived_ || setMassConstraint_ || setPdgId_) {
 	  typename NamedCompositeCandidateCollection::iterator i = out->begin(), e = out->end();
 	  for(; i != e; ++i) {