diff --git a/lib/private/tagmanager.php b/lib/private/tagmanager.php
index 9a371a1125..72648e9b93 100644
--- a/lib/private/tagmanager.php
+++ b/lib/private/tagmanager.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class TagManager implements \OCP\ITagManager {
 	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	private $user = null;
+	private $user;
 
 	/**
 	* Constructor.
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ class TagManager implements \OCP\ITagManager {
 		return new Tags($this->user, $type, $defaultTags);
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/private/tags.php b/lib/private/tags.php
index ca04953e42..b1bd3b13d4 100644
--- a/lib/private/tags.php
+++ b/lib/private/tags.php
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ class Tags implements \OCP\ITags {
 	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	private $type = null;
+	private $type;
 
 	/**
 	 * User
 	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
-	private $user = null;
+	private $user;
 
 	const TAG_TABLE = '*PREFIX*vcategory';
 	const RELATION_TABLE = '*PREFIX*vcategory_to_object';