diff --git a/gtk/gtkmm/treeviewcolumn.h b/gtk/gtkmm/treeviewcolumn.h
index f2a77c1..c66302a 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkmm/treeviewcolumn.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkmm/treeviewcolumn.h
@@ -1026,9 +1026,7 @@ void TreeViewColumn::pack_end(const TreeModelColumn<T_ModelColumnType>& column,
 template <class T_ModelColumnType> inline
 TreeViewColumn::TreeViewColumn(const Glib::ustring& title,
                                const TreeModelColumn<T_ModelColumnType>& column)
-:
-  Glib::ObjectBase(nullptr), // not (yet) a custom class
-  Gtk::Object(Glib::ConstructParams(class_init_(), "title", title.c_str(), nullptr))
+: TreeViewColumn (title)
 {
   pack_start(column, true /* expand */);
 }