diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp
index aa5a2b411..b5cf40214 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.cpp
@@ -27,16 +27,10 @@
 #include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
 
 GeoIPJSON::GeoIPJSON(const QString& attribute)
-    : GeoIP( attribute )
+    : GeoIP( attribute.isEmpty() ? QLatin1String( "time_zone" ) : attribute )
 {
 }
 
-GeoIPJSON::GeoIPJSON()
-    : GeoIPJSON( QLatin1Literal( "time_zone" ) )
-{
-}
-
-
 GeoIP::RegionZonePair
 GeoIPJSON::processReply( const QByteArray& data )
 {
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h
index dbe1eeffa..3c08f577b 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPJSON.h
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@
 class GeoIPJSON : public GeoIP
 {
 public:
-    explicit GeoIPJSON( const QString& attribute );
-    explicit GeoIPJSON();
+    /** @brief Configure the attribute name which is selected.
+     *
+     * If an empty string is passed in (not a valid attribute name),
+     * then "time_zone" is used.
+     */
+    explicit GeoIPJSON( const QString& attribute = QString() );
 
     virtual RegionZonePair processReply( const QByteArray& );
 } ;
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.cpp b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.cpp
index a2117b2f2..a9aa43f76 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.cpp
@@ -24,16 +24,10 @@
 #include <QtXml/QDomDocument>
 
 GeoIPXML::GeoIPXML( const QString& element )
-    : GeoIP( element )
+    : GeoIP( element.isEmpty() ? QLatin1String( "TimeZone" ) : element )
 {
 }
 
-GeoIPXML::GeoIPXML()
-    : GeoIPXML( QLatin1Literal( "TimeZone" ) )
-{
-}
-
-
 GeoIP::RegionZonePair
 GeoIPXML::processReply( const QByteArray& data )
 {
diff --git a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.h b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.h
index bda359485..bc3f23bec 100644
--- a/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.h
+++ b/src/modules/locale/GeoIPXML.h
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 class GeoIPXML : public GeoIP
 {
 public:
-    /** @brief Configure the element name which is selected. */
-    explicit GeoIPXML( const QString& element );
-    /** @brief Use default TimeZone element. */
-    explicit GeoIPXML();
+    /** @brief Configure the element tag which is selected.
+     *
+     * If an empty string is passed in (not a valid element tag),
+     * then "TimeZone" is used.
+     */
+    explicit GeoIPXML( const QString& element = QString() );
 
     virtual RegionZonePair processReply( const QByteArray& );
 } ;