diff --git a/include/ankerl/unordered_dense.h b/include/ankerl/unordered_dense.h
index 12577f1..20ca868 100644
--- a/include/ankerl/unordered_dense.h
+++ b/include/ankerl/unordered_dense.h
@@ -1115,12 +1115,6 @@ class table : public std::conditional_t<is_map_v<T>, base_table_type_map<T>, bas
     }
 
 public:
-    table()
-        : table(0) {
-        allocate_buckets_from_shift();
-        clear_buckets();
-    }
-
     explicit table(size_t bucket_count,
                    Hash const& hash = Hash(),
                    KeyEqual const& equal = KeyEqual(),
@@ -1136,6 +1130,9 @@ class table : public std::conditional_t<is_map_v<T>, base_table_type_map<T>, bas
         }
     }
 
+    table()
+        : table(0) {}
+
     table(size_t bucket_count, allocator_type const& alloc)
         : table(bucket_count, Hash(), KeyEqual(), alloc) {}