diff --git a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.h b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.h
index 249d685cbb..2efe340d74 100644
--- a/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.h
+++ b/toolsrc/include/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
     struct SchemedVersion
     {
+        SchemedVersion() = default;
+        SchemedVersion(Versions::Scheme scheme_, VersionT versiont_) : scheme(scheme_), versiont(std::move(versiont_))
+        {
+        }
+
         Versions::Scheme scheme = Versions::Scheme::String;
         VersionT versiont;
     };
@@ -47,4 +52,4 @@ namespace vcpkg
     ExpectedS<std::vector<VersionDbEntry>> parse_versions_file(Files::Filesystem& fs,
                                                                StringView port_name,
                                                                const fs::path& versions_file_path);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.cpp b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.cpp
index 5c57a99222..ec27fb8c8c 100644
--- a/toolsrc/src/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.cpp
+++ b/toolsrc/src/vcpkg/versiondeserializers.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace vcpkg
                 Checks::unreachable(VCPKG_LINE_INFO);
         }
 
-        return SchemedVersion{version_scheme, {version, port_version}};
+        return SchemedVersion(version_scheme, VersionT{version, port_version});
     }
 
     View<StringView> schemed_deserializer_fields()