diff --git a/irr/include/IReferenceCounted.h b/irr/include/IReferenceCounted.h
index 6f85bb904..e1000d389 100644
--- a/irr/include/IReferenceCounted.h
+++ b/irr/include/IReferenceCounted.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ public:
 	{
 	}
 
+	// Reference counted objects can be neither copied nor moved.
+	IReferenceCounted(const IReferenceCounted &) = delete;
+	IReferenceCounted &operator=(const IReferenceCounted &) = delete;
+
 	//! Grabs the object. Increments the reference counter by one.
 	/** Someone who calls grab() to an object, should later also
 	call drop() to it. If an object never gets as much drop() as
diff --git a/src/util/pointer.h b/src/util/pointer.h
index 528897a1c..b7fad4fe1 100644
--- a/src/util/pointer.h
+++ b/src/util/pointer.h
@@ -273,9 +273,7 @@ public:
 	void grab() noexcept { ++m_refcount; }
 	void drop() noexcept { if (--m_refcount == 0) delete this; }
 
-	// Preserve own reference count.
-	IntrusiveReferenceCounted(const IntrusiveReferenceCounted &) {}
-	IntrusiveReferenceCounted &operator=(const IntrusiveReferenceCounted &) { return *this; }
+	DISABLE_CLASS_COPY(IntrusiveReferenceCounted)
 private:
 	u32 m_refcount = 1;
 };