diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/configuration.cc b/dune/stuff/common/configuration.cc
index 3b817cc86461584dcf39b9b59b70aa32b3395e8e..86f31318eb87bd47f4dfc9bb2437a29fe9d704e2 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/configuration.cc
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/configuration.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Configuration::Configuration(const Dune::ParameterTree& tree_in, const bool reco
   setup_();
 }
 
-Configuration::Configuration(const ParameterTree& tree, const std::string sub_id)
+Configuration::Configuration(const ParameterTree& tree_in, const std::string sub_id)
   : BaseType()
   , requests_map_()
   , record_defaults_(internal::configuration_record_defaults)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Configuration::Configuration(const ParameterTree& tree, const std::string sub_id
   , logfile_(internal::configuration_logfile)
 {
   setup_();
-  add(tree, sub_id);
+  add(tree_in, sub_id);
 }
 
 Configuration::Configuration(const Configuration& other)
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/configuration.hh b/dune/stuff/common/configuration.hh
index ffa2db1379d8223b1205ce83b883974e339186b1..b0d1181dc56e75f350736c2bed14e1b9f3b1ab9b 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/configuration.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/configuration.hh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public:
                 const bool log_on_exit            = internal::configuration_log_on_exit,
                 const std::string logfile = internal::configuration_logfile);
 
-  explicit Configuration(const ParameterTree& tree, const std::string sub_id);
+  explicit Configuration(const ParameterTree& tree_in, const std::string sub_id);
 
   Configuration(const Configuration& other);
 
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.cc b/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.cc
index 38ed0650b2c7d37b6e47ebd216d053a762872cac..c99188d0c6ec3ce066c6fe879433ba43b0c8473f 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.cc
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.cc
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ LogStream& LogStream::flush()
 }
 
 
-TimedPrefixedLogStream::TimedPrefixedLogStream(const Timer& timer, const std::string prefix, std::ostream& out)
-  : StorageBaseType(new TimedPrefixedStreamBuffer(timer, prefix, out))
+TimedPrefixedLogStream::TimedPrefixedLogStream(const Timer& timer, const std::string prefix, std::ostream& outstream)
+  : StorageBaseType(new TimedPrefixedStreamBuffer(timer, prefix, outstream))
   , OstreamBaseType(&this->storage_access())
 {
 }
diff --git a/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.hh b/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.hh
index d8c50f6bff57b6292cc5c5ff73b6bf14c0401d2b..87c9ddd7bc81bdee003cff58a997d3496524fde4 100644
--- a/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.hh
+++ b/dune/stuff/common/logstreams.hh
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public:
   typedef SuspendableStrBuffer::PriorityType PriorityType;
   static const PriorityType default_suspend_priority = SuspendableStrBuffer::default_suspend_priority;
 
-  LogStream(SuspendableStrBuffer* buffer)
+  explicit LogStream(SuspendableStrBuffer* buffer)
     : StorageBaseType(buffer)
     , BaseType(&this->storage_access())
   {
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class TimedPrefixedLogStream : StorageProvider<TimedPrefixedStreamBuffer>,
   typedef std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char>> OstreamBaseType;
 
 public:
-  TimedPrefixedLogStream(const Timer& timer, const std::string prefix, std::ostream& out);
+  TimedPrefixedLogStream(const Timer& timer, const std::string prefix, std::ostream& outstream);
 
   virtual ~TimedPrefixedLogStream();
 }; // TimedPrefixedLogStream
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public:
 class EmptyLogStream : public LogStream
 {
 public:
-  EmptyLogStream(int& logflags)
+  explicit EmptyLogStream(int& logflags)
     : LogStream(new EmptyBuffer(int(LOG_NONE), logflags))
   {
   }