diff --git a/source/build/src/compat.cpp b/source/build/src/compat.cpp
index aecab026b..40023f1c1 100644
--- a/source/build/src/compat.cpp
+++ b/source/build/src/compat.cpp
@@ -72,17 +72,11 @@ void set_memerr_handler(void(*handlerfunc)(int32_t, const char *, const char *))
 //
 // Stuff which must be a function
 //
-#ifdef _WIN32
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI * aSHGetSpecialFolderPathAtype)(HWND, LPTSTR, int, BOOL);
-#endif
-
 char *Bgethomedir(void)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    aSHGetSpecialFolderPathAtype aSHGetSpecialFolderPathA;
-    TCHAR appdata[MAX_PATH];
     int32_t loaded = 0;
-    HMODULE hShell32 = GetModuleHandle("shell32.dll");
+    auto hShell32 = GetModuleHandle("shell32.dll");
 
     if (hShell32 == NULL)
     {
@@ -93,14 +87,20 @@ char *Bgethomedir(void)
     if (hShell32 == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    aSHGetSpecialFolderPathA = (aSHGetSpecialFolderPathAtype)(void (*)(void))GetProcAddress(hShell32, "SHGetSpecialFolderPathA");
+    using SHGSFPA_t = BOOL (WINAPI *)(HWND, LPTSTR, int, BOOL);
+    auto aSHGetSpecialFolderPathA = (SHGSFPA_t)(void (*)(void))GetProcAddress(hShell32, "SHGetSpecialFolderPathA");
+
     if (aSHGetSpecialFolderPathA != NULL)
+    {
+        TCHAR appdata[MAX_PATH];
+
         if (SUCCEEDED(aSHGetSpecialFolderPathA(NULL, appdata, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE)))
         {
             if (loaded)
                 FreeLibrary(hShell32);
             return Xstrdup(appdata);
         }
+    }
 
     if (loaded)
         FreeLibrary(hShell32);
@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@ char *Bgetappdir(void)
 #elif defined __FreeBSD__
     // the sysctl should also work when /proc/ is not mounted (which seems to
     // be common on FreeBSD), so use it..
-    char buf[PATH_MAX] = {0};
-    int name[4] = {CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC, KERN_PROC_PATHNAME, -1};
-    size_t len = sizeof(buf)-1;
-    int ret = sysctl(name, sizeof(name)/sizeof(name[0]), buf, &len, NULL, 0);
-    if(ret == 0 && buf[0] != '\0') {
+    char   buf[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+    int    name[4] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC, KERN_PROC_PATHNAME, -1 };
+    size_t len     = sizeof(buf) - 1;
+    int    ret     = sysctl(name, ARRAY_SIZE(name), buf, &len, NULL, 0);
+
+    if (ret == 0 && buf[0] != '\0')
+    {
         // again, remove executable name with dirname()
         // on FreeBSD dirname() seems to use some internal buffer
         dir = Xstrdup(dirname(buf));
@@ -172,12 +174,8 @@ char *Bgetappdir(void)
 
 int32_t Bcorrectfilename(char *filename, int32_t removefn)
 {
-    char *fn;
-    char *tokarr[64], *first, *next = NULL, *token;
-    int32_t i, ntok = 0, leadslash = 0, trailslash = 0;
-
-    fn = Xstrdup(filename);
-    if (!fn) return -1;
+    char *fn = Xstrdup(filename);
+    char *tokarr[64], *first, *next = NULL;
 
     for (first=fn; *first; first++)
     {
@@ -185,13 +183,15 @@ int32_t Bcorrectfilename(char *filename, int32_t removefn)
         if (*first == '\\') *first = '/';
 #endif
     }
-    leadslash = (*fn == '/');
-    trailslash = (first>fn && first[-1] == '/');
+
+    int leadslash = (*fn == '/');
+    int trailslash = (first>fn && first[-1] == '/');
+    int ntok = 0;
 
     first = fn;
     do
     {
-        token = Bstrtoken(first, "/", &next, 1);
+        char *token = Bstrtoken(first, "/", &next, 1);
         first = NULL;
         if (!token) break;
         else if (token[0] == 0) continue;
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ int32_t Bcorrectfilename(char *filename, int32_t removefn)
 
     first = filename;
     if (leadslash) *(first++) = '/';
-    for (i=0; i<ntok; i++)
+    for (int i=0; i<ntok; i++)
     {
         if (i>0) *(first++) = '/';
-        for (token=tokarr[i]; *token; token++)
+        for (char *token=tokarr[i]; *token; token++)
             *(first++) = *token;
     }
     if (trailslash) *(first++) = '/';
@@ -302,9 +302,6 @@ char *Bgetsystemdrives(void)
     }
 
     str = p = (char *)Xmalloc(1 + (3 * number));
-    if (!str)
-        return NULL;
-
     number = 0;
     for (mask = 1; mask < 0x8000000l; mask <<= 1, number++)
     {
@@ -350,18 +347,9 @@ BDIR *Bopendir(const char *name)
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     char *t, *tt;
     t = (char *)Xmalloc(Bstrlen(name) + 1 + 4);
-    if (!t)
-        return NULL;
 #endif
 
     dirr = (BDIR_real *)Xmalloc(sizeof(BDIR_real) + Bstrlen(name));
-    if (!dirr)
-    {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-        Bfree(t);
-#endif
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     Bstrcpy(t, name);
@@ -431,18 +419,15 @@ struct Bdirent *Breaddir(BDIR *dir)
     dirr->info.mtime = 0;
 
     char *fn = (char *)Xmalloc(Bstrlen(dirr->name) + 1 + dirr->info.namlen + 1);
-    if (fn)
+    Bsprintf(fn, "%s/%s", dirr->name, dirr->info.name);
+    struct Bstat st;
+    if (!Bstat(fn, &st))
     {
-        Bsprintf(fn, "%s/%s", dirr->name, dirr->info.name);
-        struct Bstat st;
-        if (!Bstat(fn, &st))
-        {
-            dirr->info.mode = st.st_mode;
-            dirr->info.size = st.st_size;
-            dirr->info.mtime = st.st_mtime;
-        }
-        Bfree(fn);
+        dirr->info.mode = st.st_mode;
+        dirr->info.size = st.st_size;
+        dirr->info.mtime = st.st_mtime;
     }
+    Bfree(fn);
 
     return &dirr->info;
 }