diff --git a/src/browsedialog.cpp b/src/browsedialog.cpp
index c544da1..dd1a15d 100644
--- a/src/browsedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/browsedialog.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void BrowseDialog::directoryUp()
 		p = path.rfind("/", p - 1);
 	}
 
-	if (p == string::npos || path.compare(0, 1, "/") != 0 || path.length() < 2) {
+	if (p == string::npos || path.length() < 2 || path[0] != '/') {
 		quit();
 	} else {
 		selected = 0;
diff --git a/src/menu.cpp b/src/menu.cpp
index 7072633..b8a2a6a 100644
--- a/src/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu.cpp
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void Menu::deleteSelectedLink()
 				!icon_used && section<links.end(); section++)
 		for (vector<Link*>::iterator link = section->begin();
 					!icon_used && link<section->end(); link++)
-			icon_used = !iconpath.compare((*link)->getIconPath());
+			icon_used = iconpath == (*link)->getIconPath();
 
 	if (!icon_used)
 	  gmenu2x->sc.del(iconpath);
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void Menu::openPackage(std::string path, bool order)
 			pos = metadata.rfind('.');
 			metadata = metadata.substr(pos + 1);
 
-			if (!metadata.compare(PLATFORM) || !metadata.compare("all")) {
+			if (metadata == PLATFORM || metadata == "all") {
 				has_metadata = true;
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/src/selector.cpp b/src/selector.cpp
index 359a8cf..be7fd80 100644
--- a/src/selector.cpp
+++ b/src/selector.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int Selector::exec(int startSelection) {
 			case InputManager::LEFT:
 				if (link->getSelectorBrowser()) {
 					string::size_type p = dir.rfind("/", dir.size()-2);
-					if (p==string::npos || dir.compare(0, 1, "/") != 0 || dir.length() < 2) {
+					if (p==string::npos || dir.length() < 2 || dir[0] != '/') {
 						close = true;
 						result = false;
 					} else {