diff --git a/src/frontend/options.c b/src/frontend/options.c
index a64cf5849..e8ebf6420 100644
--- a/src/frontend/options.c
+++ b/src/frontend/options.c
@@ -85,9 +85,8 @@ cp_enqvar(char *word)
         if (eq(word, "plots")) {
             struct variable *list = NULL;
             struct plot *pl;
-            for (pl = plot_list; pl; pl = pl->pl_next) {
+            for (pl = plot_list; pl; pl = pl->pl_next)
                 list = var_alloc_string(NULL, copy(pl->pl_typename), list);
-            }
             return var_alloc_vlist(copy(word), list, NULL);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/frontend/spiceif.c b/src/frontend/spiceif.c
index 021b2915e..aa11cfc49 100644
--- a/src/frontend/spiceif.c
+++ b/src/frontend/spiceif.c
@@ -974,9 +974,8 @@ parmtovar(IFvalue *pv, IFparm *opt)
     case IF_REALVEC: {
         struct variable *list = NULL;
         int i;
-        for (i = pv->v.numValue; --i >= 0;) {
+        for (i = pv->v.numValue; --i >= 0;)
             list = var_alloc_real(NULL, pv->v.vec.rVec[i], list);
-        }
         return var_alloc_vlist(copy(opt->description), list, NULL);
         /* It is a linked list where the first node is a variable
          * pointing to the different values of the variables.
diff --git a/src/frontend/variable.c b/src/frontend/variable.c
index f1d7bccfe..96f5f4b54 100644
--- a/src/frontend/variable.c
+++ b/src/frontend/variable.c
@@ -339,11 +339,10 @@ cp_setparse(wordlist *wl)
                 }
                 copyval = ss = cp_unquote(wl->wl_word);
                 td = ft_numparse(&ss, FALSE);
-                if (td) {
+                if (td)
                     vv = var_alloc_real(NULL, *td, NULL);
-                } else {
+                else
                     vv = var_alloc_string(NULL, copy(ss), NULL);
-                }
                 tfree(copyval); /*DG: must free ss any way to avoid cp_unquote memory leak*/
                 if (listv) {
                     lv->va_next = vv;