diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index 5b1d2671..628ec4b8 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ char *mbstrcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 		return NULL;
 	} else
 #endif
-		return (char *) strcasestr(haystack, needle);
+		return (char *)strcasestr(haystack, needle);
 }
 
 /* This function is equivalent to strstr(), except in that it scans the
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ char *mbstrchr(const char *s, const char *c)
 		return (char *)q;
 	} else
 #endif
-		return (char *) strchr(s, *c);
+		return (char *)strchr(s, *c);
 }
 #endif /* !NANO_TINY || ENABLE_JUSTIFY */
 
diff --git a/src/color.c b/src/color.c
index 2286337c..8514d4d0 100644
--- a/src/color.c
+++ b/src/color.c
@@ -371,14 +371,14 @@ void precalc_multicolorinfo(void)
 			/* When the line contains a start match, look for an end, and if
 			 * found, mark all the lines that are affected. */
 			while (regexec(ink->start, line->data + index, 1,
-						&startmatch, (index == 0) ? 0 : REG_NOTBOL) == 0) {
+							&startmatch, (index == 0) ? 0 : REG_NOTBOL) == 0) {
 				/* Begin looking for an end match after the start match. */
 				index += startmatch.rm_eo;
 
 				/* If there is an end match on this line, mark the line, but
 				 * continue looking for other starts after it. */
 				if (regexec(ink->end, line->data + index, 1,
-						&endmatch, (index == 0) ? 0 : REG_NOTBOL) == 0) {
+							&endmatch, (index == 0) ? 0 : REG_NOTBOL) == 0) {
 					line->multidata[ink->id] = CSTARTENDHERE;
 					index += endmatch.rm_eo;
 					/* If both start and end are mere anchors, step ahead. */
diff --git a/src/cut.c b/src/cut.c
index a8f21415..647ff50f 100644
--- a/src/cut.c
+++ b/src/cut.c
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ void do_deletion(undo_type action)
 
 	/* When in the middle of a line, delete the current character. */
 	if (openfile->current->data[openfile->current_x] != '\0') {
-		int charlen = char_length(openfile->current->data +
-										openfile->current_x);
-		size_t line_len = strlen(openfile->current->data +
-										openfile->current_x);
+		int charlen = char_length(openfile->current->data + openfile->current_x);
+		size_t line_len = strlen(openfile->current->data + openfile->current_x);
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 		/* If the type of action changed or the cursor moved to a different
 		 * line, create a new undo item, otherwise update the existing item. */
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index e7657564..c55c957b 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int write_lockfile(const char *lockfilename, const char *origfilename, bool modi
 		goto free_the_data;
 	}
 
-	openfile->lock_filename = (char *) lockfilename;
+	openfile->lock_filename = (char *)lockfilename;
 
 	free(lockdata);
 	return 1;
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ int delete_lockfile(const char *lockfilename)
  * creating the lockfile but we should continue to load the file. */
 int do_lockfile(const char *filename)
 {
-	char *namecopy = (char *) mallocstrcpy(NULL, filename);
-	char *secondcopy = (char *) mallocstrcpy(NULL, filename);
+	char *namecopy = mallocstrcpy(NULL, filename);
+	char *secondcopy = mallocstrcpy(NULL, filename);
 	size_t locknamesize = strlen(filename) + strlen(locking_prefix)
 				+ strlen(locking_suffix) + 3;
 	char *lockfilename = charalloc(locknamesize);
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 8b724814..24eb0788 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ bool execute_command(const char *command)
 	/* Check which shell to use.  If none is specified, use /bin/sh. */
 	shellenv = getenv("SHELL");
 	if (shellenv == NULL)
-		shellenv = (char *) "/bin/sh";
+		shellenv = (char *)"/bin/sh";
 
 	/* Fork a child process to run the command in. */
 	if ((pid_of_command = fork()) == 0) {
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index b3aa2b4b..55f5cd93 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2494,8 +2494,7 @@ void edit_draw(linestruct *fileptr, const char *converted,
 
 					/* If the match is of length zero, skip it. */
 					if (match.rm_so == match.rm_eo) {
-						index = step_right(fileptr->data,
-												index + match.rm_eo);
+						index = step_right(fileptr->data, index + match.rm_eo);
 						continue;
 					}
 
@@ -2517,8 +2516,7 @@ void edit_draw(linestruct *fileptr, const char *converted,
 					paintlen = actual_x(thetext, wideness(fileptr->data,
 										match.rm_eo) - from_col - start_col);
 
-					mvwaddnstr(edit, row, margin + start_col,
-												thetext, paintlen);
+					mvwaddnstr(edit, row, margin + start_col, thetext, paintlen);
 				}
 				goto tail_of_loop;
 			}