diff --git a/output/outieee.c b/output/outieee.c
index e4f429e3..9e26cec9 100644
--- a/output/outieee.c
+++ b/output/outieee.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ static int32_t ieee_putld(int32_t start, int32_t end, uint8_t *buf)
         start++;
     }
     ieee_putascii(".\n");
-    return (start);
+    return start;
 }
 static int32_t ieee_putlr(struct ieeeFixupp *p)
 {
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static int32_t ieee_putlr(struct ieeeFixupp *p)
     }
     ieee_putascii("LR(%s,%"PRIX32").\n", buf, size);
 
-    return (size);
+    return size;
 }
 
 /* Dump all segment data (text and fixups )*/
diff --git a/output/outmacho.c b/output/outmacho.c
index 4a3b9562..d0e2a2fd 100644
--- a/output/outmacho.c
+++ b/output/outmacho.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ extern macros_t macho_stdmac[];
 static int layout_compare (const struct symbol **s1,
 			   const struct symbol **s2)
 {
-    return (strcmp ((*s1)->name, (*s2)->name));
+    return strcmp ((*s1)->name, (*s2)->name);
 }
 
 /* The native assembler does a few things in a similar function
diff --git a/output/outobj.c b/output/outobj.c
index f401fc82..685c5933 100644
--- a/output/outobj.c
+++ b/output/outobj.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_clear(ObjRecord * orp)
     orp->child = NULL;
     orp->up = NULL;
     orp->back = NULL;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_emit(ObjRecord * orp)
         nasm_free(orp->child);
     }
 
-    return (obj_clear(orp));
+    return obj_clear(orp);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_emit(ObjRecord * orp)
 static ObjRecord *obj_emit2(ObjRecord * orp)
 {
     obj_commit(orp);
-    return (obj_emit(orp));
+    return obj_emit(orp);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_new(void)
 
     orp = obj_clear(nasm_malloc(sizeof(ObjRecord)));
     orp->ori = ori_null;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_bump(ObjRecord * orp)
         nxt->used = nxt->committed + used;
     }
 
-    return (nxt);
+    return nxt;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_check(ObjRecord * orp, int size)
         orp->committed = orp->used;
     }
 
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_check(ObjRecord * orp, int size)
 static ObjRecord *obj_commit(ObjRecord * orp)
 {
     orp->committed = orp->used;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_byte(ObjRecord * orp, uint8_t val)
     orp = obj_check(orp, 1);
     orp->buf[orp->used] = val;
     orp->used++;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_word(ObjRecord * orp, unsigned int val)
     orp->buf[orp->used] = val;
     orp->buf[orp->used + 1] = val >> 8;
     orp->used += 2;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_rword(ObjRecord * orp, unsigned int val)
     orp->buf[orp->used] = val >> 8;
     orp->buf[orp->used + 1] = val;
     orp->used += 2;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_dword(ObjRecord * orp, uint32_t val)
     orp->buf[orp->used + 2] = val >> 16;
     orp->buf[orp->used + 3] = val >> 24;
     orp->used += 4;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_force(ObjRecord * orp, int x)
     if (orp->x_size == (x ^ 48))
         orp = obj_bump(orp);
     orp->x_size = x;
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_x(ObjRecord * orp, uint32_t val)
 	return nxt;
     }
     orp->x_size = 16;
-    return (obj_word(orp, val));
+    return obj_word(orp, val);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_x(ObjRecord * orp, uint32_t val)
 static ObjRecord *obj_index(ObjRecord * orp, unsigned int val)
 {
     if (val < 128)
-        return (obj_byte(orp, val));
-    return (obj_word(orp, (val >> 8) | (val << 8) | 0x80));
+        return obj_byte(orp, val);
+    return obj_word(orp, (val >> 8) | (val << 8) | 0x80);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -376,15 +376,15 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_index(ObjRecord * orp, unsigned int val)
 static ObjRecord *obj_value(ObjRecord * orp, uint32_t val)
 {
     if (val <= 128)
-        return (obj_byte(orp, val));
+        return obj_byte(orp, val);
     if (val <= 0xFFFF) {
         orp = obj_byte(orp, 129);
-        return (obj_word(orp, val));
+        return obj_word(orp, val);
     }
     if (val <= 0xFFFFFF)
-        return (obj_dword(orp, (val << 8) + 132));
+        return obj_dword(orp, (val << 8) + 132);
     orp = obj_byte(orp, 136);
-    return (obj_dword(orp, val));
+    return obj_dword(orp, val);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static ObjRecord *obj_name(ObjRecord * orp, const char *name)
             name++;
     } else
         memcpy(ptr, name, len);
-    return (orp);
+    return orp;
 }
 
 /*