diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.c b/lib/libalpm/db.c
index 8156f2ac..36cda72b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ alpm_list_t SYMEXPORT *alpm_db_get_servers(const pmdb_t *db)
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, NULL));
 
-	return(db->servers);
+	return db->servers;
 }
 
 /** Set the serverlist of a database. */
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_set_pgp_verify(pmdb_t *db, pgp_verify_t verify)
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "adding VerifySig option to database '%s': %d\n",
 			db->treename, verify);
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /** Get the name of a package database. */
diff --git a/src/pacman/query.c b/src/pacman/query.c
index cf24306c..c12aa91f 100644
--- a/src/pacman/query.c
+++ b/src/pacman/query.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int search_path(char **filename, struct stat *bufptr)
 		fullname = malloc(plen + flen + 2);
 		if(!fullname) {
 			free(envpath);
-			return(-1);
+			return -1;
 		}
 		sprintf(fullname, "%s/%s", path, *filename);
 
diff --git a/src/pacman/util.c b/src/pacman/util.c
index 043b9d6f..af422fe9 100644
--- a/src/pacman/util.c
+++ b/src/pacman/util.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int needs_root(void)
 static int flush_term_input(void) {
 #ifdef HAVE_TCFLUSH
 	if(isatty(fileno(stdin))) {
-		return(tcflush(fileno(stdin), TCIFLUSH));
+		return tcflush(fileno(stdin), TCIFLUSH);
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -517,10 +517,10 @@ static alpm_list_t *table_create_format(const alpm_list_t *header,
 	if(totalwidth > getcols(80)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("insufficient columns available for table display\n"));
 		FREELIST(formats);
-		return(NULL);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	return(formats);
+	return formats;
 }
 
 /** Displays the list in table format
@@ -540,12 +540,12 @@ int table_display(const char *title, const alpm_list_t *header,
 	alpm_list_t *formats;
 
 	if(rows == NULL || header == NULL) {
-		return(0);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	formats = table_create_format(header, rows);
 	if(formats == NULL) {
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
 
 	if(title != NULL) {
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int table_display(const char *title, const alpm_list_t *header,
 	}
 
 	FREELIST(formats);
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void list_display(const char *title, const alpm_list_t *list)
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *create_verbose_header(int install)
 	pm_asprintf(&str, "%s", _("Size"));
 	res = alpm_list_add(res, str);
 
-	return(res);
+	return res;
 }
 
 /* returns package info as list of strings */
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static alpm_list_t *create_verbose_row(pmpkg_t *pkg, int install)
 	pm_asprintf(&str, "%.2f %s", size, label);
 	ret = alpm_list_add(ret, str);
 
-	return(ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* prepare a list of pkgs to display */
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ double humanize_size(off_t bytes, const char target_unit, int long_labels,
 		*label = labels[index];
 	}
 
-	return(val);
+	return val;
 }
 
 void print_packages(const alpm_list_t *packages)