diff --git a/src/subtractBed/subtractBed.cpp b/src/subtractBed/subtractBed.cpp
index d46ce8c0991e24b9c53051517a11055d371736e4..1a9cac9e43cb034dafd39a3adc62b13cb5acbcfb 100644
--- a/src/subtractBed/subtractBed.cpp
+++ b/src/subtractBed/subtractBed.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void BedSubtract::FindAndSubtractOverlaps(BED &a, vector<BED> &hits) {
 
         vector<bool> aKeep(a.end - a.start, true);
 
-        if ((numConsumedByB == 0)) {
+        if (numConsumedByB == 0) {
             if(_removeAll){ return; }
             
             // if there's any overlap, then we don't report.
diff --git a/src/utils/Fasta/Fasta.cpp b/src/utils/Fasta/Fasta.cpp
index 076f06d2a1b99352e00e5d7d45878ed0760dbbe7..be9e53e80cdadde19d30b9fd870bba498a6cd830 100644
--- a/src/utils/Fasta/Fasta.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/Fasta/Fasta.cpp
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ FastaIndexEntry::~FastaIndexEntry(void)
 void FastaIndexEntry::clear(void)
 {
     name = "";
-    length = NULL;
+    length = 0;
     offset = -1;  // no real offset will ever be below 0, so this allows us to
                   // check if we have already recorded a real offset
-    line_blen = NULL;
-    line_len  = NULL;
+    line_blen = 0;
+    line_len  = 0;
     useFullHeader = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.cpp b/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.cpp
index 8ac393b2c2979f385b386bfd73096071b421746c..f2450891e1a33a869fa9a707c120b7c43f4a4f2f 100644
--- a/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ bool FileRecordTypeChecker::isBinaryBuffer(const char *buffer, size_t len)
 
 	//Let's say that in a text file, at least 90% of the characters
 	//should be alphanumeric, whitespace, or punctuation.
+	static const float PERCENTAGE_PRINTABLE = .9;
 
 	int alphaNumCount = 0;
 	int whiteSpaceCount = 0;
diff --git a/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h b/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h
index 0a1ec8b6006ada3ec3c1db6a86a5d2652da70d82..45dcac7a03e943a90f2c728b998d92112d65b6fb 100644
--- a/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h
+++ b/src/utils/fileType/FileRecordTypeChecker.h
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ private:
 
 	bool _eofHit;
 
-	//this will be used in determining whether we are looking at a binary or text file.
-	static const float PERCENTAGE_PRINTABLE = .9;
 	bool isBinaryBuffer(const char *buffer, size_t len);
 	bool isBAM(const char *buffer);
 	bool handleTextFormat(const char *buffer, size_t len);