diff --git a/gfx/drivers/exynos_gfx.c b/gfx/drivers/exynos_gfx.c
index c8313bc2db..2656c2aac9 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/exynos_gfx.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/exynos_gfx.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int exynos_get_device_index(void)
 
       ver = drmGetVersion(fd);
 
-      if (strcmp("exynos", ver->name) == 0)
+      if (!strcmp("exynos", ver->name))
          found = true;
       else
          ++index;
diff --git a/gfx/drivers/sunxi_gfx.c b/gfx/drivers/sunxi_gfx.c
index fc9d81015f..6ee59aa53f 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers/sunxi_gfx.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers/sunxi_gfx.c
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ static sunxi_disp_t *sunxi_disp_init(const char *device)
    if (!device)
       device = "/dev/fb0";
 
-   if (strcmp(device, "/dev/fb0") == 0)
+   if (!strcmp(device, "/dev/fb0"))
       ctx->fb_id = 0;
-   else if (strcmp(device, "/dev/fb1") == 0)
+   else if (!strcmp(device, "/dev/fb1"))
       ctx->fb_id = 1;
    else
       goto error;
diff --git a/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_gl_cg.c b/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_gl_cg.c
index e081f27e9b..c69c569d2a 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_gl_cg.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_gl_cg.c
@@ -749,13 +749,13 @@ static void set_program_base_attrib(cg_shader_data_t *cg, unsigned i)
 
       RARCH_LOG("CG: Found semantic \"%s\" in prog #%u.\n", semantic, i);
 
-      if (strcmp(semantic, "TEXCOORD") == 0 || strcmp(semantic, "TEXCOORD0") == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(semantic, "TEXCOORD") || !strcmp(semantic, "TEXCOORD0"))
          cg->prg[i].tex = param;
-      else if (strcmp(semantic, "COLOR") == 0 || strcmp(semantic, "COLOR0") == 0)
+      else if (!strcmp(semantic, "COLOR") || !strcmp(semantic, "COLOR0"))
          cg->prg[i].color = param;
-      else if (strcmp(semantic, "POSITION") == 0)
+      else if (!strcmp(semantic, "POSITION"))
          cg->prg[i].vertex = param;
-      else if (strcmp(semantic, "TEXCOORD1") == 0)
+      else if (!strcmp(semantic, "TEXCOORD1"))
          cg->prg[i].lut_tex = param;
    }
 
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static bool gl_cg_init(void *data, const char *path)
 
    memset(cg->cg_alias_define, 0, sizeof(cg->cg_alias_define));
 
-   if (path && strcmp(path_get_extension(path), "cgp") == 0)
+   if (path && !strcmp(path_get_extension(path), "cgp"))
    {
       if (!load_preset(cg, path))
          goto error;
diff --git a/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_hlsl.c b/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_hlsl.c
index 37a85a94e0..ad7d1d7696 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_hlsl.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_hlsl.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static bool hlsl_init(void *data, const char *path)
    if (!hlsl)
 	   return false;
 
-   if (path && strcmp(path_get_extension(path), ".cgp") == 0)
+   if (path && !strcmp(path_get_extension(path), ".cgp"))
    {
       if (!load_preset(hlsl, d3d, path))
          goto error;
diff --git a/gfx/video_shader_parse.c b/gfx/video_shader_parse.c
index d0263064a2..670d77795e 100644
--- a/gfx/video_shader_parse.c
+++ b/gfx/video_shader_parse.c
@@ -904,9 +904,9 @@ enum rarch_shader_type video_shader_parse_type(const char *path,
 
    ext = path_get_extension(path);
 
-   if (strcmp(ext, "cg") == 0 || strcmp(ext, "cgp") == 0)
+   if (!strcmp(ext, "cg") || !strcmp(ext, "cgp"))
       return RARCH_SHADER_CG;
-   else if (strcmp(ext, "glslp") == 0 || strcmp(ext, "glsl") == 0)
+   else if (!strcmp(ext, "glslp") || !strcmp(ext, "glsl"))
       return RARCH_SHADER_GLSL;
 
    return fallback;
diff --git a/input/input_common.c b/input/input_common.c
index 5b3cda9cb5..4a86bdec89 100644
--- a/input/input_common.c
+++ b/input/input_common.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void input_config_parse_joy_button(config_file_t *conf, const char *prefix,
    if (config_get_array(conf, key, tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
    {
       btn = tmp;
-      if (strcmp(btn, "nul") == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(btn, "nul"))
          bind->joykey = NO_BTN;
       else
       {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void input_config_parse_joy_axis(config_file_t *conf, const char *prefix,
 
    if (config_get_array(conf, key, tmp, sizeof(tmp)))
    {
-      if (strcmp(tmp, "nul") == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(tmp, "nul"))
          bind->joyaxis = AXIS_NONE;
       else if (strlen(tmp) >= 2 && (*tmp == '+' || *tmp == '-'))
       {
diff --git a/libretro-common/file/config_file.c b/libretro-common/file/config_file.c
index 6d43f0667d..768a984e3e 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/config_file.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/config_file.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static struct config_entry_list *config_get_entry(const config_file_t *conf,
 
    for (entry = conf->entries; entry; entry = entry->next)
    {
-      if (hash == entry->key_hash && strcmp(key, entry->key) == 0)
+      if (hash == entry->key_hash && !strcmp(key, entry->key))
          return entry;
 
       previous = entry;
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ bool config_entry_exists(config_file_t *conf, const char *entry)
 
    while (list)
    {
-      if (strcmp(entry, list->key) == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(entry, list->key))
          return true;
       list = list->next;
    }
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 2ac31abd1b..34ea3b4147 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -660,14 +660,14 @@ static void parse_input(int argc, char *argv[])
             break;
 
          case 'M':
-            if (strcmp(optarg, "noload-nosave") == 0)
+            if (!strcmp(optarg, "noload-nosave"))
             {
                global->sram_load_disable = true;
                global->sram_save_disable = true;
             }
-            else if (strcmp(optarg, "noload-save") == 0)
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg, "noload-save"))
                global->sram_load_disable = true;
-            else if (strcmp(optarg, "load-nosave") == 0)
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg, "load-nosave"))
                global->sram_save_disable = true;
             else if (strcmp(optarg, "load-save") != 0)
             {
diff --git a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m
index 7028e4a020..d7f87dabf0 100644
--- a/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m
+++ b/ui/drivers/ui_cocoa.m
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < argc; i ++)
    {
-      if (strcmp(argv[i], "--") == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--"))
       {
          waiting_argc = argc - i;
          waiting_argv = argv + i;