diff --git a/archival/bbunzip.c b/archival/bbunzip.c
index f81aab81f..22a0fd189 100644
--- a/archival/bbunzip.c
+++ b/archival/bbunzip.c
@@ -105,10 +105,12 @@ int FAST_FUNC bbunpack(char **argv,
 			if (status >= 0) {
 				/* TODO: restore other things? */
 				if (info.mtime) {
-					struct timeval times = {.tv_sec = info.mtime,
-											.tv_usec = 0};
+					struct timeval times;
+
+					times.tv_sec = info.mtime;
+					times.tv_usec = 0;
 					/* Note: we closed it first.
-					 * On some systems calling utime
+					 * On some systems calling utimes
 					 * then closing resets the mtime
 					 * back to current time. */
 					utimes(new_name, &times); /* ignoring errors */
diff --git a/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c b/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
index 889face10..294024bbb 100644
--- a/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
+++ b/archival/libunarchive/data_extract_all.c
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ void FAST_FUNC data_extract_all(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
 		}
 		/* same for utime */
 		if (archive_handle->ah_flags & ARCHIVE_RESTORE_DATE) {
-			struct timeval t = {.tv_sec = file_header->mtime,
-								.tv_usec = 0};
+			struct timeval t;
+
+			t.tv_sec = file_header->mtime;
+			t.tv_usec = 0;
 			utimes(file_header->name, &t);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 7d1bf0d9e..f670b7f6e 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 int touch_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
+	int fd;
+	int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	int opts;
 #if ENABLE_DESKTOP
 # if ENABLE_LONG_OPTS
 	static const char touch_longopts[] ALIGN1 =
@@ -49,17 +52,15 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		"date\0"              Required_argument "d"
 	;
 # endif
-	struct timeval timebuf = {.tv_usec = 0};
 	char *reference_file = NULL;
 	char *date_str = NULL;
+	struct timeval timebuf;
+	timebuf.tv_usec = 0;
 #else
 # define reference_file NULL
 # define date_str       NULL
 # define timebuf        (*(struct timeval*)NULL)
 #endif
-	int fd;
-	int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-	int opts;
 
 #if ENABLE_DESKTOP && ENABLE_LONG_OPTS
 	applet_long_options = touch_longopts;
diff --git a/libbb/copy_file.c b/libbb/copy_file.c
index a96691b24..adcfe2111 100644
--- a/libbb/copy_file.c
+++ b/libbb/copy_file.c
@@ -374,8 +374,10 @@ int FAST_FUNC copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int flags)
 	/* Cannot happen: */
 	/* && !(flags & (FILEUTILS_MAKE_SOFTLINK|FILEUTILS_MAKE_HARDLINK)) */
 	) {
-		struct timeval times = {.tv_sec = source_stat.st_mtime,
-								.tv_usec = 0};
+		struct timeval times;
+
+		times.tv_sec = source_stat.st_mtime;
+		times.tv_usec = 0;
 		/* BTW, utimes sets usec-precision time - just FYI */
 		if (utimes(dest, &times) < 0)
 			bb_perror_msg("can't preserve %s of '%s'", "times", dest);