diff --git a/miscutils/microcom.c b/miscutils/microcom.c
index 9a7a41d53..0fb51d2e8 100644
--- a/miscutils/microcom.c
+++ b/miscutils/microcom.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int microcom_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	nfd = 2;
 	// Not safe_poll: we want to exit on signal
 	while (!bb_got_signal && poll(pfd, nfd, timeout) > 0) {
-		if (nfd > 1 && (pfd[1].revents & POLLIN)) {
+		if (nfd > 1 && pfd[1].revents) {
 			char c;
 			// read from stdin -> write to device
 			if (safe_read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1) < 1) {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int microcom_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 				safe_poll(pfd, 1, delay);
 skip_write: ;
 		}
-		if (pfd[0].revents & POLLIN) {
+		if (pfd[0].revents) {
 #define iobuf bb_common_bufsiz1
 			ssize_t len;
 			// read from device -> write to stdout
diff --git a/networking/httpd.c b/networking/httpd.c
index 5bbc7ee85..8834c1c71 100644
--- a/networking/httpd.c
+++ b/networking/httpd.c
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ static NOINLINE void cgi_io_loop_and_exit(int fromCgi_rd, int toCgi_wr, int post
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (pfd[TO_CGI].revents & POLLOUT) {
+		if (pfd[TO_CGI].revents) {
 			/* hdr_cnt > 0 here due to the way pfd[TO_CGI].events set */
 			/* Have data from peer and can write to CGI */
 			count = safe_write(toCgi_wr, hdr_ptr, hdr_cnt);
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ static NOINLINE void cgi_io_loop_and_exit(int fromCgi_rd, int toCgi_wr, int post
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (pfd[0].revents & POLLIN) {
+		if (pfd[0].revents) {
 			/* post_len > 0 && hdr_cnt == 0 here */
 			/* We expect data, prev data portion is eaten by CGI
 			 * and there *is* data to read from the peer
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static NOINLINE void cgi_io_loop_and_exit(int fromCgi_rd, int toCgi_wr, int post
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (pfd[FROM_CGI].revents & POLLIN) {
+		if (pfd[FROM_CGI].revents) {
 			/* There is something to read from CGI */
 			char *rbuf = iobuf;
 
diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index 344bb0daa..09f75cc84 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int telnet_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		default:
 
 #ifdef USE_POLL
-			if (ufds[0].revents & POLLIN)
+			if (ufds[0].revents)
 #else
 			if (FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &rfds))
 #endif
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ int telnet_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 			}
 
 #ifdef USE_POLL
-			if (ufds[1].revents & POLLIN)
+			if (ufds[1].revents)
 #else
 			if (FD_ISSET(netfd, &rfds))
 #endif
diff --git a/util-linux/script.c b/util-linux/script.c
index 37213eec8..d9a62fbfe 100644
--- a/util-linux/script.c
+++ b/util-linux/script.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int script_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 				 * for example, try "script -c true" */
 				break;
 			}
-			if (pfd[0].revents & POLLIN) {
+			if (pfd[0].revents) {
 				errno = 0;
 				count = safe_read(pty, buf, sizeof(buf));
 				if (count <= 0 && errno != EAGAIN) {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int script_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			if (pfd[1].revents & POLLIN) {
+			if (pfd[1].revents) {
 				count = safe_read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, sizeof(buf));
 				if (count <= 0) {
 					/* err/eof from stdin: don't read stdin anymore */