2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 7bbb19d6c..b9c07adf8 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ static struct dnode **list_dir(const char *path)
 
                 /* are we going to list the file- it may be . or .. or a hidden file */
                 if (entry->d_name[0] == '.') {
-                        if ((entry->d_name[1] == 0 || (
-                                entry->d_name[1] == '.'
-                                && entry->d_name[2] == 0))
-                                        && !(all_fmt & DISP_DOT))
+                        if ((!entry->d_name[1] || (entry->d_name[1] == '.' && !entry->d_name[2]))
+                         && !(all_fmt & DISP_DOT)
+                        ) {
                                 continue;
+                        }
                         if (!(all_fmt & DISP_HIDDEN))
                                 continue;
                 }
diff --git a/coreutils/rm.c b/coreutils/rm.c
index 61e3e7010..e29073db8 100644
--- a/coreutils/rm.c
+++ b/coreutils/rm.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int rm_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 do {
                         const char *base = bb_get_last_path_component(*argv);
 
-                        if ((base[0] == '.') && (!base[1] || ((base[1] == '.') && !base[2]))) {
+                        if (DOT_OR_DOTDOT(base)) {
                                 bb_error_msg("cannot remove '.' or '..'");
                         } else if (remove_file(*argv, flags) >= 0) {
                                 continue;