diff --git a/extern/btyacc/defs.h b/extern/btyacc/defs.h
index 7adb1d9a299..3d7841b430d 100644
--- a/extern/btyacc/defs.h
+++ b/extern/btyacc/defs.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ extern Yshort nunused;
 extern Yshort final_state;
 
 /* system variable */
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#ifndef _WIN32
 extern int errno;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/extern/btyacc/mkpar.c b/extern/btyacc/mkpar.c
index c8e55d8c10b..7b587224776 100644
--- a/extern/btyacc/mkpar.c
+++ b/extern/btyacc/mkpar.c
@@ -177,10 +177,12 @@ void unused_rules()
 	if (!rules_used[i]) ++nunused;
 
     if (nunused)
+    {
 	if (nunused == 1)
 	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: 1 rule never reduced\n", myname);
 	else
 	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %d rules never reduced\n", myname, nunused);
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/extern/cloop/src/cloop/Main.cpp b/extern/cloop/src/cloop/Main.cpp
index b69f839ff2e..48447a6d6a6 100644
--- a/extern/cloop/src/cloop/Main.cpp
+++ b/extern/cloop/src/cloop/Main.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
-using std::auto_ptr;
+using std::unique_ptr;
 using std::cerr;
 using std::endl;
 using std::exception;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void run(int argc, const char* argv[])
 	Parser parser(&lexer);
 	parser.parse();
 
-	auto_ptr<Generator> generator;
+	unique_ptr<Generator> generator;
 
 	if (outFormat == "c++")
 	{
diff --git a/extern/ttmath/ttmathtypes.h b/extern/ttmath/ttmathtypes.h
index 3d9ddbe7b0b..ac92fc8e98f 100644
--- a/extern/ttmath/ttmathtypes.h
+++ b/extern/ttmath/ttmathtypes.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace ttmath
 	/*!
 		on 32 bit platform ulint and slint will be equal 64 bits
 	*/
-	#ifdef _MSC_VER
+	#ifdef _WIN32
 		// long long on MS Windows (Visual and GCC mingw compilers) have 64 bits
 		// stdint.h is not available on Visual Studio prior to VS 2010 version
 		typedef unsigned long long int ulint;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace ttmath
 	/*!
 		on 64bit platforms one word (uint, sint) will be equal 64bits
 	*/
-	#ifdef _MSC_VER
+	#ifdef _WIN32
 		/* in VC 'long' type has 32 bits, __int64 is VC extension */
 		typedef unsigned __int64 uint;
 		typedef signed   __int64 sint;