diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index b39d2e7bf38..bf88726f326 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static bool segment_callback(XLogRecPtr segendpos, uint32 timeline);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
 static const char *
-get_gz_error(gzFile *gzf)
+get_gz_error(gzFile gzf)
 {
 	int			errnum;
 	const char *errmsg;
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ ReceiveTarFile(PGconn *conn, PGresult *res, int rownum)
 	FILE	   *tarfile = NULL;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
-	gzFile	   *ztarfile = NULL;
+	gzFile		ztarfile = NULL;
 #endif
 
 	if (PQgetisnull(res, rownum, 0))
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c
index 71bace0eab7..a7fd91d1c53 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_files.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ typedef struct
 typedef struct
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
-	gzFile	   *FH;
+	gzFile		FH;
 #else
 	FILE	   *FH;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
index 4952f5a15d3..4823edec7fe 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_tar.c
@@ -58,16 +58,13 @@ static void _EndBlobs(ArchiveHandle *AH, TocEntry *te);
 #define K_STD_BUF_SIZE 1024
 
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
- /* typedef gzFile	 ThingFile; */
-typedef FILE ThingFile;
-#else
-typedef FILE ThingFile;
-#endif
-
 typedef struct
 {
-	ThingFile  *zFH;
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
+	gzFile		zFH;
+#else
+	FILE	   *zFH;
+#endif
 	FILE	   *nFH;
 	FILE	   *tarFH;
 	FILE	   *tmpFH;