diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index 20868b9b8..48b6cb483 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -513,23 +513,17 @@ static FILE* FIO_openSrcFile(const char* srcFileName)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
 
-    if (!UTIL_isRegularFile(srcFileName)) {
-        DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: %s is not a regular file -- ignored \n",
-                        srcFileName);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-#else
-
-    if (!UTIL_isRegularFile(srcFileName) && !UTIL_isFIFO(srcFileName)) {
-        DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: %s is not a regular file -- ignored \n",
-                        srcFileName);
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
+    if (!UTIL_isRegularFile(srcFileName)
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+        && !UTIL_isFIFO(srcFileName)
 #endif /* _MSC_VER */
+    ) {
+        DISPLAYLEVEL(1, "zstd: %s is not a regular file -- ignored \n",
+                        srcFileName);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     {   FILE* const f = fopen(srcFileName, "rb");
         if (f == NULL)
diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 5f97b1cde..54aca5b55 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ int UTIL_isSameFile(const char* file1, const char* file2)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+/* Using this to distinguish named pipes */
 U32 UTIL_isFIFO(const char* infilename)
 {
 /* macro guards, as defined in : https://linux.die.net/man/2/lstat */
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ U32 UTIL_isFIFO(const char* infilename)
     (void)infilename;
     return 0;
 }
-
+#endif
 
 U32 UTIL_isLink(const char* infilename)
 {
diff --git a/programs/zstdcli.c b/programs/zstdcli.c
index 66b7ae5d2..fe77be22e 100644
--- a/programs/zstdcli.c
+++ b/programs/zstdcli.c
@@ -992,25 +992,15 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     if (!followLinks) {
         unsigned u;
         for (u=0, fileNamesNb=0; u<filenameIdx; u++) {
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-
-            if (UTIL_isLink(filenameTable[u])) {
-                DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Warning : %s is a symbolic link, ignoring\n", filenameTable[u]);
-            } else {
-                filenameTable[fileNamesNb++] = filenameTable[u];
-            }
-
-#else
-
-            if (UTIL_isLink(filenameTable[u]) && !UTIL_isFIFO(filenameTable[u])) {
-                DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Warning : %s is a symbolic link, ignoring\n", filenameTable[u]);
-            } else {
-                filenameTable[fileNamesNb++] = filenameTable[u];
-            }
-
+            if (UTIL_isLink(filenameTable[u])
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+                && !UTIL_isFIFO(filenameTable[u])
 #endif /* _MSC_VER */
-
+            ) {
+                DISPLAYLEVEL(2, "Warning : %s is a symbolic link, ignoring\n", filenameTable[u]);
+            } else {
+                filenameTable[fileNamesNb++] = filenameTable[u];
+            }
         }
         if (fileNamesNb == 0 && filenameIdx > 0)
             CLEAN_RETURN(1);