diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c
index a2af29d93a..444ce64e69 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static char *get_path_param(apr_pool_t *pool, char *url,
              * Session path was found, get it's value
              */
             ++path;
-            if (strlen(path)) {
+            if (*path) {
                 char *q;
                 path = apr_strtok(apr_pstrdup(pool, path), pathdelims, &q);
                 return path;
diff --git a/server/util_cookies.c b/server/util_cookies.c
index 5e00fc6c5f..3b3c952382 100644
--- a/server/util_cookies.c
+++ b/server/util_cookies.c
@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_cookie_write(request_rec * r, const char *name, cons
     }
 
     /* create RFC2109 compliant cookie */
-    rfc2109 = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, name, "=", val, ";",
-                          buffer,
-                          attrs && strlen(attrs) > 0 ?
-                          attrs : DEFAULT_ATTRS, NULL);
+    rfc2109 = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, name, "=", val, ";", buffer,
+                          attrs && *attrs ? attrs : DEFAULT_ATTRS, NULL);
     ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r, LOG_PREFIX
                   "user '%s' set cookie: '%s'", r->user, rfc2109);
 
@@ -94,10 +92,8 @@ AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_cookie_write2(request_rec * r, const char *name2, co
     }
 
     /* create RFC2965 compliant cookie */
-    rfc2965 = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, name2, "=", val, ";",
-                          buffer,
-                          attrs2 && strlen(attrs2) > 0 ?
-                          attrs2 : DEFAULT_ATTRS, NULL);
+    rfc2965 = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, name2, "=", val, ";", buffer,
+                          attrs2 && *attrs2 ? attrs2 : DEFAULT_ATTRS, NULL);
     ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r, LOG_PREFIX
                   "user '%s' set cookie2: '%s'", r->user, rfc2965);