diff --git a/Common/GPU/D3D9/D3D9ShaderCompiler.cpp b/Common/GPU/D3D9/D3D9ShaderCompiler.cpp
index 5a647196fe..d3821066aa 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/D3D9/D3D9ShaderCompiler.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/D3D9/D3D9ShaderCompiler.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ LPD3DBLOB CompileShaderToByteCodeD3D9(const char *code, const char *target, std:
 			pShaderCode = nullptr;
 		}
 	} else {
-		(*errorMessage).clear();
+		errorMessage->clear();
 	}
 
 	return pShaderCode;
diff --git a/Common/GPU/ShaderTranslation.cpp b/Common/GPU/ShaderTranslation.cpp
index 84cd69afe5..42e540a40f 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/ShaderTranslation.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/ShaderTranslation.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ bool TranslateShader(std::string *dest, ShaderLanguage destLang, const ShaderLan
 	return false;
 #endif
 
-	(*errorMessage).clear();
+	errorMessage->clear();
 
 	glslang::TProgram program;
 	const char *shaderStrings[1]{};
diff --git a/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp b/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp
index be1a1371a9..3ba5984f4b 100644
--- a/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp
+++ b/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ bool DebuggerRequest::ParamString(const char *name, std::string *out, DebuggerPa
 		return true;
 	} else if (tag == JSON_NULL) {
 		if (required) {
-			(*out).clear();
+			out->clear();
 		}
 		return true;
 	} else if (tag == JSON_NUMBER) {
diff --git a/Core/Loaders.cpp b/Core/Loaders.cpp
index 02625a16c5..37722fe0cf 100644
--- a/Core/Loaders.cpp
+++ b/Core/Loaders.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ FileLoader *ConstructFileLoader(const Path &filename) {
 
 // TODO : improve, look in the file more
 IdentifiedFileType Identify_File(FileLoader *fileLoader, std::string *errorString) {
-	(*errorString).clear();
+	errorString->clear();
 	if (fileLoader == nullptr) {
 		*errorString = "Invalid fileLoader";
 		return IdentifiedFileType::ERROR_IDENTIFYING;