diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
index 35d7f51c23..8c90cbb18f 100644
--- a/builtin/show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static void append_one_rev(const char *av)
 		append_ref(av, &revkey, 0);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (strchr(av, '*') || strchr(av, '?') || strchr(av, '[')) {
+	if (strpbrk(av, "*?[")) {
 		/* glob style match */
 		int saved_matches = ref_name_cnt;
 
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 402c1ad91c..7ec6c04dfc 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static char *path_lookup(const char *cmd, int exe_only)
 	int len = strlen(cmd);
 	int isexe = len >= 4 && !strcasecmp(cmd+len-4, ".exe");
 
-	if (strchr(cmd, '/') || strchr(cmd, '\\'))
+	if (strpbrk(cmd, "/\\"))
 		return xstrdup(cmd);
 
 	path = mingw_getenv("PATH");
diff --git a/mailinfo.c b/mailinfo.c
index b395adbdf2..eeef190c3d 100644
--- a/mailinfo.c
+++ b/mailinfo.c
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ static void cleanup_space(struct strbuf *sb)
 static void get_sane_name(struct strbuf *out, struct strbuf *name, struct strbuf *email)
 {
 	struct strbuf *src = name;
-	if (name->len < 3 || 60 < name->len || strchr(name->buf, '@') ||
-		strchr(name->buf, '<') || strchr(name->buf, '>'))
+	if (name->len < 3 || 60 < name->len || strpbrk(name->buf, "@<>"))
 		src = email;
 	else if (name == out)
 		return;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-windows-named-pipe.c b/t/helper/test-windows-named-pipe.c
index b4b752b01a..ae52183e63 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-windows-named-pipe.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-windows-named-pipe.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int cmd__windows_named_pipe(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (argc < 2)
 		goto print_usage;
 	filename = argv[1];
-	if (strchr(filename, '/') || strchr(filename, '\\'))
+	if (strpbrk(filename, "/\\"))
 		goto print_usage;
 	strbuf_addf(&pathname, "//./pipe/%s", filename);