diff --git a/basis/cpu/x86/64/64.factor b/basis/cpu/x86/64/64.factor
index 6f7e85ce1b..dc83164b06 100644
--- a/basis/cpu/x86/64/64.factor
+++ b/basis/cpu/x86/64/64.factor
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ M: x86.64 (cpuid) ( rax rcx regs -- )
 
 ! The result of reading 4 bytes from memory is a fixnum on
 ! x86-64.
-! enable-alien-4-intrinsics
+enable-alien-4-intrinsics
 
 {
     { [ os unix? ] [ "cpu.x86.64.unix" require ] }
     { [ os windows? ] [ "cpu.x86.64.windows" require ] }
 } cond
 
-! check-cpu-features
+check-cpu-features
diff --git a/basis/environment/environment.factor b/basis/environment/environment.factor
index abfa04e6a8..121751e07d 100644
--- a/basis/environment/environment.factor
+++ b/basis/environment/environment.factor
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ HOOK: set-os-envs-pointer os ( malloc -- )
 } cond
 
 [
-    ! "FACTOR_ROOTS" os-env
-    ! [
-        ! os windows? ";" ":" ? split
-        ! [ add-vocab-root ] each
-    ! ] when*    
+    "FACTOR_ROOTS" os-env
+    [
+        os windows? ";" ":" ? split
+        [ add-vocab-root ] each
+    ] when*
 ] "environment" add-startup-hook