diff --git a/basis/unix/process/process.factor b/basis/unix/process/process.factor
index 030f0977e2..175425f948 100644
--- a/basis/unix/process/process.factor
+++ b/basis/unix/process/process.factor
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FUNCTION: int execve ( char* path, char** argv, char** envp ) ;
     [ first ] [ ] bi exec-with-path ;
 
 : exec-args-with-env  ( seq seq -- int )
-    >r [ first ] [ ] bi r> exec-with-env ;
+    [ [ first ] [ ] bi ] dip exec-with-env ;
 
 : with-fork ( child parent -- )
     [ [ fork-process dup zero? ] dip [ drop ] prepose ] dip
diff --git a/basis/unix/statfs/netbsd/netbsd.factor b/basis/unix/statfs/netbsd/netbsd.factor
index 56c632edb4..ad7c161713 100644
--- a/basis/unix/statfs/netbsd/netbsd.factor
+++ b/basis/unix/statfs/netbsd/netbsd.factor
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ C-STRUCT: statvfs
     { "uid_t"   "f_owner" }
     { { "uint32_t" 4 } "f_spare" }     
     { { "char" _VFS_NAMELEN } "f_fstypename" }
-    { { "char" _VFS_NAMELEN } "f_mntonname" }
-    { { "char" _VFS_NAMELEN } "f_mntfromname" } ;
+    { { "char" _VFS_MNAMELEN } "f_mntonname" }
+    { { "char" _VFS_MNAMELEN } "f_mntfromname" } ;
 
 FUNCTION: int statvfs ( char* path, statvfs *buf ) ;
 
diff --git a/basis/unix/unix.factor b/basis/unix/unix.factor
index ca8a7a2e60..d917425bf9 100644
--- a/basis/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/basis/unix/unix.factor
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ FUNCTION: ssize_t readlink ( char* path, char* buf, size_t bufsize ) ;
 : PATH_MAX 1024 ; inline
 
 : read-symbolic-link ( path -- path )
-    PATH_MAX <byte-array> dup >r
-    PATH_MAX
-    [ readlink ] unix-system-call
-    r> swap head-slice >string ;
+    PATH_MAX <byte-array> dup [
+        PATH_MAX
+        [ readlink ] unix-system-call
+    ] dip swap head-slice >string ;
 
 FUNCTION: ssize_t recv ( int s, void* buf, size_t nbytes, int flags ) ;
 FUNCTION: ssize_t recvfrom ( int s, void* buf, size_t nbytes, int flags, sockaddr-in* from, socklen_t* fromlen ) ;