diff --git a/include/list.h b/include/list.h
index 7084834dc..c3ad83b9b 100644
--- a/include/list.h
+++ b/include/list.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ typedef struct xLIST
         }                                                                        \
                                                                                  \
         ( pxItemToRemove )->pxContainer = NULL;                                  \
-        ( pxList->uxNumberOfItems )--;                                           \
+        pxList->uxNumberOfItems -= 1U;                                           \
     } while( 0 )
 
 /*
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ typedef struct xLIST
         /* Remember which list the item is in. */            \
         ( pxNewListItem )->pxContainer = ( pxList );         \
                                                              \
-        ( ( pxList )->uxNumberOfItems )++;                   \
+        ( pxList )->uxNumberOfItems += 1U;                   \
     } while( 0 )
 
 /*
diff --git a/list.c b/list.c
index 907300896..64c883ca7 100644
--- a/list.c
+++ b/list.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void vListInsertEnd( List_t * const pxList,
     /* Remember which list the item is in. */
     pxNewListItem->pxContainer = pxList;
 
-    ( pxList->uxNumberOfItems )++;
+    (pxList->uxNumberOfItems ) += 1U;
 
     traceRETURN_vListInsertEnd();
 }
@@ -205,12 +205,13 @@ void vListInsert( List_t * const pxList,
      * item later. */
     pxNewListItem->pxContainer = pxList;
 
-    ( pxList->uxNumberOfItems )++;
+    pxList->uxNumberOfItems += 1U;
 
     traceRETURN_vListInsert();
 }
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+
 UBaseType_t uxListRemove( ListItem_t * const pxItemToRemove )
 {
     /* The list item knows which list it is in.  Obtain the list from the list
@@ -219,8 +220,6 @@ UBaseType_t uxListRemove( ListItem_t * const pxItemToRemove )
 
     traceENTER_uxListRemove( pxItemToRemove );
 
-
-
     pxItemToRemove->pxNext->pxPrevious = pxItemToRemove->pxPrevious;
     pxItemToRemove->pxPrevious->pxNext = pxItemToRemove->pxNext;
 
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ UBaseType_t uxListRemove( ListItem_t * const pxItemToRemove )
     }
 
     pxItemToRemove->pxContainer = NULL;
-    ( pxList->uxNumberOfItems )--;
+    pxList->uxNumberOfItems -= 1U;
 
     traceRETURN_uxListRemove( pxList->uxNumberOfItems );
 
diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index b00d218bb..45f16e9ad 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
         pxTemp = pxDelayedTaskList;                                               \
         pxDelayedTaskList = pxOverflowDelayedTaskList;                            \
         pxOverflowDelayedTaskList = pxTemp;                                       \
-        xNumOfOverflows++;                                                        \
+        xNumOfOverflows += 1;                                                     \
         prvResetNextTaskUnblockTime();                                            \
     } while( 0 )
 
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ static void prvInitialiseNewTask( TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode,
          * updated. */
         taskENTER_CRITICAL();
         {
-            uxCurrentNumberOfTasks++;
+            uxCurrentNumberOfTasks += 1U;
 
             if( pxCurrentTCB == NULL )
             {
@@ -3357,7 +3357,7 @@ static void prvInitialiseNewTask( TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode,
                     /* The ready list can be accessed even if the scheduler is
                      * suspended because this is inside a critical section. */
                     ( void ) uxListRemove( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
-                    prvAddTaskToReadyList( pxTCB );
+                    prvAddTaskToReadyList( pxTCB )
 
                     /* This yield may not cause the task just resumed to run,
                      * but will leave the lists in the correct state for the
@@ -3768,7 +3768,7 @@ void vTaskSuspendAll( void )
 
         /* The scheduler is suspended if uxSchedulerSuspended is non-zero.  An increment
          * is used to allow calls to vTaskSuspendAll() to nest. */
-        ++uxSchedulerSuspended;
+        uxSchedulerSuspended += 1U;
 
         /* Enforces ordering for ports and optimised compilers that may otherwise place
          * the above increment elsewhere. */
@@ -3925,7 +3925,7 @@ BaseType_t xTaskResumeAll( void )
              * previous call to vTaskSuspendAll(). */
             configASSERT( uxSchedulerSuspended != 0U );
 
-            --uxSchedulerSuspended;
+            uxSchedulerSuspended -= 1U;
             portRELEASE_TASK_LOCK();
 
             if( uxSchedulerSuspended == ( UBaseType_t ) 0U )
@@ -3943,7 +3943,7 @@ BaseType_t xTaskResumeAll( void )
                         listREMOVE_ITEM( &( pxTCB->xEventListItem ) );
                         portMEMORY_BARRIER();
                         listREMOVE_ITEM( &( pxTCB->xStateListItem ) );
-                        prvAddTaskToReadyList( pxTCB );
+                        prvAddTaskToReadyList( pxTCB )
 
                         #if ( configNUMBER_OF_CORES == 1 )
                         {
@@ -4925,7 +4925,7 @@ BaseType_t xTaskIncrementTick( void )
     }
     else
     {
-        ++xPendedTicks;
+        xPendedTicks += 1U;
 
         /* The tick hook gets called at regular intervals, even if the
          * scheduler is locked. */