diff --git a/compiler/float-tran.lisp b/compiler/float-tran.lisp
index 953817dd93c49f04fe06ca1ba1d68f23369bfe25..55e4748b3fdcd15da85367b86d37db0b8bd16a24 100644
--- a/compiler/float-tran.lisp
+++ b/compiler/float-tran.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/float-tran.lisp,v 1.17 1993/05/11 20:56:09 ram Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/float-tran.lisp,v 1.18 1993/05/12 11:11:10 ram Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 (defun double-float-low-bits (x) (double-float-low-bits x))
 
 (def-source-transform float-sign (float1 &optional (float2 nil f2-p))
-  (cond (*byte-compiling* (values nil t))
+  (cond ((byte-compiling) (values nil t))
 	(f2-p `(* (float-sign ,float1) (abs ,float2)))
 	(t
 	 (let ((n-f1 (gensym)))
diff --git a/compiler/srctran.lisp b/compiler/srctran.lisp
index 455d6c58423fcf826be931dc6582837944018c9a..7f07f0fa2c78c72e5a4ee498ee4e27e122168a21 100644
--- a/compiler/srctran.lisp
+++ b/compiler/srctran.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/srctran.lisp,v 1.41 1993/05/11 13:50:52 ram Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/srctran.lisp,v 1.42 1993/05/12 11:13:25 ram Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 ;;; Translate CxxR into car/cdr combos.
 
 (defun source-transform-cxr (form)
-  (if (or *byte-compiling* (/= (length form) 2))
+  (if (or (byte-compiling) (/= (length form) 2))
       (values nil t)
       (let ((name (symbol-name (car form))))
 	(do ((i (- (length name) 2) (1- i))
diff --git a/compiler/typetran.lisp b/compiler/typetran.lisp
index 27cd0b8441a7ed69eff31f8bcdd6153a11fb2767..bc112770a6f735777e1faf9ff77c63e55d84eccf 100644
--- a/compiler/typetran.lisp
+++ b/compiler/typetran.lisp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/typetran.lisp,v 1.19 1993/05/11 13:50:58 ram Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/typetran.lisp,v 1.20 1993/05/12 11:12:22 ram Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 				 (cadr spec))
 	       `(%typep ,object ,spec))
 	      (t nil))
-	    (and (not *byte-compiling*)
+	    (and (not (byte-compiling))
 		 (typecase type
 		   (numeric-type
 		    (source-transform-numeric-typep object type))