diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 99014ba98..2fb98e8ad 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #define _POSIX
 #elif defined (__WINNT__)
 #define _WIN 1
-#define WIN 1
 #else
 #error Your Operating System is not supported or detected
 #endif
diff --git a/include/dynloader.h b/include/dynloader.h
index 534883afd..923ecbad9 100644
--- a/include/dynloader.h
+++ b/include/dynloader.h
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
+#ifdef _WIN
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #if defined (__APPLE__)
 #include <mach-o/dyld.h>
 #endif // __APPLE__
-#endif // _POSIX
-
-#ifdef _WIN
-#include <windows.h>
-#endif
+#endif // _WIN
 
 #ifdef _WIN
 HMODULE hc_dlopen  (LPCSTR lpLibFileName);
diff --git a/include/folder.h b/include/folder.h
index e41f79f76..70ab60240 100644
--- a/include/folder.h
+++ b/include/folder.h
@@ -10,19 +10,16 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#endif
-
-#if defined (__APPLE__)
-#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
-#endif // __APPLE__
-
 #if defined (_WIN)
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <direct.h>
-#endif
+#else
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+#if defined (__APPLE__)
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#endif // __APPLE__
+#endif // _WIN
 
 #define DOT_HASHCAT     ".hashcat"
 #define SESSIONS_FOLDER "sessions"
diff --git a/include/pidfile.h b/include/pidfile.h
index 7a024689e..3fa07bcae 100644
--- a/include/pidfile.h
+++ b/include/pidfile.h
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#endif // _POSIX
-
 #if defined (_WIN)
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <psapi.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif // _WIN
 
 int pidfile_ctx_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx);
diff --git a/include/restore.h b/include/restore.h
index 21c388a40..d43e1b14c 100644
--- a/include/restore.h
+++ b/include/restore.h
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#endif // _POSIX
-
 #if defined (_WIN)
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <psapi.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif // _WIN
 
 #define RESTORE_VERSION_MIN 340
diff --git a/include/terminal.h b/include/terminal.h
index 4b66bf6be..ba69a5d69 100644
--- a/include/terminal.h
+++ b/include/terminal.h
@@ -12,15 +12,13 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
+#if defined (_WIN)
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
 #include <termios.h>
 #if defined (__APPLE__)
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #endif // __APPLE__
-#endif // _POSIX
-
-#if defined (_WIN)
-#include <windows.h>
 #endif // _WIN
 
 void welcome_screen (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, const char *version_tag);
diff --git a/include/thread.h b/include/thread.h
index 4c9547917..863f00e44 100644
--- a/include/thread.h
+++ b/include/thread.h
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <semaphore.h>
-#endif // _POSIX
 #if defined (_WIN)
 #include <windows.h>
+#else
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <semaphore.h>
 #endif // _WIN
 
 #if defined (_WIN)
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
 #define hc_thread_mutex_init(m)     InitializeCriticalSection (&m)
 #define hc_thread_mutex_delete(m)   DeleteCriticalSection     (&m)
 
-#elif defined (_POSIX)
+#else
 
 #define hc_thread_create(t,f,a)     pthread_create (&t, NULL, f, a)
 #define hc_thread_wait(n,a)         for (u32 i = 0; i < n; i++) pthread_join ((a)[i], NULL)
diff --git a/include/types.h b/include/types.h
index e0a15ed0b..6bb5e1a0e 100644
--- a/include/types.h
+++ b/include/types.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ typedef uint64_t u64;
 
 #if defined (_WIN)
 typedef LARGE_INTEGER     hc_timer_t;
-#elif defined (_POSIX)
+#else
 typedef struct timeval    hc_timer_t;
 #endif
 
@@ -54,19 +54,17 @@ typedef struct timeval    hc_timer_t;
 #if defined (_WIN)
 typedef HANDLE            hc_thread_t;
 typedef CRITICAL_SECTION  hc_thread_mutex_t;
-#elif defined (_POSIX)
+#else
 typedef pthread_t         hc_thread_t;
 typedef pthread_mutex_t   hc_thread_mutex_t;
 #endif
 
 // stat
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
-typedef struct stat hc_stat_t;
-#endif
-
 #if defined (_WIN)
 typedef struct _stat64 hc_stat_t;
+#else
+typedef struct stat hc_stat_t;
 #endif
 
 // enums
@@ -1205,10 +1203,10 @@ typedef struct dictstat_ctx
 
   dictstat_t *base;
 
-  #if defined (_POSIX)
-  size_t cnt;
-  #else
+  #if defined (_WIN)
   u32    cnt;
+  #else
+  size_t cnt;
   #endif
 
 } dictstat_ctx_t;
diff --git a/src/folder.c b/src/folder.c
index 3985c8822..427f5b8f5 100644
--- a/src/folder.c
+++ b/src/folder.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int folder_config_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, MAYBE_UNUSED const char *ins
     return -1;
   }
 
-  #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined (__CYGWIN__)
+  #if defined (_POSIX)
 
   static const char SLASH[] = "/";
 
diff --git a/src/hwmon.c b/src/hwmon.c
index 09ff11a72..53d93981c 100644
--- a/src/hwmon.c
+++ b/src/hwmon.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static int xnvctrl_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   // unsupport platform?
   return -1;
 
-  #elif defined (_POSIX)
+  #else
 
   xnvctrl->lib_x11 = dlopen ("libX11.so", RTLD_LAZY);
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 5b3710084..6cce33b42 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "interface.h"
 #include "event.h"
 
-#if defined(__MINGW64__) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+#if defined (__MINGW64__) || defined (__MINGW32__)
 int _dowildcard = -1;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/opencl.c b/src/opencl.c
index f7b2a0a4d..801dc674d 100644
--- a/src/opencl.c
+++ b/src/opencl.c
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ int ocl_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   memset (ocl, 0, sizeof (OCL_PTR));
 
-  #if   defined(_WIN)
+  #if   defined (_WIN)
   ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("OpenCL");
-  #elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  #elif defined (__APPLE__)
   ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenCL.framework/OpenCL", RTLD_NOW);
   #elif defined (__CYGWIN__)
   ocl->lib = hc_dlopen ("opencl.dll", RTLD_NOW);
@@ -1800,15 +1800,13 @@ int run_cracker (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, hc_device_param_t *device_param, co
 
   u32 speed_pos = device_param->speed_pos;
 
-  #if defined (_POSIX)
-  if (device_param->timer_speed.tv_sec == 0)
+  #if defined (_WIN)
+  if (device_param->timer_speed.QuadPart == 0)
   {
     hc_timer_set (&device_param->timer_speed);
   }
-  #endif
-
-  #if defined (_WIN)
-  if (device_param->timer_speed.QuadPart == 0)
+  #else
+  if (device_param->timer_speed.tv_sec == 0)
   {
     hc_timer_set (&device_param->timer_speed);
   }
diff --git a/src/pidfile.c b/src/pidfile.c
index 421040c6a..6ee51420e 100644
--- a/src/pidfile.c
+++ b/src/pidfile.c
@@ -38,26 +38,7 @@ static int check_running_process (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   if (pd->pid)
   {
-    #if defined (_POSIX)
-
-    char *pidbin;
-
-    hc_asprintf (&pidbin, "/proc/%u/cmdline", pd->pid);
-
-    if (hc_path_exist (pidbin) == true)
-    {
-      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Already an instance running on pid %u", pd->pid);
-
-      hcfree (pd);
-
-      hcfree (pidbin);
-
-      return -1;
-    }
-
-    hcfree (pidbin);
-
-    #elif defined (_WIN)
+    #if defined (_WIN)
 
     HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess (PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, pd->pid);
 
@@ -88,6 +69,25 @@ static int check_running_process (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     hcfree (pidbin);
     hcfree (pidbin2);
 
+    #else
+
+    char *pidbin;
+
+    hc_asprintf (&pidbin, "/proc/%u/cmdline", pd->pid);
+
+    if (hc_path_exist (pidbin) == true)
+    {
+      event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Already an instance running on pid %u", pd->pid);
+
+      hcfree (pd);
+
+      hcfree (pidbin);
+
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+    hcfree (pidbin);
+
     #endif
   }
 
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ static int init_pidfile (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
   if (rc == -1) return -1;
 
-  #if defined (_POSIX)
-  pd->pid = getpid ();
-  #elif defined (_WIN)
+  #if defined (_WIN)
   pd->pid = GetCurrentProcessId ();
+  #else
+  pd->pid = getpid ();
   #endif
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/src/shared.c b/src/shared.c
index e3f696eca..d60f586ff 100644
--- a/src/shared.c
+++ b/src/shared.c
@@ -143,18 +143,6 @@ void hc_asprintf (char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
   va_end (args);
 }
 
-#if defined (_POSIX)
-int hc_stat (const char *pathname, hc_stat_t *buf)
-{
-  return stat (pathname, buf);
-}
-
-int hc_fstat (int fd, hc_stat_t *buf)
-{
-  return fstat (fd, buf);
-}
-#endif
-
 #if defined (_WIN)
 int hc_stat (const char *pathname, hc_stat_t *buf)
 {
@@ -165,6 +153,16 @@ int hc_fstat (int fd, hc_stat_t *buf)
 {
   return fstat64 (fd, buf);
 }
+#else
+int hc_stat (const char *pathname, hc_stat_t *buf)
+{
+  return stat (pathname, buf);
+}
+
+int hc_fstat (int fd, hc_stat_t *buf)
+{
+  return fstat (fd, buf);
+}
 #endif
 
 void hc_sleep_msec (const u32 msec)
diff --git a/src/stdout.c b/src/stdout.c
index 1dc060fe3..5f64c533e 100644
--- a/src/stdout.c
+++ b/src/stdout.c
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ static void out_push (out_t *out, const u8 *pw_buf, const int pw_len)
 
   memcpy (ptr, pw_buf, pw_len);
 
-  #if defined (_POSIX)
-
-  ptr[pw_len] = '\n';
-
-  out->len += pw_len + 1;
-
-  #else
+  #if defined (_WIN)
 
   ptr[pw_len + 0] = '\r';
   ptr[pw_len + 1] = '\n';
 
   out->len += pw_len + 2;
 
+  #else
+
+  ptr[pw_len] = '\n';
+
+  out->len += pw_len + 1;
+
   #endif
 
   if (out->len >= BUFSIZ - 100)
diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index e2ed2e4bd..906d3a92c 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int tty_fix()
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+#if defined (__APPLE__) || defined (__FreeBSD__)
 static struct termios savemodes;
 static int havemodes = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/timer.c b/src/timer.c
index 9c3c43bbe..c3511d079 100644
--- a/src/timer.c
+++ b/src/timer.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ inline double hc_timer_get (hc_timer_t a)
   return (double) ((double) (hr_tmp.QuadPart - a.QuadPart) / (double) (hr_freq.QuadPart / 1000));
 }
 
-#elif defined(_POSIX)
+#else
 
 inline void hc_timer_set (hc_timer_t* a)
 {