diff --git a/src/runtime/alloc.h b/src/runtime/alloc.h
index b6ff0902..9561fa1f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/alloc.h
+++ b/src/runtime/alloc.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline void *ts_realloc(void *buffer, size_t size) {
 }
 
 static inline void ts_free(void *buffer) {
-  return ts_record_free(buffer);
+  ts_record_free(buffer);
 }
 
 static inline bool ts_toggle_allocation_recording(bool value) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/document.c b/src/runtime/document.c
index d7154a78..c013e8cf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/document.c
+++ b/src/runtime/document.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void ts_document_edit(TSDocument *self, TSInputEdit edit) {
 }
 
 void ts_document_parse(TSDocument *self) {
-  return ts_document_parse_with_options(self, (TSParseOptions){
+  ts_document_parse_with_options(self, (TSParseOptions){
     .halt_on_error = false,
     .changed_ranges = NULL,
     .changed_range_count = NULL,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void ts_document_parse(TSDocument *self) {
 
 void ts_document_parse_and_get_changed_ranges(TSDocument *self, TSRange **ranges,
                                               uint32_t *range_count) {
-  return ts_document_parse_with_options(self, (TSParseOptions){
+  ts_document_parse_with_options(self, (TSParseOptions){
     .halt_on_error = false,
     .changed_ranges = ranges,
     .changed_range_count = range_count,
diff --git a/src/runtime/length.h b/src/runtime/length.h
index 352215d2..7d2c0b01 100644
--- a/src/runtime/length.h
+++ b/src/runtime/length.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ static inline Length length_sub(Length len1, Length len2) {
 }
 
 static inline Length length_zero() {
-  return (Length){ 0, 0, {0, 0} };
+  Length result = {0, 0, {0, 0}};
+  return result;
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/runtime/reusable_node.h b/src/runtime/reusable_node.h
index 2c7bc58f..510c984a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/reusable_node.h
+++ b/src/runtime/reusable_node.h
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ typedef struct {
 } ReusableNode;
 
 static inline ReusableNode reusable_node_new(Tree *tree) {
-  return (ReusableNode){
-    .tree = tree,
-    .byte_index = 0,
-    .preceding_external_token = NULL,
-  };
+  ReusableNode result = {tree, 0, NULL};
+  return result;
 }
 
 static inline void reusable_node_pop(ReusableNode *self) {