diff --git a/gitweb.cgi.source b/gitweb.cgi.source
index 0e5c626..5db2fbb 100755
--- a/gitweb.cgi.source
+++ b/gitweb.cgi.source
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ my %allowed_options = (
 );
 
 our @extra_options = $cgi->param('opt');
-if (defined @extra_options) {
+if (@extra_options) {
 	foreach my $opt (@extra_options) {
 		if (not exists $allowed_options{$opt}) {
 			die_error(400, "Invalid option parameter");
diff --git a/gitweb.cgi.source.new b/gitweb.cgi.source.new
index 92b5cbc..2eb6b96 100644
--- a/gitweb.cgi.source.new
+++ b/gitweb.cgi.source.new
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ sub git_summary {
 	print "</table\n>";
 
 	my $taglist = git_read_refs("refs/tags");
-	if (defined @$taglist) {
+	if (@$taglist) {
 		print "<div>\n" .
 		      $cgi->a({-href => "$my_uri?" . esc_param("p=$project;a=tags"), -class => "title"}, "tags") .
 		      "</div>\n";
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ sub git_summary {
 	}
 
 	my $headlist = git_read_refs("refs/heads");
-	if (defined @$headlist) {
+	if (@$headlist) {
 		print "<div>\n" .
 		      $cgi->a({-href => "$my_uri?" . esc_param("p=$project;a=heads"), -class => "title"}, "heads") .
 		      "</div>\n";
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ sub git_tags {
 	      "</div>\n";
 	print "<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n";
 	my $alternate = 0;
-	if (defined @$taglist) {
+	if (@$taglist) {
 		foreach my $entry (@$taglist) {
 			my %tag = %$entry;
 			my $comment_lines = $tag{'comment'};
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ sub git_heads {
 	      "</div>\n";
 	print "<table cellspacing=\"0\">\n";
 	my $alternate = 0;
-	if (defined @$taglist) {
+	if (@$taglist) {
 		foreach my $entry (@$taglist) {
 			my %tag = %$entry;
 			if ($alternate) {