diff --git a/lang/basic/src/basic.lex b/lang/basic/src/basic.lex
index e9e11180..3af7a4e5 100644
--- a/lang/basic/src/basic.lex
+++ b/lang/basic/src/basic.lex
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ File *stream;
             if ( characters_left == 0 ) { /* Nothing read */
                 if ( external_bufp == buffer ) {
                     *external_bufp = '\0';
-                    return(NULL);  /* EOF */
+                    return(0);  /* EOF */
                 } else { /* Something was already copied */
                     *external_bufp = '\0';
                     return(buffer);
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ getline()
 {
 	/* get next input line */
 
-	if ( our_fgets(inputline,MAXLINELENGTH,yyin) == NULL)
+	if ( our_fgets(inputline,MAXLINELENGTH,yyin) == 0)
 		return(FALSE);
 	yylineno ++;
 	if ( strindex(inputline,'\n') == 0)
diff --git a/lang/basic/src/bem.h b/lang/basic/src/bem.h
index fdcccae9..b0d41e93 100644
--- a/lang/basic/src/bem.h
+++ b/lang/basic/src/bem.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
  */
 
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <system.h>