diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl b/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
index da34124595..25b18e84c5 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ EOM
 
 		# Special hack to generate OID symbols for pg_type entries
 		# that lack one.
-		if ($catname eq 'pg_type' and !exists $bki_values{oid_symbol})
+		if ($catname eq 'pg_type' && !exists $bki_values{oid_symbol})
 		{
 			my $symbol = form_pg_type_symbol($bki_values{typname});
 			$bki_values{oid_symbol} = $symbol
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/check_keywords.pl b/src/backend/parser/check_keywords.pl
index 68d1f517b7..6b27fbf1be 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/check_keywords.pl
+++ b/src/backend/parser/check_keywords.pl
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ line: while (my $S = <$gram>)
 	my $s;
 
 	# Make sure any braces are split
-	$s = '{', $S =~ s/$s/ { /g;
-	$s = '}', $S =~ s/$s/ } /g;
+	$s = '{'; $S =~ s/$s/ { /g;
+	$s = '}'; $S =~ s/$s/ } /g;
 
 	# Any comments are split
-	$s = '[/][*]', $S =~ s#$s# /* #g;
-	$s = '[*][/]', $S =~ s#$s# */ #g;
+	$s = '[/][*]'; $S =~ s#$s# /* #g;
+	$s = '[*][/]'; $S =~ s#$s# */ #g;
 
 	if (!($kcat))
 	{
diff --git a/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_combining_table.pl b/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_combining_table.pl
index e468a5f8c9..c984a903ee 100644
--- a/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_combining_table.pl
+++ b/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_combining_table.pl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ print "/* generated by src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_combining_table.pl, d
 
 print "static const struct mbinterval combining[] = {\n";
 
-foreach my $line (<ARGV>)
+while (my $line = <ARGV>)
 {
     chomp $line;
     my @fields = split ';', $line;
diff --git a/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_normprops_table.pl b/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_normprops_table.pl
index c07a04a58a..ec4e8ea72a 100644
--- a/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_normprops_table.pl
+++ b/src/common/unicode/generate-unicode_normprops_table.pl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ typedef struct
 }			pg_unicode_normprops;
 EOS
 
-foreach my $line (<ARGV>)
+while (my $line = <ARGV>)
 {
 	chomp $line;
 	$line =~ s/\s*#.*$//;
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/reformat_dat_file.pl b/src/include/catalog/reformat_dat_file.pl
index 1cadbfd9f4..8bb4d0ab63 100755
--- a/src/include/catalog/reformat_dat_file.pl
+++ b/src/include/catalog/reformat_dat_file.pl
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ sub strip_default_values
 		# It's okay if we have no oid value, since it will be assigned
 		# automatically before bootstrap.
 		die "strip_default_values: $catname.$attname undefined\n"
-		  if !defined $row->{$attname} and $attname ne 'oid';
+		  if !defined $row->{$attname} && $attname ne 'oid';
 
 		if (defined $column->{default}
 			and ($row->{$attname} eq $column->{default}))
diff --git a/src/tools/perlcheck/perlcriticrc b/src/tools/perlcheck/perlcriticrc
index 4130da460a..286d6ef122 100644
--- a/src/tools/perlcheck/perlcriticrc
+++ b/src/tools/perlcheck/perlcriticrc
@@ -31,21 +31,21 @@ verbose = %f: %m at line %l, column %c.  %e.  ([%p] Severity: %s)\n
 [Variables::RequireLocalizedPunctuationVars]
 allow = %ENV %SIG
 
+# default is 3 statements for a block with 'no strict'. Allow some more.
+[TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitProlongedStrictureOverride]
+statements = 8
+
 # severity 4 policies currently violated
 
 [-BuiltinFunctions::RequireBlockGrep]
 [-BuiltinFunctions::RequireBlockMap]
-[-InputOutput::ProhibitReadlineInForLoop]
 [-InputOutput::RequireBriefOpen]
 [-Modules::ProhibitAutomaticExportation]
 [-Modules::ProhibitMultiplePackages]
 [-Objects::ProhibitIndirectSyntax]
 [-Subroutines::RequireArgUnpacking]
 [-TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitNoWarnings]
-[-TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitProlongedStrictureOverride]
-[-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitCommaSeparatedStatements]
 [-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitConstantPragma]
-[-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMixedBooleanOperators]
 
 # severity 3 policies currently violated