diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index da3ff5d74..e25d0c836 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ void CheckClass::initializationListUsage()
                 break;
             if (Token::Match(tok, "try|do {"))
                 break;
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% = %any%") && tok->strAt(-1) != "*") {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% =") && tok->strAt(-1) != "*") {
                 const Variable* var = tok->variable();
                 if (var && var->scope() == owner && !var->isStatic()) {
                     if (var->isPointer() || var->isReference() || (!var->type() && !var->isStlStringType() && !(Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "std :: %type% <") && !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken()->linkAt(3), "> ::"))))
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ void CheckClass::checkMemset()
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
         const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
         for (const Token *tok = scope->classStart; tok && tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "memset|memcpy|memmove ( %any%")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "memset|memcpy|memmove (")) {
                 const Token* arg1 = tok->tokAt(2);
                 const Token* arg3 = arg1->nextArgument();
                 if (arg3)
diff --git a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
index 1ee90bd83..1432c776a 100644
--- a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void CheckFunctions::checkMathFunctions()
                         mathfunctionCallWarning(tok, 2);
                 }
                 // fmod ( x , y) If y is zero, then either a range error will occur or the function will return zero (implementation-defined).
-                else if (Token::Match(tok, "fmod|fmodf|fmodl ( %any%")) {
+                else if (Token::Match(tok, "fmod|fmodf|fmodl (")) {
                     const Token* nextArg = tok->tokAt(2)->nextArgument();
                     if (nextArg && nextArg->isNumber() && MathLib::isNullValue(nextArg->str()))
                         mathfunctionCallWarning(tok, 2);
diff --git a/lib/checkio.cpp b/lib/checkio.cpp
index fe06f83d2..898abcaaa 100644
--- a/lib/checkio.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkio.cpp
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ void CheckIO::checkWrongPrintfScanfArguments()
             bool scanf_s = false;
             int formatStringArgNo = -1;
 
-            if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "( %any%") && _settings->library.formatstr_function(tok->str())) {
+            if (tok->strAt(1) == "(" && _settings->library.formatstr_function(tok->str())) {
                 const std::map<int, Library::ArgumentChecks>& argumentChecks = _settings->library.argumentChecks.at(tok->str());
                 for (std::map<int, Library::ArgumentChecks>::const_iterator i = argumentChecks.cbegin(); i != argumentChecks.cend(); ++i) {
                     if (i->second.formatstr) {
diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index bcf8cad3a..441c26af1 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::checkReallocUsage()
         // Search for the "var = realloc(var, 100" pattern within this function
         for (const Token *tok = scope->classStart->next(); tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
             if (tok->varId() > 0 &&
-                Token::Match(tok, "%name% = realloc|g_try_realloc ( %name% , %any%") &&
+                Token::Match(tok, "%name% = realloc|g_try_realloc ( %name% ,") &&
                 tok->varId() == tok->tokAt(4)->varId() &&
                 isNoArgument(symbolDatabase, tok->varId())) {
                 // Check that another copy of the pointer wasn't saved earlier in the function
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::checkReallocUsage()
 
                 memleakUponReallocFailureError(tok, tok->str());
             } else if (tok->next()->varId() > 0 &&
-                       (Token::Match(tok, "* %name% = realloc|g_try_realloc ( * %name% , %any%") &&
+                       (Token::Match(tok, "* %name% = realloc|g_try_realloc ( * %name% ,") &&
                         tok->next()->varId() == tok->tokAt(6)->varId()) &&
                        isNoArgument(symbolDatabase, tok->next()->varId())) {
                 // Check that another copy of the pointer wasn't saved earlier in the function
diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index eaae621bc..90c4b3c97 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkSuspiciousEqualityComparison()
                 //    for (i = 0; i < 10; i == a)
                 if (Token::Match(openParen->next(), "%name% =="))
                     suspiciousEqualityComparisonError(openParen->tokAt(2));
-                if (Token::Match(closeParen->tokAt(-2), "== %any%"))
+                if (closeParen->strAt(-2) == "==")
                     suspiciousEqualityComparisonError(closeParen->tokAt(-2));
 
                 // Skip over for() loop conditions because "for (;running==1;)"
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ bool CheckOther::checkInnerScope(const Token *tok, const Variable* var, bool& us
         if (Token::Match(tok, "& %varid%", var->declarationId())) // Taking address of variable
             return false;
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "%varid% = %any%", var->declarationId()))
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "%varid% =", var->declarationId()))
             bFirstAssignment = true;
 
         if (!bFirstAssignment && Token::Match(tok, "* %varid%", var->declarationId())) // dereferencing means access to previous content
@@ -1793,8 +1793,8 @@ void CheckOther::checkInvalidFree()
 
             // If a variable that was previously assigned a newly-allocated memory location is
             // added or subtracted from when used to free the memory, report an error.
-            else if (Token::Match(tok, "free|g_free|delete ( %any% +|- %any%") ||
-                     Token::Match(tok, "delete [ ] ( %any% +|- %any%") ||
+            else if (Token::Match(tok, "free|g_free|delete ( %any% +|-") ||
+                     Token::Match(tok, "delete [ ] ( %any% +|-") ||
                      Token::Match(tok, "delete %any% +|- %any%")) {
 
                 const int varIndex = tok->strAt(1) == "(" ? 2 :
diff --git a/lib/checkstl.cpp b/lib/checkstl.cpp
index bc47005f3..b995048c1 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkstl.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void CheckStl::iterators()
             }
 
             // Reassign the iterator
-            else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid% = %any%", iteratorId)) {
+            else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid% =", iteratorId)) {
                 // Assume that the iterator becomes valid.
                 // TODO: add checking that checks if the iterator becomes valid or not
                 validatingToken = Token::findmatch(tok2->tokAt(2), "[;)]");