diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
index b95242a443..68769d6dda 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ module Homebrew
             files_to_commits[file] ||= []
             files_to_commits[file] << commit
             tap_file = (tap.path/file).to_s
-            if (tap_file.start_with?("#{tap.formula_dir}/") || tap_file.start_with?("#{tap.cask_dir}/")) &&
+            if tap_file.start_with?("#{tap.formula_dir}/", "#{tap.cask_dir}/") &&
                File.extname(file) == ".rb"
               next
             end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/diagnostic.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/diagnostic.rb
index a30230f21f..4e08ae93fa 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/diagnostic.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/diagnostic.rb
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ module OS
 
             return if @found.all? do |path|
               realpath = Pathname.new(path).realpath.to_s
-              allowlist.any? { |rack| realpath.start_with?(rack) }
+              realpath.start_with?(*allowlist)
             end
           end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb
index 13c9ae62ae..0020a517a6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/mac/keg_relocate.rb
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ module OS
         # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/23251
         return true if HOMEBREW_TEMP.to_s == "/private/tmp" && filename.start_with?("/tmp/")
 
-        filename.start_with?(HOMEBREW_TEMP.to_s) || filename.start_with?(HOMEBREW_TEMP.realpath.to_s)
+        filename.start_with?(HOMEBREW_TEMP.to_s, HOMEBREW_TEMP.realpath.to_s)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc b/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc
index 9fde835b6f..5ac3ad1981 100755
--- a/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class Cmd
       true
     # first two paths: reject references to Cellar or opt paths
     # for unspecified dependencies
-    elsif path.start_with?(cellar) || path.start_with?(opt)
+    elsif path.start_with?(cellar, opt)
       dep = path[keg_regex, 2]
       dep && @deps.include?(dep)
     elsif path.start_with?(prefix, cachedir, tmpdir)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
index 6b1fbe945d..7da5da4ff4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/unpack_strategy.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module UnpackStrategy
 
     strategies&.sort_by { |s| s.extensions.map(&:length).max || 0 }
               &.reverse
-              &.find { |s| s.extensions.any? { |ext| extension.end_with?(ext) } }
+              &.find { |s| extension.end_with?(*s.extensions) }
   end
 
   sig { params(path: Pathname).returns(T.nilable(UnpackStrategyType)) }