script/public-inbox-learn | 6 +++---
 script/public-inbox-mda   | 2 +-
 script/public-inbox-purge | 2 +-
 scripts/import_maildir    | 4 ++--
 scripts/import_slrnspool  | 2 +-
 scripts/slrnspool2maildir | 2 +-
 scripts/ssoma-replay      | 5 +----
 t/v2reindex.t             | 3 +--
 t/watch_maildir_v2.t      | 2 +-

diff --git a/script/public-inbox-learn b/script/public-inbox-learn
index 0d6c989b8ee00be88449d128f2e890239154d034..4c10b68b994506bd4949e197028bd7caa2d8a7f1 100644
--- a/script/public-inbox-learn
+++ b/script/public-inbox-learn
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 my $spamc = PublicInbox::Spamcheck::Spamc->new;
 my $pi_config = PublicInbox::Config->new;
 my $err;
-my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(eval {
+my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(do{
 	local $/;
-	my $data = scalar <STDIN>;
+	my $data = <STDIN>;
 	$data =~ s/\A[\r\n]*From [^\r\n]*\r?\n//s;
 
 	if ($train ne 'rm') {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ 			die "spamc failed with: $?\n" if $?;
 		};
 		$err = $@;
 	}
-	$data
+	\$data
 });
 
 sub remove_or_add ($$$$) {
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-mda b/script/public-inbox-mda
index f37c74925f05383273535f58d6394443bd76af8b..54d0af01414a64c9458a7cf9d3005143bc5f9616 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-mda
+++ b/script/public-inbox-mda
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ # user error, we really want to setup the emergency destination ASAP
 # in case there's bugs in our code or user error.
 my $emergency = $ENV{PI_EMERGENCY} || "$ENV{HOME}/.public-inbox/emergency/";
 $ems = PublicInbox::Emergency->new($emergency);
-my $str = eval { local $/; <STDIN> };
+my $str = do { local $/; <STDIN> };
 $str =~ s/\A[\r\n]*From [^\r\n]*\r?\n//s;
 $ems->prepare(\$str);
 my $simple = Email::Simple->new(\$str);
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-purge b/script/public-inbox-purge
index c9b69c3d938955065e0ebdcc435d913d54548153..8301b06d359aaa9ddf162dfa656ccda0871e1925 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-purge
+++ b/script/public-inbox-purge
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 my @ibxs = PublicInbox::Admin::resolve_inboxes(\@ARGV, $opt);
 PublicInbox::AdminEdit::check_editable(\@ibxs);
 
-my $data = do { local $/; scalar <STDIN> };
+my $data = do { local $/; <STDIN> };
 $data =~ s/\A[\r\n]*From [^\r\n]*\r?\n//s;
 my $n_purged = 0;
 
diff --git a/scripts/import_maildir b/scripts/import_maildir
index fbf3f6495d1a54663aff2c9e8fef4762d4fb097a..f4e8254348ef64f7d258be4473a54ba1d6c54746 100755
--- a/scripts/import_maildir
+++ b/scripts/import_maildir
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ my @msgs;
 foreach my $sub (qw(cur new)) {
 	foreach my $fn (glob("$dir/$sub/*")) {
 		open my $fh, '<', $fn or next;
-		my $s = Email::Simple->new(eval { local $/; <$fh> });
+		my $s = Email::Simple->new(do { local $/; <$fh> });
 		my $date = $s->header('Date');
 		my $t = eval { str2time($date) };
 		defined $t or next;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ @msgs = sort { $b->[0] <=> $a->[0] } @msgs;
 while (my $ary = pop @msgs) {
 	my $fn = "$dir/$ary->[1]";
 	open my $fh, '<', $fn or next;
-	my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(eval { local $/; <$fh> });
+	my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(do { local $/; <$fh> });
 	$im->add($mime);
 }
 $im->done;
diff --git a/scripts/import_slrnspool b/scripts/import_slrnspool
index e569d0044ad993d4866b149c07907640ade8afeb..480e7b4fa5ade57aa42d36de01e9861a964e75cd 100755
--- a/scripts/import_slrnspool
+++ b/scripts/import_slrnspool
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ 	open(my $fh, '<', $fn) or next;
 	$max = $n + $max_gap;
 	print STDERR $fn, "\n";
 
-	my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(eval { local $/; <$fh> });
+	my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(do { local $/; <$fh> });
 	$filter->scrub($mime);
 	$im->add($mime);
 
diff --git a/scripts/slrnspool2maildir b/scripts/slrnspool2maildir
index 0c21806ad5f2aec675f48a7fcce6f38893be654f..8e444e84d57a2a3db6739b87dec2adde5e679f7e 100755
--- a/scripts/slrnspool2maildir
+++ b/scripts/slrnspool2maildir
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ }
 
 foreach my $n (grep(/\d+\z/, glob("$spool/*"))) {
 	if (open my $fh, '<', $n) {
-		my $f = Email::Filter->new(data => eval { local $/; <$fh> });
+		my $f = Email::Filter->new(data => do { local $/; <$fh> });
 		my $s = $f->simple;
 
 		# gmane rewrites Received headers, which increases spamminess
diff --git a/scripts/ssoma-replay b/scripts/ssoma-replay
index 3e928084bb90dcba67712bc3d8129224651ad7da..071214230ac42a9b1bb1ce7e79e54d986d898892 100755
--- a/scripts/ssoma-replay
+++ b/scripts/ssoma-replay
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ use Email::Simple;
 use URI::Escape qw/uri_escape_utf8/;
 use File::Temp qw/tempfile/;
 my ($fh, $filename) = tempfile('ssoma-replay-XXXXXXXX', TMPDIR => 1);
-my $msg = eval {
-	local $/;
-	Email::Simple->new(<STDIN>);
-};
+my $msg = Email::Simple->new(do { local $/; <STDIN> });
 select $fh;
 
 # Note: the archive URL makes assumptions about where the
diff --git a/t/v2reindex.t b/t/v2reindex.t
index 7c14117af0514bb1cccff3c3515d17990c776d0f..b6164ff810febd2936236e7ac2bd42f0d2e3bdc8 100644
--- a/t/v2reindex.t
+++ b/t/v2reindex.t
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ 	version => 2,
 	-primary_address => 'test@example.com',
 	indexlevel => 'full',
 };
-my $agpl = eval {
+my $agpl = do {
 	open my $fh, '<', 'COPYING' or die "can't open COPYING: $!";
 	local $/;
 	<$fh>;
 };
-$agpl or die "AGPL or die :P\n";
 my $phrase = q("defending all users' freedom");
 my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->create(
 	header => [
diff --git a/t/watch_maildir_v2.t b/t/watch_maildir_v2.t
index b2514c16ad4827bba720532070e9ee8fdc721b1e..685cd6edc2644c50e276fd46ed2714d3f3b01575 100644
--- a/t/watch_maildir_v2.t
+++ b/t/watch_maildir_v2.t
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 {
 	my $patch = 't/data/0001.patch';
 	open my $fh, '<', $patch or die "failed to open $patch: $!\n";
-	$msg = eval { local $/; <$fh> };
+	$msg = do { local $/; <$fh> };
 	PublicInbox::Emergency->new($maildir)->prepare(\$msg);
 	PublicInbox::WatchMaildir->new($config)->scan('full');
 	my ($nr, $msgs) = $srch->reopen->query('dfpost:6e006fd7');