diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index f6295f3b04..25c6b0b120 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ struct cache_def {
 	int track_flags;
 	int prefix_len_stat_func;
 };
-#define CACHE_DEF_INIT { STRBUF_INIT, 0, 0, 0 }
+#define CACHE_DEF_INIT { STRBUF_INIT }
 static inline void cache_def_clear(struct cache_def *cache)
 {
 	strbuf_release(&cache->path);
diff --git a/simple-ipc.h b/simple-ipc.h
index 2c48a5ee00..08b2908d5f 100644
--- a/simple-ipc.h
+++ b/simple-ipc.h
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ struct ipc_client_connect_options {
 	unsigned int uds_disallow_chdir:1;
 };
 
-#define IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_OPTIONS_INIT { \
-	.wait_if_busy = 0, \
-	.wait_if_not_found = 0, \
-	.uds_disallow_chdir = 0, \
-}
+#define IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_OPTIONS_INIT { 0 }
 
 /*
  * Determine if a server is listening on this named pipe or socket using
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 5b1113abf8..3b36bbc49f 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct strbuf {
 };
 
 extern char strbuf_slopbuf[];
-#define STRBUF_INIT  { .alloc = 0, .len = 0, .buf = strbuf_slopbuf }
+#define STRBUF_INIT  { .buf = strbuf_slopbuf }
 
 /*
  * Predeclare this here, since cache.h includes this file before it defines the
diff --git a/strvec.h b/strvec.h
index 6b3cbd6758..a10aad5f64 100644
--- a/strvec.h
+++ b/strvec.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct strvec {
 	size_t alloc;
 };
 
-#define STRVEC_INIT { empty_strvec, 0, 0 }
+#define STRVEC_INIT { empty_strvec }
 
 /**
  * Initialize an array. This is no different than assigning from
diff --git a/submodule.h b/submodule.h
index 4578e501b8..35d18c7868 100644
--- a/submodule.h
+++ b/submodule.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct submodule_update_strategy {
 	enum submodule_update_type type;
 	const char *command;
 };
-#define SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT {SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED, NULL}
+#define SUBMODULE_UPDATE_STRATEGY_INIT {SM_UPDATE_UNSPECIFIED}
 
 int is_gitmodules_unmerged(struct index_state *istate);
 int is_writing_gitmodules_ok(void);
diff --git a/t/helper/test-run-command.c b/t/helper/test-run-command.c
index 14c57365e7..50bb98b7e0 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-run-command.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-run-command.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct testsuite {
 	int quiet, immediate, verbose, verbose_log, trace, write_junit_xml;
 };
 #define TESTSUITE_INIT \
-	{ STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+	{ STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP }
 
 static int next_test(struct child_process *cp, struct strbuf *err, void *cb,
 		     void **task_cb)
diff --git a/trace.h b/trace.h
index 0dbbad0e41..74f62919c5 100644
--- a/trace.h
+++ b/trace.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct trace_key {
 
 extern struct trace_key trace_default_key;
 
-#define TRACE_KEY_INIT(name) { "GIT_TRACE_" #name, 0, 0, 0 }
+#define TRACE_KEY_INIT(name) { "GIT_TRACE_" #name }
 extern struct trace_key trace_perf_key;
 extern struct trace_key trace_setup_key;