diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RecentFiles.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RecentFiles.cs
index 1ecedee4a1..798d09be0c 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RecentFiles.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RecentFiles.cs
@@ -89,17 +89,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		{
 			if (!Frozen)
 			{
-				var removed = false;
-				foreach (var recent in recentlist)
-				{
-					if (string.Compare(newFile, recent, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) == 0)
-					{
-						recentlist.Remove(newFile); // intentionally keeps iterating after this to remove duplicate instances, though those should never exist in the first place
-						removed = true;
-					}
-				}
-
-				return removed;
+				var oldCount = recentlist.Count;
+				recentlist.RemoveAll(recent => string.Equals(newFile, recent, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)); // removes duplicate instances, though those should never exist in the first place
+				return recentlist.Count != oldCount;
 			}
 
 			return false;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs
index aa345690bd..9ba993245f 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/config/PathEntry.cs
@@ -104,19 +104,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			List<PathEntry> entriesToRemove = new List<PathEntry>();
 
 			// Remove entries that no longer exist in defaults
-			foreach (PathEntry pathEntry in Paths)
-			{
-				var path = DefaultValues.FirstOrDefault(p => p.System == pathEntry.System && p.Type == pathEntry.Type);
-				if (path == null)
-				{
-					entriesToRemove.Add(pathEntry);
-				}
-			}
-
-			foreach (PathEntry entry in entriesToRemove)
-			{
-				Paths.Remove(entry);
-			}
+			Paths.RemoveAll(path => DefaultValues.All(p => p.System != path.System || p.Type != path.Type));
 
 			// Add missing displaynames
 			foreach (var path in Paths.Where(p => p.SystemDisplayName == null))
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Forms.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Forms.cs
index 2c1e5cc08c..3ef76cc3a3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Forms.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Forms.cs
@@ -149,10 +149,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				{
 					if (control.Handle == ptr)
 					{
-						foreach (var luaEvent in form.ControlEvents.Where(x => x.Control == ptr))
-						{
-							form.ControlEvents.Remove(luaEvent);
-						}
+						form.ControlEvents.RemoveAll(x => x.Control == ptr);
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamPoke.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamPoke.cs
index 253ff2aabd..823c002866 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamPoke.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamPoke.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void RamPoke_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			_watchList = _watchList.Where(x => !x.IsSeparator).ToList(); // Weed out separators just in case
+			_watchList.RemoveAll(x => x.IsSeparator); // just in case
 
 			if (_watchList.Count == 0)
 			{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AmstradCPC/SoundProviderMixer.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AmstradCPC/SoundProviderMixer.cs
index 9b5c926bc6..fd44c5dab7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AmstradCPC/SoundProviderMixer.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/AmstradCPC/SoundProviderMixer.cs
@@ -90,13 +90,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.AmstradCPC
 
         public void DisableSource(ISoundProvider source)
         {
-            var sp = SoundProviders.Where(a => a.SoundProvider == source);
-            if (sp.Count() == 1)
-                SoundProviders.Remove(sp.First());
-            else if (sp.Count() > 1)
-                foreach (var s in sp)
-                    SoundProviders.Remove(s);
-
+            SoundProviders.RemoveAll(a => a.SoundProvider == source);
             EqualizeVolumes();
         }
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/SoundProviderMixer.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/SoundProviderMixer.cs
index 95cfb1a335..f6e6b7cf6f 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/SoundProviderMixer.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/SinclairSpectrum/SoundProviderMixer.cs
@@ -90,13 +90,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.SinclairSpectrum
 
         public void DisableSource(ISoundProvider source)
         {
-            var sp = SoundProviders.Where(a => a.SoundProvider == source);
-            if (sp.Count() == 1)
-                SoundProviders.Remove(sp.First());
-            else if (sp.Count() > 1)
-                foreach (var s in sp)
-                    SoundProviders.Remove(s);
-
+            SoundProviders.RemoveAll(a => a.SoundProvider == source);
             EqualizeVolumes();
         }