diff --git a/src/etc/inc/auth.inc b/src/etc/inc/auth.inc
index e6e22ba47..fa84e5eb9 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/auth.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/auth.inc
@@ -342,9 +342,8 @@ function local_sync_accounts()
 			 * If a crontab was created to user, pw userdel will be interactive and
 			 * can cause issues. Just remove crontab before run it when necessary
 			 */
-			unlink_if_exists("/var/cron/tabs/{$line[0]}");
-			$cmd = "/usr/sbin/pw userdel -n '{$line[0]}'";
-			mwexec($cmd);
+			@unlink("/var/cron/tabs/{$line[0]}");
+			mwexecf('/usr/sbin/pw userdel -n %s', $line[0]);
 		}
 		pclose($fd);
 	}
@@ -364,8 +363,7 @@ function local_sync_accounts()
 			if ($line[2] > 65000) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			$cmd = "/usr/sbin/pw groupdel {$line[2]}";
-			mwexec($cmd);
+			mwexecf('/usr/sbin/pw groupdel %s', $line[2]);
 		}
 		pclose($fd);
 	}
@@ -477,12 +475,11 @@ function local_user_set(&$user)
 		$keys = base64_decode($user['authorizedkeys']);
 		@file_put_contents("{$user_home}/.ssh/authorized_keys", $keys);
 		@chown("{$user_home}/.ssh/authorized_keys", $user_name);
-	} else
-		unlink_if_exists("{$user_home}/.ssh/authorized_keys");
-
-	$un = $lock_account ? "" : "un";
-	exec("/usr/sbin/pw {$un}lock {$user_name} -q");
+	} else {
+		@unlink("{$user_home}/.ssh/authorized_keys");
+	}
 
+	mwexecf('/usr/sbin/pw %s %s -q', array($lock_account ? 'lock' : 'unlock', $user_name));
 }
 
 function local_user_del($user)
@@ -622,23 +619,20 @@ function local_group_set($group, $reset = false)
 	pclose($fd);
 
 	/* determine add or mod */
-	if (!strncmp($pwread, "pw:", 3))
+	if (!strncmp($pwread, "pw:", 3)) {
 		$group_op = "groupadd";
-	else
+	} else {
 		$group_op = "groupmod";
+	}
 
 	/* add or mod group db */
-	$cmd = "/usr/sbin/pw {$group_op} {$group_name} -g {$group_gid} -M {$group_members} 2>&1";
-
-	mwexec($cmd);
-
+	mwexecf('/usr/sbin/pw %s %s -g %s -M %s', array($group_op, $group_name, $group_gid, $group_members));
 }
 
 function local_group_del($group)
 {
 	/* delete from group db */
-	$cmd = "/usr/sbin/pw groupdel {$group['name']}";
-	mwexec($cmd);
+	mwexecf('/usr/sbin/pw groupdel %s', $group['name']);
 }
 
 function ldap_test_connection($authcfg)
@@ -1462,5 +1456,3 @@ function http_basic_auth($http_auth_header)
     // not authenticated
     return false;
 }
-
-?>
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index 81441c437..f030bdc93 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ function interface_wireless_configure($if, &$wl, &$wlcfg) {
 	 */
 
 	// Remove script file
-	unlink_if_exists("/tmp/{$if}_setup.sh");
+	@unlink("/tmp/{$if}_setup.sh");
 
 	// Clone wireless nic if needed.
 	interface_wireless_clone($if, $wl);
@@ -5198,7 +5198,7 @@ EOD;
 		chmod($cron_file, 0755);
 		killbypid('/var/run/cron.pid', 'HUP');
 	} else {
-		unlink_if_exists($cron_file);
+		@unlink($cron_file);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/notices.inc b/src/etc/inc/notices.inc
index 269d4a7d2..053a9b034 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/notices.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/notices.inc
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function close_notice($id)
 	$ids = array();
 	if(!$notices = get_notices()) return;
 	if($id == "all") {
-		unlink_if_exists('/tmp/notices');
+		@unlink('/tmp/notices');
 		return;
 	}
 	foreach(array_keys($notices) as $time) {
@@ -151,13 +151,10 @@ function close_notice($id)
 		fwrite($queueout, serialize($notices));
 		fclose($queueout);
 	} else {
-		unlink_if_exists('/tmp/notices');
+		@unlink('/tmp/notices');
 	}
-
-	return;
 }
 
-
 /****f* notices/print_notices
  * NAME
  *   print_notices
@@ -360,5 +357,3 @@ function notify_all_remote($msg) {
 	notify_via_smtp($msg);
 	notify_via_growl($msg);
 }
-
-?>
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/openvpn.inc b/src/etc/inc/openvpn.inc
index 64a2ffdff..8c4c42faa 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/openvpn.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/openvpn.inc
@@ -873,14 +873,9 @@ function openvpn_delete($mode, & $settings)
 	@array_map('unlink', glob("{$g['varetc_path']}/openvpn/{$mode_id}.*"));
 }
 
-function openvpn_cleanup_csc($common_name) {
-	global $g, $config;
-	if (empty($common_name))
-		return;
-	$fpath = "{$g['varetc_path']}/openvpn-csc/" . basename($common_name);
-	if (is_file($fpath))
-		unlink_if_exists($fpath);
-	return;
+function openvpn_cleanup_csc($common_name)
+{
+	@unlink('/var/etc/openvpn-csc/' . basename($common_name));
 }
 
 function openvpn_resync_csc(& $settings) {
@@ -889,7 +884,7 @@ function openvpn_resync_csc(& $settings) {
 	$fpath = $g['varetc_path']."/openvpn-csc/".$settings['common_name'];
 
 	if (isset($settings['disable'])) {
-		unlink_if_exists($fpath);
+		@unlink($fpath);
 		return;
 	}
 	openvpn_create_dirs();
@@ -941,20 +936,17 @@ function openvpn_resync_csc(& $settings) {
 	chgrp($fpath, 'nobody');
 }
 
-function openvpn_delete_csc(& $settings) {
-	global $g, $config;
-
-	$fpath = $g['varetc_path']."/openvpn-csc/".$settings['common_name'];
-	unlink_if_exists($fpath);
+function openvpn_delete_csc(&$settings)
+{
+	@unlink("/var/etc/openvpn-csc/{$settings['common_name']}");
 }
 
-// Resync the configuration and restart the VPN
-function openvpn_resync($mode, $settings) {
+function openvpn_resync($mode, $settings)
+{
 	openvpn_reconfigure($mode, $settings);
 	openvpn_restart($mode, $settings);
 }
 
-// Resync and restart all VPNs
 function openvpn_resync_all($interface = '')
 {
 	global $g, $config;
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index dbe6dda39..d47f8577f 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ function reload_all_sync() {
 	system_ntp_configure();
 
 	/* sync pw database */
-	unlink_if_exists("/etc/spwd.db.tmp");
-	mwexec("/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -d /etc/ /etc/master.passwd");
+	@unlink('/etc/spwd.db.tmp');
+	mwexec('/usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb -d /etc/ /etc/master.passwd');
 
 	/* restart sshd */
 	mwexec_bg('/usr/local/etc/rc.sshd');
@@ -1657,18 +1657,19 @@ function process_alias_urltable($name, $url, $freq, $forceupdate=false) {
 		|| $forceupdate) {
 
 		// Try to fetch the URL supplied
-		unlink_if_exists($urltable_filename . ".tmp");
+		@unlink("{$urltable_filename}.tmp");
 		$verify_ssl = isset($config['system']['checkaliasesurlcert']);
-		if (download_file($url, $urltable_filename . ".tmp", $verify_ssl)) {
+		if (download_file($url, "{$urltable_filename}.tmp", $verify_ssl)) {
 			mwexec("/usr/bin/sed -E 's/\;.*//g; /^[[:space:]]*($|#)/d' ". escapeshellarg($urltable_filename . ".tmp") . " > " . escapeshellarg($urltable_filename));
 			if (alias_get_type($name) == "urltable_ports") {
 				$ports = explode("\n", file_get_contents($urltable_filename));
 				$ports = group_ports($ports);
 				file_put_contents($urltable_filename, implode("\n", $ports));
 			}
-			unlink_if_exists($urltable_filename . ".tmp");
-		} else
+			@unlink("{$urltable_filename}.tmp");
+		} else {
 			touch($urltable_filename);
+		}
 		return true;
 	} else {
 		// File exists, and it doesn't need updated.
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/rrd.inc b/src/etc/inc/rrd.inc
index 670721c89..c99ae9053 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/rrd.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/rrd.inc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function dump_rrd_to_xml($rrddatabase, $xmldumpfile)
 {
 	$rrdtool = '/usr/local/bin/rrdtool';
 
-	unlink_if_exists($xmldumpfile);
+	@unlink($xmldumpfile);
 
 	exec("$rrdtool dump " . escapeshellarg($rrddatabase) . " {$xmldumpfile} 2>&1", $dumpout, $dumpret);
 	if ($dumpret <> 0) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function restore_rrd()
 		}
 		/* If this backup is still there on a full install, but we aren't going to use ram disks, remove the archive since this is a transition. */
 		if (!isset($config['system']['use_mfs_tmpvar'])) {
-			unlink_if_exists('/conf/rrd.tgz');
+			@unlink('/conf/rrd.tgz');
 		}
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/services.inc b/src/etc/inc/services.inc
index 14651eea0..db129402e 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/services.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/services.inc
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ function services_dhcpdv4_configure()
 		}
 		/* If this backup is still there on a full install, but we aren't going to use ram disks, remove the archive since this is a transition. */
 		if (!isset($config['system']['use_mfs_tmpvar'])) {
-			unlink_if_exists('/conf/dhcpleases.tgz');
+			@unlink('/conf/dhcpleases.tgz');
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ function services_dhcpdv6_configure($blacklist = array())
 		}
 		/* If this backup is still there on a full install, but we aren't going to use ram disks, remove the archive since this is a transition. */
 		if (isset($config['system']['use_mfs_tmpvar'])) {
-			unlink_if_exists('/conf/dhcp6leases.tgz');
+			@unlink('/conf/dhcp6leases.tgz');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index 5732f8de8..8dd2c2d80 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ function system_ntp_setup_gps($serialport) {
 		return false;
 
 	// Create symlink that ntpd requires
-	unlink_if_exists($gps_device);
+	@unlink($gps_device);
 	symlink($serialport, $gps_device);
 
 	/* Send the following to the GPS port to initialize the GPS */
@@ -1306,23 +1306,22 @@ function system_ntp_setup_gps($serialport) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-function system_ntp_setup_pps($serialport) {
-	global $config, $g;
-
+function system_ntp_setup_pps($serialport)
+{
 	$pps_device = '/dev/pps0';
-	$serialport = '/dev/'.$serialport;
+	$serialport = "/dev/{$serialport}";
 
-	if (!file_exists($serialport))
+	if (!file_exists($serialport)) {
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	// Create symlink that ntpd requires
-	unlink_if_exists($pps_device);
+	@unlink($pps_device);
 	@symlink($serialport, $pps_device);
 
 	return true;
 }
 
-
 function system_ntp_configure($start_ntpd = true)
 {
 	global $config, $g;
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc b/src/etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc
index 34ec202b9..6ccee0725 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/upgrade_config.inc
@@ -2030,7 +2030,6 @@ function upgrade_054_to_055() {
 		echo "Updating configuration...";
 }
 
-
 function upgrade_055_to_056() {
 	global $config;
 
@@ -2526,10 +2525,10 @@ function upgrade_077_to_078() {
 		$config['pptpd']['n_pptp_units'] = empty($config['pptpd']['n_pptp_units']) ? 16 : $config['pptpd']['n_pptp_units'];
 	}
 }
-function upgrade_078_to_079() {
-	global $g;
+function upgrade_078_to_079()
+{
 	/* Delete old and unused RRD file */
-	unlink_if_exists("/var/db/rrd/captiveportal-totalusers.rrd");
+	@unlink('/var/db/rrd/captiveportal-totalusers.rrd');
 }
 
 function upgrade_079_to_080() {
@@ -2692,8 +2691,8 @@ function upgrade_080_to_081() {
 		mwexec("$rrdtool restore -f /tmp/{$xmldumpnew} {$rrddbpath}/{$database} 2>&1");
 		unset($xml);
 		# Default /tmp tmpfs is ~40mb, do not leave temp files around
-		unlink_if_exists("/tmp/{$xmldump}");
-		unlink_if_exists("/tmp/{$xmldumpnew}");
+		@unlink("/tmp/{$xmldump}");
+		@unlink("/tmp/{$xmldumpnew}");
 	}
 	enable_rrd_graphing();
 	/* Let's save the RRD graphs after we run enable RRD graphing */
@@ -3254,13 +3253,13 @@ function upgrade_110_to_111()
 	mwexec('/usr/sbin/pw useradd -n unbound -c "Unbound DNS Resolver" -d /var/unbound -s /usr/sbin/nologin -u 59 -g 59', true);
 
 	/* cleanup old unbound package stuffs */
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/pkg/unbound.xml");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/pkg/unbound.inc");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/pkg/unbound_advanced.xml");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/www/unbound_status.php");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/www/unbound_acls.php");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/bin/unbound_monitor.sh");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/etc/rc.d/unbound.sh");
+	@unlink('/usr/local/pkg/unbound.xml');
+	@unlink('/usr/local/pkg/unbound.inc');
+	@unlink('/usr/local/pkg/unbound_advanced.xml');
+	@unlink('/usr/local/www/unbound_status.php');
+	@unlink('/usr/local/www/unbound_acls.php');
+	@unlink('/usr/local/bin/unbound_monitor.sh');
+	@unlink('/usr/local/etc/rc.d/unbound.sh');
 
 	/* Remove old menu and service entries */
 	if (isset($config['installedpackages']['menu']) && is_array($config['installedpackages']['menu'])) {
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc b/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc
index 723bcff3a..9bcdf55d4 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc
@@ -937,9 +937,9 @@ function vpn_pptpd_configure() {
 		}
 
 		/* remove mpd.conf, if it exists */
-		unlink_if_exists("{$g['varetc_path']}/pptp-vpn/mpd.conf");
-		unlink_if_exists("{$g['varetc_path']}/pptp-vpn/mpd.links");
-		unlink_if_exists("{$g['varetc_path']}/pptp-vpn/mpd.secret");
+		@unlink('/var/etc/pptp-vpn/mpd.conf');
+		@unlink('/var/etc/pptp-vpn/mpd.links');
+		@unlink('/var/etc/pptp-vpn/mpd.secret');
 	}
 
 	if (empty($pptpdcfg['n_pptp_units'])) {
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/vslb.inc b/src/etc/inc/vslb.inc
index 65a4937f3..b209d9eeb 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/vslb.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/vslb.inc
@@ -557,5 +557,5 @@ function cleanup_lb_marked()
 		}
 	}
 
-	unlink_if_exists($filename);
+	@unlink($filename);
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/openvpn-client-export.inc b/src/pkg/openvpn-client-export.inc
index 35c894e64..04f44582b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/openvpn-client-export.inc
+++ b/src/pkg/openvpn-client-export.inc
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ function openvpn_client_export_deinstall()
 	$ovpndir = "/usr/local/share/openvpn";
 	$workdir = "{$ovpndir}/client-export";
 
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/www/{$phpfile}");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/www/{$phpfile2}");
-	unlink_if_exists("/usr/local/pkg/openvpn-client-export-{$current_openvpn_version}.tgz");
+	@unlink("/usr/local/www/{$phpfile}");
+	@unlink("/usr/local/www/{$phpfile2}");
+	@unlink("/usr/local/pkg/openvpn-client-export-{$current_openvpn_version}.tgz");
 
 	exec("/bin/rm -r {$workdir}");
 }
diff --git a/src/www/diag_confbak.php b/src/www/diag_confbak.php
index fdc7cf79f..5455adb1e 100644
--- a/src/www/diag_confbak.php
+++ b/src/www/diag_confbak.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['backupcount'])) {
 			$savemsg = gettext("Unable to revert to the selected configuration.");
 	}
 	if($_POST['rmver'] != "") {
-		unlink_if_exists('/conf/backup/config-' . $_POST['rmver'] . '.xml');
+		@unlink('/conf/backup/config-' . $_POST['rmver'] . '.xml');
 		$savemsg = sprintf(gettext('Deleted backup with timestamp %1$s and description "%2$s".'), date(gettext("n/j/y H:i:s"), $_POST['rmver']),$confvers[$_POST['rmver']]['description']);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php b/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php
index adb04fe80..47a337180 100755
--- a/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php
+++ b/src/www/firewall_aliases_edit.php
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ if ($_POST) {
 				/* fetch down and add in */
 				$isfirst = 0;
 				$temp_filename = tempnam('/tmp/', 'alias_import');
-				unlink_if_exists($temp_filename);
+				@unlink($temp_filename);
 				$verify_ssl = isset($config['system']['checkaliasesurlcert']);
 				mkdir($temp_filename);
 				download_file($_POST['address' . $x], $temp_filename . "/aliases", $verify_ssl);
diff --git a/src/www/status_rrd_graph_img.php b/src/www/status_rrd_graph_img.php
index 1fef5476f..bbe3803a9 100644
--- a/src/www/status_rrd_graph_img.php
+++ b/src/www/status_rrd_graph_img.php
@@ -1236,14 +1236,14 @@ if(($graphcmdreturn <> 0) || (! $data)) {
 	log_error(sprintf(gettext('Failed to create graph with error code %1$s, the error is: %2$s'),$graphcmdreturn,$graphcmdoutput));
 	if(strstr($curdatabase, "queues")) {
 		log_error(sprintf(gettext("failed to create graph from %s%s, removing database"),$rrddbpath,$curdatabase));
-		unlink_if_exists($rrddbpath . $curif . $queues);
+		@unlink($rrddbpath . $curif . $queues);
 		flush();
 		usleep(500);
 		enable_rrd_graphing();
 	}
 	if(strstr($curdatabase, "queuesdrop")) {
 		log_error(sprintf(gettext("failed to create graph from %s%s, removing database"),$rrddbpath,$curdatabase));
-		unlink_if_exists($rrddbpath . $curdatabase);
+		@unlink($rrddbpath . $curdatabase);
 		flush();
 		usleep(500);
 		enable_rrd_graphing();