diff --git a/projects/binutils/fuzz_dwarf.c b/projects/binutils/fuzz_dwarf.c
index bb526e27c..b7224c660 100644
--- a/projects/binutils/fuzz_dwarf.c
+++ b/projects/binutils/fuzz_dwarf.c
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
   bfd *file;
   file = bfd_openr (filename, NULL);
   if (file) {
-  char **matches;
-  if (bfd_check_format_matches (file, bfd_object, &matches)) {
+  if (bfd_check_format (file, bfd_object)) {
     load_separate_debug_files(file, bfd_get_filename(file));
     }
   }
diff --git a/projects/binutils/fuzz_ranlib_simulation.c b/projects/binutils/fuzz_ranlib_simulation.c
index 0edb436c6..46504dcc6 100644
--- a/projects/binutils/fuzz_ranlib_simulation.c
+++ b/projects/binutils/fuzz_ranlib_simulation.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 
   int f;
   bfd *arch;
-  char **matching;
 
   f = open (filename, O_RDWR | O_BINARY, 0);
   if (f < 0) {
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
     close(f);
     return 0;
   }
-  if (! bfd_check_format_matches (arch, bfd_archive, &matching)) {
+  if (! bfd_check_format (arch, bfd_archive)) {
     bfd_close(arch);
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/projects/binutils/fuzz_windres.c b/projects/binutils/fuzz_windres.c
index 0dfb1c158..4f6aee314 100644
--- a/projects/binutils/fuzz_windres.c
+++ b/projects/binutils/fuzz_windres.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fuzz_check_coff_rsrc (const char *filename, const char *target)
     return 0;
   }
 
-  if (! bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, bfd_object, NULL)) {
+  if (! bfd_check_format (abfd, bfd_object)) {
 	  retval = 0;
 	  goto cleanup;
     }