diff --git a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/nt.cs b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/nt.cs
index c51cd2602..0dc3998d0 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/nt.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/nt.cs
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public static object fstat(CodeContext/*!*/ context, int fd) {
                 }
                 if (streams.IsConsoleStream()) return new stat_result(0x2000);
                 if (streams.IsStandardIOStream()) return new stat_result(0x1000);
-                if (StatStream(streams.ReadStream) is not null and var res) return res;
+                if (StatStream(streams.ReadStream) is object res) return res;
             }
             return LightExceptions.Throw(PythonOps.OSError(PythonErrno.EBADF, "Bad file descriptor"));
 
diff --git a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/termios.cs b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/termios.cs
index 99b87fb1a..77dea152b 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/termios.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/termios.cs
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public static object tcgetwinsize(CodeContext context, int fd) {
 
         object result = PythonFcntl.ioctl(fd, TIOCGWINSZ, buf, mutate_flag: true);
 
-        if (ToTermiosError(context, result) is not null and var ex) {
+        if (ToTermiosError(context, result) is object ex) {
             return ex;
         }
         return PythonTuple.MakeTuple((int)ws[0], (int)ws[1]);
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public static object tcgetwinsize(CodeContext context, int fd) {
         var buf = new MemoryBufferProtocolWrapper<ushort>(ws.AsMemory());
 
         object result = PythonFcntl.ioctl(fd, TIOCGWINSZ, buf, mutate_flag: true);
-        if (ToTermiosError(context, result) is not null and var ex) {
+        if (ToTermiosError(context, result) is object ex) {
             return ex;
         }
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public static object tcgetwinsize(CodeContext context, int fd) {
         }
 
         result = PythonFcntl.ioctl(fd, TIOCSWINSZ, buf);
-        if (ToTermiosError(context, result) is not null and var ex2) {
+        if (ToTermiosError(context, result) is object ex2) {
             return ex2;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/IronPython.Tests/Cases/CaseExecuter.cs b/tests/IronPython.Tests/Cases/CaseExecuter.cs
index 630f07bd9..b53a7d856 100644
--- a/tests/IronPython.Tests/Cases/CaseExecuter.cs
+++ b/tests/IronPython.Tests/Cases/CaseExecuter.cs
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ private int GetResult(TestInfo testcase, ScriptEngine engine, ScriptSource sourc
                         #pragma warning disable SYSLIB0006 // 'Thread.ResetAbort is not supported and throws PlatformNotSupportedException.' 
                         Thread.ResetAbort();
                         #pragma warning restore SYSLIB0006
-                    } catch (Exception ex) when (ex.GetPythonException() is not null and var pex) {
+                    } catch (Exception ex) when (ex.GetPythonException() is object pex) {
                         if (DynamicHelpers.GetPythonType(pex).Name == "SkipTest") {
                             NUnit.Framework.TestContext.Progress.WriteLine($"Test {testcase.Name} skipped: {pex}");
                             res = 0;