diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index 57719aa9..d6552f23 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ bool g_help_flag = false;
 
 }  // namespace internal
 
+static const char* GetDefaultFilter() {
+  return kUniversalFilter;
+}
+
 GTEST_DEFINE_bool_(
     also_run_disabled_tests,
     internal::BoolFromGTestEnv("also_run_disabled_tests", false),
@@ -208,7 +212,7 @@ GTEST_DEFINE_string_(
 
 GTEST_DEFINE_string_(
     filter,
-    internal::StringFromGTestEnv("filter", kUniversalFilter),
+    internal::StringFromGTestEnv("filter", GetDefaultFilter()),
     "A colon-separated list of glob (not regex) patterns "
     "for filtering the tests to run, optionally followed by a "
     "'-' and a : separated list of negative patterns (tests to "
diff --git a/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 5aec883b..0cab07d1 100644
--- a/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -512,15 +512,6 @@ TEST(NullLiteralTest, IsTrueForNullLiterals) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(GTEST_IS_NULL_LITERAL_(0));
   EXPECT_TRUE(GTEST_IS_NULL_LITERAL_(0U));
   EXPECT_TRUE(GTEST_IS_NULL_LITERAL_(0L));
-
-# ifndef __BORLANDC__
-
-  // Some compilers may fail to detect some null pointer literals;
-  // as long as users of the framework don't use such literals, this
-  // is harmless.
-  EXPECT_TRUE(GTEST_IS_NULL_LITERAL_(1 - 1));
-
-# endif
 }
 
 // Tests that GTEST_IS_NULL_LITERAL_(x) is false when x is not a null