diff --git a/core/include/atomic.h b/core/include/atomic.h
index 07d663cbd4..80c2b6db5f 100644
--- a/core/include/atomic.h
+++ b/core/include/atomic.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * @note    This type is a struct for hard type checking (let the compiler warn
  *          if int is assigned regularly).
  */
-typedef struct atomic_int {
+typedef struct {
     volatile int value;         /**< the actual value */
 } atomic_int_t;
 
diff --git a/core/include/msg.h b/core/include/msg.h
index 2dfa749700..fbcc0bedd7 100644
--- a/core/include/msg.h
+++ b/core/include/msg.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * the corresponding fields are never read by the kernel.
  *
  */
-typedef struct msg {
+typedef struct {
     kernel_pid_t sender_pid;    /**< PID of sending thread. Will be filled in
                                      by msg_send. */
     uint16_t type;              /**< Type field. */
diff --git a/core/include/priority_queue.h b/core/include/priority_queue.h
index bdfdaab1c9..8c55a74232 100644
--- a/core/include/priority_queue.h
+++ b/core/include/priority_queue.h
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 /**
  * @brief data type for priority queue nodes
  */
-typedef struct priority_queue_node_t {
-    struct priority_queue_node_t *next; /**< next queue node */
+typedef struct priority_queue_node {
+    struct priority_queue_node *next;   /**< next queue node */
     uint32_t priority;                  /**< queue node priority */
     unsigned int data;                  /**< queue node data */
 } priority_queue_node_t;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef struct priority_queue_node_t {
 /**
  * @brief data type for priority queues
  */
-typedef struct queue {
+typedef struct {
     priority_queue_node_t *first;        /**< first queue node */
 } priority_queue_t;
 
diff --git a/core/include/ringbuffer.h b/core/include/ringbuffer.h
index 197eb93621..44385d4193 100644
--- a/core/include/ringbuffer.h
+++ b/core/include/ringbuffer.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * @brief     Ringbuffer.
  * @details   Non thread-safe FIFO ringbuffer implementation around a `char` array.
  */
-typedef struct ringbuffer {
+typedef struct {
     char *buf;          /**< Buffer to operate on. */
     unsigned int size;  /**< Size of buf. */
     unsigned int start; /**< Current read position in the ring buffer. */