diff --git a/firmware/usb.c b/firmware/usb.c
index 36869a2..749b894 100644
--- a/firmware/usb.c
+++ b/firmware/usb.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ usbMsgLen_t usbFunctionSetup(uchar data[8])
 
             // because of the code size we have to transfer one frame in
             // two steps (control messages)
-            if ( rq->wIndex.bytes[0] == 0 )
+            if ( ! rq->wIndex.bytes[0] )
             {
                 // the lower word
                 frame = (frame & (uint32_t)0xffff0000) |
diff --git a/firmware/usb.h b/firmware/usb.h
index 278a2bb..59285e7 100644
--- a/firmware/usb.h
+++ b/firmware/usb.h
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <avr/eeprom.h>
 
-#ifndef EEMEM
-#define EEMEM  __attribute__ ((section (".eeprom")))
-#endif
-
 #include "globals.h"
 
 #include "usbconfig.h"