diff --git a/ext/mpg123/gstmpg123audiodec.c b/ext/mpg123/gstmpg123audiodec.c
index 791dba9b30..702226bb7c 100644
--- a/ext/mpg123/gstmpg123audiodec.c
+++ b/ext/mpg123/gstmpg123audiodec.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
     GST_PAD_SINK,
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/mpeg, "
-        "mpegversion = (int) { 1 }, "
+        "mpegversion = (int) 1, "
         "layer = (int) [ 1, 3 ], "
         "rate = (int) { 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000 }, "
         "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ], " "parsed = (boolean) true ")
diff --git a/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c b/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
index d2fc6465dc..c148beeff5 100644
--- a/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
+++ b/ext/opus/gstopusdec.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_SRC,
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw, "
-        "format = (string) { " GST_AUDIO_NE (S16) " }, "
+        "format = (string) " GST_AUDIO_NE (S16) ", "
         "layout = (string) interleaved, "
         "rate = (int) { 48000, 24000, 16000, 12000, 8000 }, "
         "channels = (int) [ 1, 8 ] ")
diff --git a/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c b/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c
index 9e5085db1b..36f00bb45f 100644
--- a/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c
+++ b/gst/adpcmenc/adpcmenc.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate adpcmenc_src_template =
     GST_PAD_SRC,
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-adpcm, "
-        " layout=(string){dvi}, "
+        " layout=(string)dvi, "
         " block_align = (int) [64, 8192], "
         " rate = (int)[ 1, MAX ], " "channels = (int)[1,2];")
     );
diff --git a/sys/opensles/openslessrc.c b/sys/opensles/openslessrc.c
index 52478542c2..9e709f7827 100644
--- a/sys/opensles/openslessrc.c
+++ b/sys/opensles/openslessrc.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static GstStaticPadTemplate src_factory = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
     GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
     GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/x-raw, "
         "format = (string) " GST_AUDIO_NE (S16) ", "
-        "rate = (int) { 16000 }, "
+        "rate = (int) 16000, "
         "channels = (int) 1")
     );
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
diff --git a/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c b/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c
index af9da691b5..9e0cbb9f09 100644
--- a/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c
+++ b/sys/uvch264/gstuvch264_src.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE (GstUvcH264Src, gst_uvc_h264_src, GST_TYPE_BASE_CAMERA_SRC);
   "height = " GST_VIDEO_SIZE_RANGE ", "                                 \
   "framerate = " GST_VIDEO_FPS_RANGE ", "                               \
   "stream-format = (string) { byte-stream, avc }, "                     \
-  "alignment = (string) { au }, "                                       \
+  "alignment = (string) au, "                                           \
   "profile = (string) { high, main, baseline, constrained-baseline }"
 
 static GstStaticPadTemplate vfsrc_template =