diff --git a/src/mode.rs b/src/mode.rs
index a34a995c3..a3549a818 100644
--- a/src/mode.rs
+++ b/src/mode.rs
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ pub fn format_mode(mode: u32) -> String {
 fn get_mode_unix(mode: u32) -> String {
     let mut s = String::new();
 
-    if mode_is_block_device(mode) {
+    if mode_is_link(mode) {
+        s.push('l')
+    } else if mode_is_block_device(mode) {
         s.push('b')
     } else if mode_is_char_device(mode) {
         s.push('c')
-    } else if mode_is_link(mode) {
-        s.push('l')
     } else if mode_is_socket(mode) {
         s.push('s')
     } else if mode_is_pipe(mode) {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ pub fn suid_bit_set(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mode_suid(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_ISUID == S_IFMT & S_ISUID
+    mode & S_ISUID == S_ISUID
 }
 
 pub fn sgid_bit_set(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
@@ -290,12 +290,12 @@ pub fn sgid_bit_set(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mode_sgid(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_ISGID == S_IFMT & S_ISGID
+    mode & S_ISGID == S_ISGID
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub fn mode_sticky(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_ISVTX == S_IFMT & S_ISVTX
+    mode & S_ISVTX == S_ISVTX
 }
 
 pub fn is_pipe(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ pub fn is_pipe(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mode_is_pipe(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_IFIFO == S_IFMT & S_IFIFO
+    mode & S_IFIFO == S_IFIFO
 }
 
 pub fn is_char_device(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pub fn is_char_device(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mode_is_char_device(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_IFCHR == S_IFMT & S_IFCHR
+    mode & S_IFCHR == S_IFCHR
 }
 
 pub fn is_block_device(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
@@ -328,17 +328,17 @@ pub fn is_block_device(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mode_is_block_device(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_IFBLK == S_IFMT & S_IFBLK
+    mode & S_IFBLK == S_IFBLK
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub fn mode_is_directory(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_IFDIR == S_IFMT & S_IFDIR
+    mode & S_IFDIR == S_IFDIR
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub fn mode_is_link(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_IFLNK == S_IFMT & S_IFLNK
+    mode & S_IFLNK == S_IFLNK
 }
 
 pub fn is_socket(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ pub fn is_socket(meta: &Metadata) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mode_is_socket(mode: u32) -> bool {
-    mode & S_IFMT & S_IFSOCK == S_IFMT & S_IFSOCK
+    mode & S_IFSOCK == S_IFSOCK
 }
 
 const S_IRUSR: u32 = 0o400;
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ const S_ISGID: u32 = 0o2000;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 const S_ISVTX: u32 = 0o1000;
 
-const S_IFMT: u32 = 0o170000;
 const S_IFBLK: u32 = 0o60000;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 const S_IFDIR: u32 = 0o40000;