diff --git a/rdt-discovery/l2-allocation-discovery.c b/rdt-discovery/l2-allocation-discovery.c
index cfa7c0a18..839b8dab3 100644
--- a/rdt-discovery/l2-allocation-discovery.c
+++ b/rdt-discovery/l2-allocation-discovery.c
@@ -3,23 +3,20 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  int ret, det=1;
   struct cpuid_out res;
 
   // Logic below from https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat/blob/master/lib/host_cap.c
   lcpuid(0x7, 0x0, &res);
   if (!(res.ebx & (1 << 15))) {
-    det = 0;
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   else {
     lcpuid(0x10, 0x0, &res);
     if (!(res.ebx & (1 << 2))) {
-      det = 0;
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
   }
 
-  if (det)
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  // If we are here, then L2 cache allocation capability is available.
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/rdt-discovery/l3-allocation-discovery.c b/rdt-discovery/l3-allocation-discovery.c
index 298088e58..ef984a62d 100644
--- a/rdt-discovery/l3-allocation-discovery.c
+++ b/rdt-discovery/l3-allocation-discovery.c
@@ -3,26 +3,22 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  int ret, det=1;
   struct cpuid_out res;
 
   // Logic below from https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat/blob/master/lib/host_cap.c
   // TODO(balajismaniam): Implement L3 CAT detection using brand string and MSR probing if
   // not detected using cpuid
-
   lcpuid(0x7, 0x0, &res);
   if (!(res.ebx & (1 << 15))) {
-    det = 0;
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   else {
     lcpuid(0x10, 0x0, &res);
     if (!(res.ebx & (1 << 1))) {
-      det = 0;
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
   }
 
-  if (det)
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  // If we are here, then L3 cache allocation capability is available.
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/rdt-discovery/monitoring-discovery.c b/rdt-discovery/monitoring-discovery.c
index 789845cb2..c700b01d1 100644
--- a/rdt-discovery/monitoring-discovery.c
+++ b/rdt-discovery/monitoring-discovery.c
@@ -3,23 +3,20 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  int ret, det=1;
   struct cpuid_out res;
 
   // Logic below from https://github.com/01org/intel-cmt-cat/blob/master/lib/host_cap.c
   lcpuid(0x7, 0x0, &res);
   if (!(res.ebx & (1 << 12))) {
-    det = 0;
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
   else {
     lcpuid(0xf, 0x0, &res);
     if (!(res.edx & (1 << 1))) {
-      det=0;
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
   }
 
-  if (det)
-    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  // If we are here, then cache monitoring capability is available. 
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }