diff --git a/C4/Record.pm b/C4/Record.pm
index 2ac9ecaaf3..2be47519e0 100644
--- a/C4/Record.pm
+++ b/C4/Record.pm
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ sub html2marcxml {
 						$marcxml.="<leader>@$values[$i]</leader>\n";
 						$first=1;
 					# rest of the fixed fields
-					} elsif (@$tags[$i] < 010) { #FIXME: <10 was the way it was, there might even be a better way
+					} elsif (@$tags[$i] lt '010') { # don't compare numerically 010 == 8
 						$marcxml.="<controlfield tag=\"@$tags[$i]\">@$values[$i]</controlfield>\n";
 						$first=1;
 					} else {
diff --git a/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl b/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl
index 8067a26873..b974d28374 100755
--- a/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl
+++ b/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ sub build_tabs ($$$$$) {
                             fixedfield    => $tag < 10?1:0,
                             random        => CreateKey,
                         );
-                        if ($tag >= 010){ # no indicator for theses tag
+                        if ($tag >= 10){ # no indicator for 00x tags
                            $tag_data{indicator1} = format_indicator($field->indicator(1)),
                            $tag_data{indicator2} = format_indicator($field->indicator(2)),
                         }
diff --git a/misc/batchCompareMARCvsFrameworks.pl b/misc/batchCompareMARCvsFrameworks.pl
index e255602fd6..b0ed79736b 100755
--- a/misc/batchCompareMARCvsFrameworks.pl
+++ b/misc/batchCompareMARCvsFrameworks.pl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ my $i=0;
 while ( my $record = $batch->next() ) {
     $i++;
     foreach my $MARCfield ($record->fields()) {
-    next if $MARCfield->tag()<=010;
+    next if $MARCfield->is_control_field(); # tag num < 10
         if ($MARCfield) {
             foreach my $fields ($MARCfield->subfields()) {
                 if ($fields) {
diff --git a/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl b/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
index 2a48540130..b8f550066b 100755
--- a/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
+++ b/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ RECORD: while (  ) {
             next RECORD;
         } 
         if (defined $idmapfl) {
-          if ($sourcetag < "010"){
+          if ($sourcetag lt '010'){
             if ($record->field($sourcetag)){
               my $source = $record->field($sourcetag)->data();
               printf(IDMAP "%s|%s\n",$source,$biblionumber);