diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index 3281a01eef7fa5097f41b4a469e43c56bc5cf83a..03c4300b2a8a5781032c522d8218d7358aaf0409 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ bool sbbs_t::init()
 #ifdef USE_CRYPTLIB
 	pthread_mutex_init(&ssh_mutex,NULL);
 	ssh_mutex_created = true;
-	ssh_active = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, "ssh_active");
+	ssh_active = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
 #endif
 	pthread_mutex_init(&input_thread_mutex,NULL);
 	input_thread_mutex_created = true;
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/ssl.c b/src/sbbs3/ssl.c
index 2eb68917a0e391fcef0e2c97de38aca33efc3449..9c4f23f2034c45cf4e1c9bcce11aae7ebd89d9b7 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/ssl.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/ssl.c
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ static void internal_do_cryptInit(void)
 	}
 	pthread_mutex_init(&ssl_cert_mutex, NULL);
 	pthread_mutex_init(&ssl_cert_list_mutex, NULL);
-	ssl_cert_read_available = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, TRUE, "ssl_cert_read_available");
-	ssl_cert_write_available = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, TRUE, "ssl_cert_write_available");
+	ssl_cert_read_available = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, TRUE, NULL);
+	ssl_cert_write_available = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, TRUE, NULL);
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sftp/sftp_client.c b/src/sftp/sftp_client.c
index 64ccab3ce31d2ff9731cd4f993d5f7d0de562b3f..e20b41802e2c30c87c103c16d8cd6de25a853efc 100644
--- a/src/sftp/sftp_client.c
+++ b/src/sftp/sftp_client.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ sftpc_begin(bool (*send_cb)(uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *cb_data), void *cb_d
 	sftpc_state_t ret = (sftpc_state_t)malloc(sizeof(struct sftp_client_state));
 	if (ret == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	ret->recv_event = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, "sftp_recv");
+	ret->recv_event = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
 	if (ret->recv_event == NULL) {
 		free(ret);
 		return NULL;