diff --git a/autoload/syntastic/util.vim b/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
index ccb08410..8a593457 100644
--- a/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
+++ b/autoload/syntastic/util.vim
@@ -240,7 +240,12 @@ function! syntastic#util#findGlobInParent(what, where) abort " {{{2
 
     let old = ''
     while here !=# ''
-        let p = split(globpath(here, a:what, 1), '\n')
+        try
+            " Vim 7.4.279 and later
+            let p = globpath(here, a:what, 1, 1)
+        catch /\m^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E118/
+            let p = split(globpath(here, a:what, 1), "\n")
+        endtry
 
         if !empty(p)
             return fnamemodify(p[0], ':p')
@@ -499,7 +504,13 @@ function! s:_rmrf(what) abort " {{{2
             return
         endif
 
-        for f in split(globpath(a:what, '*', 1), "\n")
+        try
+            " Vim 7.4.279 and later
+            let entries = globpath(a:what, '*', 1, 1)
+        catch /\m^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E118/
+            let entries = split(globpath(a:what, '*', 1), "\n")
+        endtry
+        for f in entries
             call s:_rmrf(f)
         endfor
         silent! call syntastic#util#system(s:rmdir . ' ' . syntastic#util#shescape(a:what))
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index 52eeb438..16e22a49 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.7.0-95'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.7.0-96'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic/signs.vim b/plugin/syntastic/signs.vim
index be53c69a..e3bafa0d 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic/signs.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic/signs.vim
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ let s:setup_done = 0
 " Public methods {{{1
 
 function! g:SyntasticSignsNotifier.New() abort " {{{2
-    return copy(self)
+    let newObj = copy(self)
+    return newObj
 endfunction " }}}2
 
 function! g:SyntasticSignsNotifier.enabled() abort " {{{2