diff --git a/bcrypt/bcrypt.go b/bcrypt/bcrypt.go
index aeb73f81a1..addf56b435 100644
--- a/bcrypt/bcrypt.go
+++ b/bcrypt/bcrypt.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (ih InvalidHashPrefixError) Error() string {
 type InvalidCostError int
 
 func (ic InvalidCostError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("crypto/bcrypt: cost %d is outside allowed range (%d,%d)", int(ic), int(MinCost), int(MaxCost))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("crypto/bcrypt: cost %d is outside allowed range (%d,%d)", int(ic), MinCost, MaxCost)
 }
 
 const (
diff --git a/cryptobyte/asn1.go b/cryptobyte/asn1.go
index 3a1674a1e5..a64c1d7526 100644
--- a/cryptobyte/asn1.go
+++ b/cryptobyte/asn1.go
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1BitString(out *encoding_asn1.BitString) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	paddingBits := uint8(bytes[0])
+	paddingBits := bytes[0]
 	bytes = bytes[1:]
 	if paddingBits > 7 ||
 		len(bytes) == 0 && paddingBits != 0 ||
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ func (s *String) ReadASN1BitStringAsBytes(out *[]byte) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	paddingBits := uint8(bytes[0])
+	paddingBits := bytes[0]
 	if paddingBits != 0 {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/openpgp/armor/armor.go b/openpgp/armor/armor.go
index be342ad473..8907183ec0 100644
--- a/openpgp/armor/armor.go
+++ b/openpgp/armor/armor.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (r *openpgpReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = r.b64Reader.Read(p)
 	r.currentCRC = crc24(r.currentCRC, p[:n])
 
-	if err == io.EOF && r.lReader.crcSet && r.lReader.crc != uint32(r.currentCRC&crc24Mask) {
+	if err == io.EOF && r.lReader.crcSet && r.lReader.crc != r.currentCRC&crc24Mask {
 		return 0, ArmorCorrupt
 	}