4 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/common/big_test.go b/common/big_test.go
index 1eb0c0c1f..4d04a8db3 100644
--- a/common/big_test.go
+++ b/common/big_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestMisc(t *testing.T) {
 	c := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4}
 	z := BitTest(a, 1)
 
-	if z != true {
+	if !z {
 		t.Error("Expected true got", z)
 	}
 
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ func TestBigCopy(t *testing.T) {
 	z := BigToBytes(c, 16)
 	zbytes := []byte{232, 212, 165, 16, 0}
 
-	if bytes.Compare(y, ybytes) != 0 {
+	if !bytes.Equal(y, ybytes) {
 		t.Error("Got", ybytes)
 	}
 
-	if bytes.Compare(z, zbytes) != 0 {
+	if !bytes.Equal(z, zbytes) {
 		t.Error("Got", zbytes)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/bytes_test.go b/common/bytes_test.go
index 2e5208477..98d402c48 100644
--- a/common/bytes_test.go
+++ b/common/bytes_test.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func TestFromHex(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "0x01"
 	expected := []byte{1}
 	result := FromHex(input)
-	if bytes.Compare(expected, result) != 0 {
+	if !bytes.Equal(expected, result) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected % x got % x", expected, result)
 	}
 }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func TestFromHexOddLength(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "0x1"
 	expected := []byte{1}
 	result := FromHex(input)
-	if bytes.Compare(expected, result) != 0 {
+	if !bytes.Equal(expected, result) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected % x got % x", expected, result)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/common/compiler/solidity.go b/common/compiler/solidity.go
index b0ca9bd75..d27bddd9f 100644
--- a/common/compiler/solidity.go
+++ b/common/compiler/solidity.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	versionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+")
+	versionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+`)
 	solcParams    = []string{
 		"--combined-json", "bin,abi,userdoc,devdoc",
 		"--add-std",  // include standard lib contracts
diff --git a/common/format.go b/common/format.go
index 119637d2e..fccc29962 100644
--- a/common/format.go
+++ b/common/format.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 // the unnecessary precision off from the formatted textual representation.
 type PrettyDuration time.Duration
 
-var prettyDurationRe = regexp.MustCompile("\\.[0-9]+")
+var prettyDurationRe = regexp.MustCompile(`\.[0-9]+`)
 
 // String implements the Stringer interface, allowing pretty printing of duration
 // values rounded to three decimals.