diff --git a/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h b/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h
index 0ca02eaa..68fa28b3 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/numberparsing.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ parse_float(const uint8_t *const buf,
     }
     i *= power_of_ten[308 + exponent];
   }
-  if(is_not_structural_or_whitespace(*p) != 0u) {
+  if(is_not_structural_or_whitespace(*p)) {
     return false;
   }
   double d = negative ? -i : i;
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ parse_float(const uint8_t *const buf,
 #ifdef JSON_TEST_NUMBERS // for unit testing
   foundFloat(d, buf + offset);
 #endif
-  return is_structural_or_whitespace(*p) != 0u;
+  return is_structural_or_whitespace(*p);
 }
 
 // called by parse_number when we know that the output is an integer,
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static never_inline bool parse_large_integer(const uint8_t *const buf,
 #ifdef JSON_TEST_NUMBERS // for unit testing
   foundInteger(signed_answer, buf + offset);
 #endif
-  return is_structural_or_whitespace(*p) != 0u;
+  return is_structural_or_whitespace(*p);
 }
 
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static really_inline bool parse_number(const uint8_t *const buf,
     foundInteger(i, buf + offset);
 #endif
   }
-  return  is_structural_or_whitespace(*p) != 0u;
+  return  is_structural_or_whitespace(*p);
 #endif // SIMDJSON_SKIPNUMBERPARSING
 }
 
diff --git a/include/simdjson/parsedjson.h b/include/simdjson/parsedjson.h
index d0f564f3..1b39c3a7 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/parsedjson.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/parsedjson.h
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ private :
 // dump bits low to high
 inline void dumpbits_always(uint64_t v, const std::string &msg) {
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
-    std::cout << (((v >> static_cast<uint64_t>(i)) & 0x1ULL) != 0u ? "1" : "_");
+    std::cout << (((v >> static_cast<uint64_t>(i)) & 0x1ULL) ? "1" : "_");
   }
   std::cout << " " << msg.c_str() << "\n";
 }
 
 inline void dumpbits32_always(uint32_t v, const std::string &msg) {
   for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
-    std::cout << (((v >> i) & 0x1ULL) != 0u ? "1" : "_");
+    std::cout << (((v >> i) & 0x1ULL) ? "1" : "_");
   }
   std::cout << " " << msg.c_str() << "\n";
 }
diff --git a/include/simdjson/portability.h b/include/simdjson/portability.h
index 936ddb1b..20b51065 100644
--- a/include/simdjson/portability.h
+++ b/include/simdjson/portability.h
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ static inline void *aligned_malloc(size_t alignment, size_t size) {
 #else
 	// somehow, if this is used before including "x86intrin.h", it creates an
 	// implicit defined warning.
-	if (posix_memalign(&p, alignment, size) != 0) { return nullptr;
-}
+	if (posix_memalign(&p, alignment, size) != 0) { return nullptr; }
 #endif
 	return p;
 }
@@ -115,8 +114,7 @@ static inline void _mm256_storeu2_m128i(__m128i *__addr_hi, __m128i *__addr_lo,
 
 
 static inline void aligned_free(void *memblock) {
-    if(memblock == nullptr) { return;
-}
+    if(memblock == nullptr) { return; }
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     _aligned_free(memblock);
 #elif defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__)
diff --git a/src/parsedjson.cpp b/src/parsedjson.cpp
index 1ce25fb8..a2c2375c 100644
--- a/src/parsedjson.cpp
+++ b/src/parsedjson.cpp
@@ -62,16 +62,12 @@ bool ParsedJson::allocateCapacity(size_t len, size_t maxdepth) {
     if ((string_buf == nullptr) || (tape == nullptr) ||
         (containing_scope_offset == nullptr) || (ret_address == nullptr) || (structural_indexes == nullptr)) {
       std::cerr << "Could not allocate memory" << std::endl;
-       {delete[] ret_address;
-}
-       {delete[] containing_scope_offset;
-}
-       {delete[] tape;
-}
-       {delete[] string_buf;
-}
-       {delete[] structural_indexes;
-}
+      delete[] ret_address;
+      delete[] containing_scope_offset;
+      delete[] tape;
+      delete[] string_buf;
+      delete[] structural_indexes;
+
       return false;
     }