diff --git a/src/lib/cryptolink/botan_hmac.cc b/src/lib/cryptolink/botan_hmac.cc
index 27281f0cbc..55360e94b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/cryptolink/botan_hmac.cc
+++ b/src/lib/cryptolink/botan_hmac.cc
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ public:
             if (digest_.empty()) {
                 digest_ = hmac_->final();
             }
-            // digest_.size() == size by construction
-            // if you are not convinced, add an assert()
             return (Botan::same_mem(&digest_[0],
                                     static_cast<const unsigned char*>(sig),
                                     len));
diff --git a/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_common.h b/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_common.h
index fb19c9f2d6..a3e455699b 100644
--- a/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_common.h
+++ b/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_common.h
@@ -36,17 +36,11 @@ public:
 
     explicit SecBuf() : vec_(std::vector<T>()) {}
 
-    explicit SecBuf(size_t n, const T& value = T()) :
-        vec_(std::vector<T>(n, value))
-    {}
+    explicit SecBuf(size_t n, const T& value = T()) : vec_(n, value) {}
 
-    SecBuf(iterator first, iterator last) :
-        vec_(std::vector<T>(first, last))
-    {}
+    SecBuf(iterator first, iterator last) : vec_(first, last) {}
 
-    SecBuf(const_iterator first, const_iterator last) :
-        vec_(std::vector<T>(first, last))
-    {}
+    SecBuf(const_iterator first, const_iterator last) : vec_(first, last) {}
 
     SecBuf(const std::vector<T>& x) : vec_(x) {}
 
diff --git a/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_hmac.cc b/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_hmac.cc
index 57ed066a75..6d6a129672 100644
--- a/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_hmac.cc
+++ b/src/lib/cryptolink/openssl_hmac.cc
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ public:
         if (len > size) {
             len = size;
         }
-        // digest.size() == size by construction
-        // if you are not convinced, add an assert()
         return (digest.same(sig, len));
     }