diff --git a/pkg/square/square.go b/pkg/square/square.go
index 85a4e47359..3e5eacfefb 100644
--- a/pkg/square/square.go
+++ b/pkg/square/square.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func WriteSquare(
 	}
 
 	square := make([]shares.Share, totalShares)
-	copy(square[:], txShares)
+	copy(square, txShares)
 	copy(square[pfbStartIndex:], pfbShares)
 	if blobWriter.Count() > 0 {
 		copy(square[paddingStartIndex:], padding)
diff --git a/x/blobstream/types/validator.go b/x/blobstream/types/validator.go
index e0498ce88d..f949cbf48c 100644
--- a/x/blobstream/types/validator.go
+++ b/x/blobstream/types/validator.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (ibv InternalBridgeValidators) Sort() {
 
 // EVMAddrLessThan migrates the EVM address less than function.
 func EVMAddrLessThan(e common.Address, o common.Address) bool {
-	return bytes.Compare([]byte(e.Hex())[:], []byte(o.Hex())[:]) == -1
+	return bytes.Compare([]byte(e.Hex()), []byte(o.Hex())) == -1
 }
 
 // PowerDiff returns the difference in power between two bridge validator sets.