diff --git a/cmd/misspell/main.go b/cmd/misspell/main.go
index feb9c8b..6dd6012 100644
--- a/cmd/misspell/main.go
+++ b/cmd/misspell/main.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func main() {
 	//
 	// Stuff to ignore
 	//
-	if len(*ignores) > 0 {
+	if *ignores != "" {
 		r.RemoveRule(strings.Split(*ignores, ","))
 	}
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func main() {
 		defaultWrite = tmpl
 		defaultRead = tmpl
 		stdout.Println(sqliteHeader)
-	case len(*format) > 0:
+	case *format != "":
 		t, err := template.New("custom").Parse(*format)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Unable to compile log format: %s", err)
diff --git a/ignore/glob.go b/ignore/glob.go
index fe62152..c95d5f2 100644
--- a/ignore/glob.go
+++ b/ignore/glob.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewBaseGlobMatch(arg string, truth bool) (*GlobMatch, error) {
 // Arg true should be set to false if the output is inverted.
 func NewPathGlobMatch(arg string, truth bool) (*GlobMatch, error) {
 	// if starts with "/" then glob only applies to top level
-	if len(arg) > 0 && arg[0] == '/' {
+	if arg != "" && arg[0] == '/' {
 		arg = arg[1:]
 	}
 
diff --git a/notwords.go b/notwords.go
index a250cf7..3e3a4cc 100644
--- a/notwords.go
+++ b/notwords.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 func RemovePath(s string) string {
 	out := bytes.Buffer{}
 	var idx int
-	for len(s) > 0 {
+	for s != "" {
 		if idx = strings.IndexByte(s, '/'); idx == -1 {
 			out.WriteString(s)
 			break