diff --git a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
index 554d439..8d5c7ad 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeconform/main.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func processResults(cancel context.CancelFunc, o output.Output, validationResult
 					fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, "failed writing log\n")
 				}
 			}
-			if success == false && exitOnError {
+			if !success && exitOnError {
 				cancel() // early exit - signal to stop searching for resources
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cache/inmemory.go b/pkg/cache/inmemory.go
index 594bace..ff8a829 100644
--- a/pkg/cache/inmemory.go
+++ b/pkg/cache/inmemory.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (c *inMemory) Get(resourceKind, resourceAPIVersion, k8sVersion string) (int
 	defer c.RUnlock()
 	schema, ok := c.schemas[k]
 
-	if ok == false {
+	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("schema not found in in-memory cache")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/http_test.go b/pkg/registry/http_test.go
index 45a7ee6..3885b70 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/http_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/http_test.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestDownloadSchema(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("during test '%s': expected error, got:\n%s\n%s\n", testCase.name, testCase.expectErr, err)
 		}
 
-		if bytes.Compare(res, testCase.expect) != 0 {
+		if !bytes.Equal(res, testCase.expect) {
 			t.Errorf("during test '%s': expected %s, got %s", testCase.name, testCase.expect, res)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/resource/files.go b/pkg/resource/files.go
index 429c8ad..ce4bf01 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/files.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/files.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func findResourcesInReader(p string, f io.Reader, resources chan<- Resource, err
 	scanner.Buffer(buf, len(buf))
 	scanner.Split(SplitYAMLDocument)
 	nRes := 0
-	for res := scanner.Scan(); res != false; res = scanner.Scan() {
+	for scanner.Scan() {
 		if len(scanner.Text()) > 0 {
 			resources <- Resource{Path: p, Bytes: []byte(scanner.Text())}
 			nRes++
diff --git a/pkg/resource/stream.go b/pkg/resource/stream.go
index 4bd5d5b..6ed328b 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/stream.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/stream.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func FromStream(ctx context.Context, path string, r io.Reader) (<-chan Resource,
 		scanner.Split(SplitYAMLDocument)
 
 	SCAN:
-		for res := scanner.Scan(); res != false; res = scanner.Scan() {
+		for scanner.Scan() {
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				break SCAN
diff --git a/pkg/resource/stream_test.go b/pkg/resource/stream_test.go
index 9f17842..6c78eb5 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/stream_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/stream_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 				t.Errorf("test %d - expected %d resources, got %d", testi, len(testCase.Want.Resources), len(res))
 			}
 			for i, v := range res {
-				if bytes.Compare(v.Bytes, testCase.Want.Resources[i].Bytes) != 0 {
+				if !bytes.Equal(v.Bytes, testCase.Want.Resources[i].Bytes) {
 					t.Errorf("test %d - for resource %d, got '%s', expected '%s'", testi, i, string(res[i].Bytes), string(testCase.Want.Resources[i].Bytes))
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/validator/validator.go b/pkg/validator/validator.go
index cf5c99d..c502379 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/validator.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/validator.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type Opts struct {
 func New(schemaLocations []string, opts Opts) (Validator, error) {
 	// Default to our kubernetes-json-schema fork
 	// raw.githubusercontent.com is frontend by Fastly and very fast
-	if schemaLocations == nil || len(schemaLocations) == 0 {
+	if len(schemaLocations) == 0 {
 		schemaLocations = []string{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yannh/kubernetes-json-schema/master/{{ .NormalizedKubernetesVersion }}-standalone{{ .StrictSuffix }}/{{ .ResourceKind }}{{ .KindSuffix }}.json"}
 	}