diff --git a/test/monger/test/authentication_test.clj b/test/monger/test/authentication_test.clj
index ee6eeda..e8d5447 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/authentication_test.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/authentication_test.clj
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 (when-not (System/getenv "CI")
   (deftest ^{:authentication true} connect-to-mongo-via-uri-without-credentials
     (let [{:keys [conn db]} (mg/connect-via-uri "mongodb://127.0.0.1/monger-test4")]
-      (is (= (-> conn .getAddress ^InetAddress (.sameHost "127.0.0.1"))))))
+      (is (-> conn .getAddress (.sameHost "127.0.0.1")))))
 
   (deftest ^{:authentication true} connect-to-mongo-via-uri-with-valid-credentials
     (let [{:keys [conn db]} (mg/connect-via-uri "mongodb://clojurewerkz/monger:monger@127.0.0.1/monger-test4")]
       (is (= "monger-test4" (.getName db)))
-      (is (= (-> conn .getAddress ^InetAddress (.sameHost "127.0.0.1"))))
+      (is (-> conn .getAddress (.sameHost "127.0.0.1")))
       (mc/remove db "documents")
       ;; make sure that the database is selected
       ;; and operations get through.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 (if-let [uri (System/getenv "MONGOHQ_URL")]
   (deftest ^{:external true :authentication true} connect-to-mongo-via-uri-with-valid-credentials
     (let [{:keys [conn db]} (mg/connect-via-uri uri)]
-      (is (= (-> conn .getAddress ^InetAddress (.sameHost "127.0.0.1")))))))
+      (is (-> conn .getAddress (.sameHost "127.0.0.1"))))))
 
 
 ;;
diff --git a/test/monger/test/regular_finders_test.clj b/test/monger/test/regular_finders_test.clj
index 7785f2c..bd03da1 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/regular_finders_test.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/regular_finders_test.clj
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@
           doc-id     (mu/random-uuid)
           doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
       (mc/insert db collection doc)
-      (is (= (doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))))
+      (is (= doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))))
 
   (deftest find-full-document-by-object-id-when-document-does-exist
     (let [collection "libraries"
           doc-id     (ObjectId.)
           doc        { :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }]
       (mc/insert db collection doc)
-      (is (= (doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))))
+      (is (= doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))))
 
   (deftest find-full-document-map-by-string-id-when-document-does-exist
     (let [collection "libraries"
diff --git a/test/monger/test/updating_test.clj b/test/monger/test/updating_test.clj
index 3459d33..7897417 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/updating_test.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/updating_test.clj
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
           doc          { :created-at date, :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }
           modified-doc { :created-at date, :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Erlang",  :_id doc-id }]
       (mc/insert db collection doc)
-      (is (= (doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))
+      (is (= doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))
       (mc/update db collection { :_id doc-id } { :language "Erlang" })
-      (is (= (modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))))
+      (is (= modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))))
 
   (deftest ^{:updating true} update-document-by-id-without-upsert-using-update-by-id
     (let [collection "libraries"
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
           doc          { :created-at date, :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Clojure", :_id doc-id }
           modified-doc { :created-at date, :data-store "MongoDB", :language "Erlang",  :_id doc-id }]
       (mc/insert db collection doc)
-      (is (= (doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))
+      (is (= doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))
       (mc/update-by-id db collection doc-id { :language "Erlang" })
-      (is (= (modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))))
+      (is (= modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))))
 
   (deftest ^{:updating true} update-nested-document-fields-without-upsert-using-update-by-id
     (let [collection "libraries"
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
           doc          { :created-at date :data-store "MongoDB" :language { :primary "Clojure" } :_id doc-id }
           modified-doc { :created-at date :data-store "MongoDB" :language { :primary "Erlang"  } :_id doc-id }]
       (mc/insert db collection doc)
-      (is (= (doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))
+      (is (= doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))
       (mc/update-by-id db collection doc-id { $set { "language.primary" "Erlang" }})
-      (is (= (modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))))
+      (is (= modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))))
 
 
   (deftest ^{:updating true} update-multiple-documents
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       (is (= 1 (mc/count db collection)))
       (is (mr/updated-existing? (mc/update db collection { :language "Clojure" } modified-doc {:multi false :upsert true})))
       (is (= 1 (mc/count db collection)))
-      (is (= (modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))
+      (is (= modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))
       (mc/remove db collection)))
 
   (deftest ^{:updating true} upsert-a-document-using-upsert
@@ -165,5 +165,5 @@
       (is (= 1 (mc/count db collection)))
       (is (mr/updated-existing? (mc/upsert db collection {:language "Clojure"} modified-doc {:multi false})))
       (is (= 1 (mc/count db collection)))
-      (is (= (modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id))))
+      (is (= modified-doc (mc/find-by-id db collection doc-id)))
       (mc/remove db collection))))