diff --git a/internal/providers/aws/crypto/compare_test.go b/internal/providers/aws/crypto/compare_test.go
index 9fce672b7c..38cb97a41b 100644
--- a/internal/providers/aws/crypto/compare_test.go
+++ b/internal/providers/aws/crypto/compare_test.go
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ func TestConstantTimeByteCompare(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkConstantTimeCompare(b *testing.B) {
-	x, y := big.NewInt(1023), big.NewInt(1024)
+	x, y := big.NewInt(1023).Bytes(), big.NewInt(1024).Bytes()
 	for b.Loop() {
-		_, _ = ConstantTimeByteCompare(x.Bytes(), y.Bytes())
+		_, _ = ConstantTimeByteCompare(x, y)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/semver/semver_test.go b/internal/semver/semver_test.go
index b49b2c6339..fbf0268c89 100644
--- a/internal/semver/semver_test.go
+++ b/internal/semver/semver_test.go
@@ -33,18 +33,6 @@ type (
 
 var (
 	fixtures = []fixture{
-		{"0.0.0", "0.0.0-foo"},
-		{"0.0.1", "0.0.0"},
-		{"1.0.0", "0.9.9"},
-		{"0.10.0", "0.9.0"},
-		{"0.99.0", "0.10.0"},
-		{"2.0.0", "1.2.3"},
-		{"0.0.0", "0.0.0-foo"},
-		{"0.0.1", "0.0.0"},
-		{"1.0.0", "0.9.9"},
-		{"0.10.0", "0.9.0"},
-		{"0.99.0", "0.10.0"},
-		{"2.0.0", "1.2.3"},
 		{"0.0.0", "0.0.0-foo"},
 		{"0.0.1", "0.0.0"},
 		{"1.0.0", "0.9.9"},