diff --git a/src/indexer/merger.rs b/src/indexer/merger.rs
index 1dda7d580..248a59baa 100644
--- a/src/indexer/merger.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/merger.rs
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
 
             // We can remove the term if all documents which
             // contained it have been deleted.
-            if segment_postings.len() > 0 {
+            if !segment_postings.is_empty() {
 
                 // We can now serialize this postings, by pushing each document to the
                 // postings serializer.
diff --git a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
index 5bb25ffcb..0b6b43efe 100644
--- a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
+++ b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl QueryParser {
                         vec![(field, literal.phrase.clone())]
                     }
                     None => {
-                        if self.default_fields.len() == 0 {
+                        if self.default_fields.is_empty() {
                             return Err(QueryParserError::NoDefaultFieldDeclared);
                         } else {
                             self.default_fields
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ impl QueryParser {
                         asts.push(LogicalAST::Leaf(box ast));
                     }
                 }
-                let result_ast = if asts.len() == 0 {
+                let result_ast = if asts.is_empty() {
                     // this should never happen
                     return Err(QueryParserError::SyntaxError);
                 } else if asts.len() == 1 {