diff --git a/tools/compliance/cmd/checkshare/checkshare_test.go b/tools/compliance/cmd/checkshare/checkshare_test.go
index 4589595..c9b62e1 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/cmd/checkshare/checkshare_test.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/cmd/checkshare/checkshare_test.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 				if len(ts) < 1 {
 					continue
 				}
-				if 0 < len(actualStdout) {
+				if len(actualStdout) > 0 {
 					t.Errorf("checkshare: unexpected multiple output lines %q, want %q", actualStdout+"\n"+ts, tt.expectedStdout)
 				}
 				actualStdout = ts
diff --git a/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice.go b/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice.go
index 0e3ba09..ffb0585 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice.go
@@ -204,17 +204,17 @@
 	fmt.Fprintln(ctx.stdout, "li { padding-left: 1em; }")
 	fmt.Fprintln(ctx.stdout, ".file-list { margin-left: 1em; }")
 	fmt.Fprintln(ctx.stdout, "</style>")
-	if 0 < len(ctx.title) {
+	if len(ctx.title) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctx.stdout, "<title>%s</title>\n", html.EscapeString(ctx.title))
-	} else if 0 < len(ctx.product) {
+	} else if len(ctx.product) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctx.stdout, "<title>%s</title>\n", html.EscapeString(ctx.product))
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintln(ctx.stdout, "</head>")
 	fmt.Fprintln(ctx.stdout, "<body>")
 
-	if 0 < len(ctx.title) {
+	if len(ctx.title) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctx.stdout, "  <h1>%s</h1>\n", html.EscapeString(ctx.title))
-	} else if 0 < len(ctx.product) {
+	} else if len(ctx.product) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctx.stdout, "  <h1>%s</h1>\n", html.EscapeString(ctx.product))
 	}
 	ids := make(map[string]string)
diff --git a/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice_test.go b/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice_test.go
index b8bc47f..1b01d16 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice_test.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/cmd/htmlnotice/htmlnotice_test.go
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@
 				}
 				if !inBody {
 					if expectTitle {
-						if tl := checkTitle(line); 0 < len(tl) {
+						if tl := checkTitle(line); len(tl) > 0 {
 							if tl != ttle.t {
 								t.Errorf("htmlnotice: unexpected title: got %q, want %q", tl, ttle.t)
 							}
diff --git a/tools/compliance/cmd/textnotice/textnotice.go b/tools/compliance/cmd/textnotice/textnotice.go
index 9e9229f..58afb48 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/cmd/textnotice/textnotice.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/cmd/textnotice/textnotice.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to read license text file(s) for %q: %v\n", files, err)
 	}
 
-	if 0 < len(ctx.title) {
+	if len(ctx.title) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctx.stdout, "%s\n\n", ctx.title)
 	}
 	for h := range ni.Hashes() {
diff --git a/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go b/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go
index 7bebe3d..00deb41 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/noticeindex.go
@@ -337,14 +337,14 @@
 					}
 					// remove LICENSE or NOTICE or other filename
 					li := strings.LastIndex(match, "/")
-					if 0 < li {
+					if li > 0 {
 						match = match[:li]
 					}
 					// remove *licenses/ path segment and subdirectory if in path
-					if offsets := licensesPathRegexp.FindAllStringIndex(match, -1); offsets != nil && 0 < offsets[len(offsets)-1][0] {
+					if offsets := licensesPathRegexp.FindAllStringIndex(match, -1); offsets != nil && offsets[len(offsets)-1][0] > 0 {
 						match = match[:offsets[len(offsets)-1][0]]
 						li = strings.LastIndex(match, "/")
-						if 0 < li {
+						if li > 0 {
 							match = match[:li]
 						}
 					}
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 	// strip off [./]meta_lic from license metadata path and extract base name
 	n := noticeFor.name[:len(noticeFor.name)-9]
 	li := strings.LastIndex(n, "/")
-	if 0 < li {
+	if li > 0 {
 		n = n[li+1:]
 	}
 	return n
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 // the `j`th element.
 func (l hashList) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	var insti, instj int
-	if 0 < len(l.libName) {
+	if len(l.libName) > 0 {
 		insti = len(l.ni.hashLibInstall[(*l.hashes)[i]][l.libName])
 		instj = len(l.ni.hashLibInstall[(*l.hashes)[j]][l.libName])
 	} else {
diff --git a/tools/compliance/readgraph_test.go b/tools/compliance/readgraph_test.go
index db52fb1..bcf9f39 100644
--- a/tools/compliance/readgraph_test.go
+++ b/tools/compliance/readgraph_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 				}
 				return
 			}
-			if 0 < len(tt.expectedError) {
+			if len(tt.expectedError) > 0 {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected success: got no error, want %q err", tt.expectedError)
 				return
 			}