diff --git a/communicator/ssh/communicator_test.go b/communicator/ssh/communicator_test.go
index 3f9d4f8839..b2344fa558 100644
--- a/communicator/ssh/communicator_test.go
+++ b/communicator/ssh/communicator_test.go
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func acceptPublicKey(keystr string) func(ssh.ConnMetadata, ssh.PublicKey) (*ssh.
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("error parsing key: %s", err))
 	}
 	return func(_ ssh.ConnMetadata, inkey ssh.PublicKey) (*ssh.Permissions, error) {
-		if bytes.Compare(inkey.Marshal(), goodkey.Marshal()) == 0 {
+		if bytes.Equal(inkey.Marshal(), goodkey.Marshal()) {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/config/interpolate_walk.go b/config/interpolate_walk.go
index ead3d102e1..66a677d5d9 100644
--- a/config/interpolate_walk.go
+++ b/config/interpolate_walk.go
@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ func (w *interpolationWalker) splitSlice() {
 				result = append(result, val.Value)
 			}
 		case []interface{}:
-			for _, element := range val {
-				result = append(result, element)
-			}
+			result = append(result, val...)
 		default:
 			result = append(result, v)
 		}
diff --git a/config/merge.go b/config/merge.go
index 23798d652f..55fc864f7a 100644
--- a/config/merge.go
+++ b/config/merge.go
@@ -144,12 +144,8 @@ func Merge(c1, c2 *Config) (*Config, error) {
 		// Explicit length check above because we want c.Locals to remain
 		// nil if the result would be empty.
 		c.Locals = make([]*Local, 0, len(c1.Locals)+len(c2.Locals))
-		for _, v := range c1.Locals {
-			c.Locals = append(c.Locals, v)
-		}
-		for _, v := range c2.Locals {
-			c.Locals = append(c.Locals, v)
-		}
+		c.Locals = append(c.Locals, c1.Locals...)
+		c.Locals = append(c.Locals, c2.Locals...)
 	}
 
 	return c, nil
diff --git a/terraform/resource_address.go b/terraform/resource_address.go
index 3537258445..a64f5d846c 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_address.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_address.go
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ func (r *ResourceAddress) Copy() *ResourceAddress {
 		Type:         r.Type,
 		Mode:         r.Mode,
 	}
-	for _, p := range r.Path {
-		n.Path = append(n.Path, p)
-	}
+
+	n.Path = append(n.Path, r.Path...)
+
 	return n
 }