diff --git a/src/block/compress.rs b/src/block/compress.rs
index 97a2d89..d4308b4 100644
--- a/src/block/compress.rs
+++ b/src/block/compress.rs
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ fn init_dict<T: HashTable>(dict: &mut T, dict_data: &mut &[u8]) {
 /// Can be used to preallocate capacity on the output vector
 #[inline]
 pub const fn get_maximum_output_size(input_len: usize) -> usize {
-    16 + 4 + (input_len * 110 / 100) as usize
+    16 + 4 + (input_len * 110 / 100)
 }
 
 /// Compress all bytes of `input` into `output`.
diff --git a/src/sink.rs b/src/sink.rs
index 45f3b4b..721b6a6 100644
--- a/src/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sink.rs
@@ -321,9 +321,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_sink_slice() {
         use crate::sink::Sink;
         use crate::sink::SliceSink;
-        use alloc::vec::Vec;
-        let mut data = Vec::new();
-        data.resize(5, 0);
+        let mut data = vec![0; 5];
         let sink = SliceSink::new(&mut data, 1);
         assert_eq!(sink.pos(), 1);
         assert_eq!(sink.capacity(), 5);