diff --git a/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs b/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs
index ccad198bb..6491e255a 100644
--- a/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl ExpectedState {
             ($field_name:ident) => {
                 if self.$field_name.as_ref().map_or(true, |$field_name| {
                     println!("  > Checking {}", stringify!($field_name));
-                    &state.$field_name == $field_name
+                    $field_name == &state.$field_name
                 }) {
                     vec![]
                 } else {
diff --git a/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs b/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs
index 9b77e13dc..1cc8e40a5 100644
--- a/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs
+++ b/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ impl<T> DerefMut for TreeHashVector<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: PartialEq> PartialEq<Vec<T>> for TreeHashVector<T> {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Vec<T>) -> bool {
-        &self.0 == other
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> tree_hash::TreeHash for TreeHashVector<T>
 where
     T: TreeHash,