diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/model/RepositoryURL.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/model/RepositoryURL.java
index 1e94ff292..0ea381b46 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/model/RepositoryURL.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/model/RepositoryURL.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class RepositoryURL
         }
 
         // attempt to find the start of the 'path'
-        pos = url.indexOf( "/", postProtocolPos );
+        pos = url.indexOf( '/', postProtocolPos );
 
         // no path specified - ex "http://localhost"
         if ( pos == ( -1 ) )
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/metadata/MetadataTools.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/metadata/MetadataTools.java
index 3ad07b8ff..c2bcd9a06 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/metadata/MetadataTools.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/metadata/MetadataTools.java
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public class MetadataTools
     {
         StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();
 
-        int idx = path.lastIndexOf( "/" );
+        int idx = path.lastIndexOf( '/' );
         if ( idx > 0 )
         {
             ret.append( path.substring( 0, idx + 1 ) );
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/reports/consumers/DuplicateArtifactsConsumer.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/reports/consumers/DuplicateArtifactsConsumer.java
index 220b41202..a2ceb9764 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/reports/consumers/DuplicateArtifactsConsumer.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/reports/consumers/DuplicateArtifactsConsumer.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class DuplicateArtifactsConsumer
 
             for ( ArtifactMetadata dupArtifact : results )
             {
-                String id = path.substring( path.lastIndexOf( "/" ) + 1 );
+                String id = path.substring( path.lastIndexOf( '/' ) + 1 );
                 if ( dupArtifact.getId().equals( id ) && dupArtifact.getNamespace().equals(
                     originalArtifact.getNamespace() ) && dupArtifact.getProject().equals(
                     originalArtifact.getProject() ) && dupArtifact.getVersion().equals(