diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java
index 0115422aa..b171f7e5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/translate/UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover.java
@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@ public class UnicodeUnpairedSurrogateRemover extends CodePointTranslator {
      */
     @Override
     public boolean translate(final int codepoint, final Writer out) throws IOException {
-        if (codepoint >= Character.MIN_SURROGATE && codepoint <= Character.MAX_SURROGATE) {
-            // It's a surrogate. Write nothing and say we've translated.
-            return true;
-        }
+        // true: It's a surrogate. Write nothing and say we've translated.
+        return codepoint >= Character.MIN_SURROGATE && codepoint <= Character.MAX_SURROGATE;
         // It's not a surrogate. Don't translate it.
-        return false;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParser.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParser.java
index 9ae683b85..b8db4d725 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParser.java
@@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ static class TimeZoneStrategy extends PatternStrategy {
         private final Map<String, TzInfo> tzNames= new HashMap<>();
 
         private static class TzInfo {
-            TimeZone zone;
-            int dstOffset;
+            final TimeZone zone;
+            final int dstOffset;
 
             TzInfo(final TimeZone tz, final boolean useDst) {
                 zone = tz;