diff --git a/maven-aether-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java b/maven-aether-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java
index 1b77d4da82..fb442834be 100644
--- a/maven-aether-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java
+++ b/maven-aether-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/util/ConsoleTransferListener.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class ConsoleTransferListener
         for ( Map.Entry<TransferResource, Long> entry : downloads.entrySet() )
         {
             long total = entry.getKey().getContentLength();
-            long complete = entry.getValue().longValue();
+            long complete = entry.getValue();
 
             buffer.append( getStatus( complete, total ) ).append( "  " );
         }
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
index 9a9b31afce..fff16e0417 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactResolver.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class DefaultArtifactResolver
 
     public DefaultArtifactResolver()
     {
-        int threads = Integer.getInteger( "maven.artifact.threads", 5 ).intValue();
+        int threads = Integer.getInteger( "maven.artifact.threads", 5 );
         if ( threads <= 1 )
         {
             executor = new Executor()
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
index 758c78fe10..92b5eb9df4 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
 
                     String inherited = plugin.getInherited();
 
-                    if ( ( inherited != null ) && !Boolean.valueOf( inherited ).booleanValue() )
+                    if ( ( inherited != null ) && !Boolean.valueOf( inherited ) )
                     {
                         it.remove();
                     }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
                 // 2. the parent's <inherited/> flag is not set
                 // 3. the parent's <inherited/> flag is set to true
                 if ( !handleAsInheritance || ( parentInherited == null )
-                    || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ).booleanValue() )
+                    || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ) )
                 {
                     Plugin childPlugin = (Plugin) childPlugins.get( parentPlugin.getKey() );
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
         // from here to the end of the method is dealing with merging of the <executions/> section.
         String parentInherited = parent.getInherited();
 
-        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ).booleanValue();
+        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited );
 
         List<PluginExecution> parentExecutions = parent.getExecutions();
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
                 String inherited = parentExecution.getInherited();
 
                 boolean parentExecInherited =
-                    parentIsInherited && ( ( inherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( inherited ).booleanValue() );
+                    parentIsInherited && ( ( inherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( inherited ) );
 
                 if ( !handleAsInheritance || parentExecInherited )
                 {
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
index b16e389d62..85f75268e1 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ public class DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler
                 String parentInherited = parentPlugin.getInherited();
 
                 if ( !handleAsInheritance || ( parentInherited == null )
-                    || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ).booleanValue() )
+                    || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ) )
                 {
 
                     ReportPlugin assembledPlugin = parentPlugin;
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ public class DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler
         // from here to the end of the method is dealing with merging of the <executions/> section.
         String parentInherited = parent.getInherited();
 
-        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited ).booleanValue();
+        boolean parentIsInherited = ( parentInherited == null ) || Boolean.valueOf( parentInherited );
 
         List parentReportSets = parent.getReportSets();
 
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/legacy/TransferListenerAdapter.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/legacy/TransferListenerAdapter.java
index d6836cbeb0..497828d386 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/legacy/TransferListenerAdapter.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/legacy/TransferListenerAdapter.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class TransferListenerAdapter
         }
         if ( transferred != null )
         {
-            event.setTransferredBytes( transferred.longValue() );
+            event.setTransferredBytes( transferred );
         }
 
         synchronized ( artifacts )
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
index 6173959a1f..0ed30dc08a 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIReportingUtils.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public final class CLIReportingUtils
             if ( timestamp != null )
             {
                 SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ" );
-                String ts = fmt.format( new Date( Long.valueOf( timestamp ).longValue() ) );
+                String ts = fmt.format( new Date( Long.valueOf( timestamp ) ) );
                 msg += ( rev != null ? "; " : "" ) + ts;
             }
             msg += ")";