diff --git a/hw/ide/ahci.c b/hw/ide/ahci.c
index f7852be842..2ec24cad9f 100644
--- a/hw/ide/ahci.c
+++ b/hw/ide/ahci.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static uint64_t ahci_mem_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
     if (ofst + size <= 4) {
         val = lo >> (ofst * 8);
     } else {
-        g_assert_cmpint(size, >, 1);
+        g_assert(size > 1);
 
         /* If the 64bit read is unaligned, we will produce undefined
          * results. AHCI does not support unaligned 64bit reads. */
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_ovec.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_ovec.c
index 41df4c35ba..318bf33de4 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_ovec.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_ovec.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void spapr_ovec_cleanup(sPAPROptionVector *ov)
 void spapr_ovec_set(sPAPROptionVector *ov, long bitnr)
 {
     g_assert(ov);
-    g_assert_cmpint(bitnr, <, OV_MAXBITS);
+    g_assert(bitnr < OV_MAXBITS);
 
     set_bit(bitnr, ov->bitmap);
 }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void spapr_ovec_set(sPAPROptionVector *ov, long bitnr)
 void spapr_ovec_clear(sPAPROptionVector *ov, long bitnr)
 {
     g_assert(ov);
-    g_assert_cmpint(bitnr, <, OV_MAXBITS);
+    g_assert(bitnr < OV_MAXBITS);
 
     clear_bit(bitnr, ov->bitmap);
 }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void spapr_ovec_clear(sPAPROptionVector *ov, long bitnr)
 bool spapr_ovec_test(sPAPROptionVector *ov, long bitnr)
 {
     g_assert(ov);
-    g_assert_cmpint(bitnr, <, OV_MAXBITS);
+    g_assert(bitnr < OV_MAXBITS);
 
     return test_bit(bitnr, ov->bitmap) ? true : false;
 }
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ sPAPROptionVector *spapr_ovec_parse_vector(target_ulong table_addr, int vector)
     int i;
 
     g_assert(table_addr);
-    g_assert_cmpint(vector, >=, 1); /* vector numbering starts at 1 */
+    g_assert(vector >= 1);      /* vector numbering starts at 1 */
 
     addr = vector_addr(table_addr, vector);
     if (!addr) {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ sPAPROptionVector *spapr_ovec_parse_vector(target_ulong table_addr, int vector)
     }
 
     vector_len = ldub_phys(&address_space_memory, addr++) + 1;
-    g_assert_cmpint(vector_len, <=, OV_MAXBYTES);
+    g_assert(vector_len <= OV_MAXBYTES);
     ov = spapr_ovec_new();
 
     for (i = 0; i < vector_len; i++) {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int spapr_ovec_populate_dt(void *fdt, int fdt_offset,
      * encoding/sizing expected in ibm,client-architecture-support
      */
     vec_len = (lastbit == OV_MAXBITS) ? 1 : lastbit / BITS_PER_BYTE + 1;
-    g_assert_cmpint(vec_len, <=, OV_MAXBYTES);
+    g_assert(vec_len <= OV_MAXBYTES);
     /* guest expects vector len encoded as vec_len - 1, since the length byte
      * is assumed and not included, and the first byte of the vector
      * is assumed as well
diff --git a/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c b/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c
index f7c91230d5..fa546fb3ce 100644
--- a/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c
+++ b/hw/usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ static void ccid_write_data_block(USBCCIDState *s, uint8_t slot, uint8_t seq,
         DPRINTF(s, D_VERBOSE, "error %d\n", p->b.bError);
     }
     if (len) {
-        g_assert_nonnull(data);
+        assert(data);
         memcpy(p->abData, data, len);
     }
     ccid_reset_error_status(s);
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index e6462f289c..4609e34a6a 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void type_initialize(TypeImpl *ti)
         GSList *e;
         int i;
 
-        g_assert_cmpint(parent->class_size, <=, ti->class_size);
+        g_assert(parent->class_size <= ti->class_size);
         memcpy(ti->class, parent->class, parent->class_size);
         ti->class->interfaces = NULL;
         ti->class->properties = g_hash_table_new_full(
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ static void object_initialize_with_type(void *data, size_t size, TypeImpl *type)
     g_assert(type != NULL);
     type_initialize(type);
 
-    g_assert_cmpint(type->instance_size, >=, sizeof(Object));
+    g_assert(type->instance_size >= sizeof(Object));
     g_assert(type->abstract == false);
-    g_assert_cmpint(size, >=, type->instance_size);
+    g_assert(size >= type->instance_size);
 
     memset(obj, 0, type->instance_size);
     obj->class = type->class;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static void object_finalize(void *data)
     object_property_del_all(obj);
     object_deinit(obj, ti);
 
-    g_assert_cmpint(obj->ref, ==, 0);
+    g_assert(obj->ref == 0);
     if (obj->free) {
         obj->free(obj);
     }
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ void object_unref(Object *obj)
     if (!obj) {
         return;
     }
-    g_assert_cmpint(obj->ref, >, 0);
+    g_assert(obj->ref > 0);
 
     /* parent always holds a reference to its children */
     if (atomic_fetch_dec(&obj->ref) == 1) {
diff --git a/util/qht.c b/util/qht.c
index ff4d2e6974..55b0738cd1 100644
--- a/util/qht.c
+++ b/util/qht.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static void qht_do_resize_reset(struct qht *ht, struct qht_map *new, bool reset)
         return;
     }
 
-    g_assert_cmpuint(new->n_buckets, !=, old->n_buckets);
+    g_assert(new->n_buckets != old->n_buckets);
     qht_map_iter__all_locked(ht, old, qht_map_copy, new);
     qht_map_debug__all_locked(new);