diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/IOBuffer.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/IOBuffer.java
index 4369d3c00..db19dce37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/IOBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/IOBuffer.java
@@ -4828,7 +4828,7 @@ private void writeInternalTVPRowValues(JDBCType jdbcType,
                 else {
                     if (isSqlVariant) {
                         writeTVPSqlVariantHeader(10, TDSType.FLOAT8.byteValue(), (byte) 0);
-                        writeDouble(Double.valueOf(currentColumnStringValue.toString()));
+                        writeDouble(Double.valueOf(currentColumnStringValue));
                         break;
                     }
                     writeByte((byte) 8); // len of data bytes
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerBulkCopy.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerBulkCopy.java
index 14e4338b3..a383e1946 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerBulkCopy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerBulkCopy.java
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ private String createInsertBulkCommand(TDSWriter tdsWriter) throws SQLServerExce
         if (it.hasNext()) {
             bulkCmd.append(" with (");
             while (it.hasNext()) {
-                bulkCmd.append(it.next().toString());
+                bulkCmd.append(it.next());
                 if (it.hasNext()) {
                     bulkCmd.append(", ");
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java
index 730f13bf7..a8397b605 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerConnection.java
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ else if (0 == requestedPacketSize)
             sPropKey = SQLServerDriverStringProperty.SSL_PROTOCOL.toString();
             sPropValue = activeConnectionProperties.getProperty(sPropKey);
             if (null == sPropValue) {
-                sPropValue = SQLServerDriverStringProperty.SSL_PROTOCOL.getDefaultValue().toString();
+                sPropValue = SQLServerDriverStringProperty.SSL_PROTOCOL.getDefaultValue();
                 activeConnectionProperties.setProperty(sPropKey, sPropValue);
             }
             else {
@@ -5430,7 +5430,7 @@ String getInstancePort(String server,
                 browserResult = new String(receiveBuffer, 3, receiveBuffer.length - 3);
                 if (connectionlogger.isLoggable(Level.FINER))
                     connectionlogger.fine(
-                            toString() + " Received SSRP UDP response from IP address: " + udpResponse.getAddress().getHostAddress().toString());
+                            toString() + " Received SSRP UDP response from IP address: " + udpResponse.getAddress().getHostAddress());
             }
             catch (IOException ioException) {
                 // Warn and retry