diff --git a/bridge/discord/discord.go b/bridge/discord/discord.go
index 0549187f..94a09186 100644
--- a/bridge/discord/discord.go
+++ b/bridge/discord/discord.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (b *Bdiscord) messageUpdate(s *discordgo.Session, m *discordgo.MessageUpdat
 	// only when message is actually edited
 	if m.Message.EditedTimestamp != "" {
 		b.Log.Debugf("Sending edit message")
-		m.Content = m.Content + b.GetString("EditSuffix")
+		m.Content += b.GetString("EditSuffix")
 		b.messageCreate(s, (*discordgo.MessageCreate)(m))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/bridge/helper/helper.go b/bridge/helper/helper.go
index bfa7d827..dab2bb47 100644
--- a/bridge/helper/helper.go
+++ b/bridge/helper/helper.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func SplitStringLength(input string, length int) string {
 	a := []rune(input)
 	str := ""
 	for i, r := range a {
-		str = str + string(r)
+		str += string(r)
 		if i > 0 && (i+1)%length == 0 {
 			str += "\n"
 		}
diff --git a/bridge/irc/irc.go b/bridge/irc/irc.go
index 25f6beec..0702575b 100644
--- a/bridge/irc/irc.go
+++ b/bridge/irc/irc.go
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ func New(cfg *bridge.Config) bridge.Bridger {
 }
 
 func (b *Birc) Command(msg *config.Message) string {
-	switch msg.Text {
-	case "!users":
+	if msg.Text == "!users" {
 		b.i.Handlers.Add(girc.RPL_NAMREPLY, b.storeNames)
 		b.i.Handlers.Add(girc.RPL_ENDOFNAMES, b.endNames)
 		b.i.Cmd.SendRaw("NAMES " + msg.Channel)
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ func (b *Birc) Send(msg config.Message) (string, error) {
 		}
 		if len(b.Local) < b.MessageQueue {
 			if len(b.Local) == b.MessageQueue-1 {
-				text = text + " <message clipped>"
+				text += " <message clipped>"
 			}
 			b.Local <- config.Message{Text: text, Username: msg.Username, Channel: msg.Channel, Event: msg.Event}
 		} else {
diff --git a/bridge/matrix/matrix.go b/bridge/matrix/matrix.go
index 18bc5572..aaf19326 100644
--- a/bridge/matrix/matrix.go
+++ b/bridge/matrix/matrix.go
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ func (b *Bmatrix) handleDownloadFile(rmsg *config.Message, content map[string]in
 		if msgtype == "m.image" {
 			mext, _ := mime.ExtensionsByType(mtype)
 			if len(mext) > 0 {
-				name = name + mext[0]
+				name += mext[0]
 			}
 		} else {
 			// just a default .png extension if we don't have mime info
-			name = name + ".png"
+			name += ".png"
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/bridge/telegram/telegram.go b/bridge/telegram/telegram.go
index 93cc82f6..43d68edc 100644
--- a/bridge/telegram/telegram.go
+++ b/bridge/telegram/telegram.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (b *Btelegram) handleDownload(message *tgbotapi.Message, rmsg *config.Messa
 		urlPart := strings.Split(url, "/")
 		name = urlPart[len(urlPart)-1]
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(name, ".webp") {
-			name = name + ".webp"
+			name += ".webp"
 		}
 		text = " " + url
 	}
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (b *Btelegram) handleDownload(message *tgbotapi.Message, rmsg *config.Messa
 		name = urlPart[len(urlPart)-1]
 		text = " " + url
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(name, ".ogg") {
-			name = name + ".ogg"
+			name += ".ogg"
 		}
 	}
 	if message.Audio != nil {
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func (b *Btelegram) handleDownload(message *tgbotapi.Message, rmsg *config.Messa
 	// use the URL instead of native upload
 	if b.GetBool("UseInsecureURL") {
 		b.Log.Debugf("Setting message text to :%s", text)
-		rmsg.Text = rmsg.Text + text
+		rmsg.Text += text
 		return nil
 	}
 	// if we have a file attached, download it (in memory) and put a pointer to it in msg.Extra
diff --git a/gateway/gateway.go b/gateway/gateway.go
index e699251f..d4c84650 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway.go
+++ b/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ func (gw *Gateway) handleFiles(msg *config.Message) {
 		ext := filepath.Ext(fi.Name)
 		fi.Name = fi.Name[0 : len(fi.Name)-len(ext)]
 		fi.Name = reg.ReplaceAllString(fi.Name, "_")
-		fi.Name = fi.Name + ext
+		fi.Name += ext
 
 		sha1sum := fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha1.Sum(*fi.Data))[:8]