diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArFlatConditionSvc.cxx b/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArFlatConditionSvc.cxx
index 19730d4931b16194a71c562744d0aec6ddda17b5..8869252a773063ff678791a9d137740d8074bf5c 100644
--- a/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArFlatConditionSvc.cxx
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArFlatConditionSvc.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 */
 
 #include "LArFlatConditionSvc.h"
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void LArFlatConditionSvc::printCheckSums(const objInfo_t& objInfo, const CondAtt
     msg(MSG::INFO) << "   Gain " << gain;
     for (const auto& attr : attrList) {
       const std::string& typeName=attr.specification().typeName();
-      if (typeName.find("blob")==0) {
+      if (typeName.substr(0, 4) == "blob") {
 	//Got a blob:
 	const coral::Blob& blob = attr.data<coral::Blob>();
 	const std::string& blobName=attr.specification().name();
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArShapePeakRecoTool.cxx b/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArShapePeakRecoTool.cxx
index 0eba27a20f5056cedff6b0bee2b3d7c34b627ac6..a2923c69032f235d2423532d27e125ff0a4700d0 100644
--- a/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArShapePeakRecoTool.cxx
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArRecUtils/src/LArShapePeakRecoTool.cxx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ std::vector<float> LArShapePeakRecoTool::peak (const std::vector<float>& samples
 
   float adc_2ndmax = 0;
   int   sample_2ndmax = static_cast<int> (sample_max);
-  for (;it_sample!=it_sample_end;it_sample++) { //Loop over sample vector
+  for (;it_sample!=it_sample_end;++it_sample) { //Loop over sample vector
     if((*it_sample>adc_2ndmax) & (*it_sample<=adc_max)) {
       adc_2ndmax = *it_sample;
       sample_2ndmax = distance(samples.begin(),it_sample);