diff --git a/src/swisstable_group_query/no_simd.rs b/src/swisstable_group_query/no_simd.rs
index fb074e4..81898fe 100644
--- a/src/swisstable_group_query/no_simd.rs
+++ b/src/swisstable_group_query/no_simd.rs
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ impl GroupQuery {
         let cmp = group ^ repeat(h2);
         let high_bit_greater_than_128 = (!cmp) & repeat(0x80);
         let high_bit_greater_than_128_or_zero = cmp.wrapping_sub(repeat(0x01));
-        let eq_mask = (high_bit_greater_than_128_or_zero & high_bit_greater_than_128).to_le();
+        let eq_mask = high_bit_greater_than_128_or_zero & high_bit_greater_than_128;
 
-        let empty_mask = (group & repeat(0x80)).to_le();
+        let empty_mask = group & repeat(0x80);
 
         GroupQuery {
             eq_mask,