diff --git a/src/sieving.rs b/src/sieving.rs
index 33e34ff..d846fda 100644
--- a/src/sieving.rs
+++ b/src/sieving.rs
@@ -126,12 +126,10 @@ pub const fn sieve_lt<const N: usize, const MEM: usize>(
     assert!(N > 0, "`N` must be at least 1");
     assert!(MEM >= N, "`MEM` must be at least as large as `N`");
 
-    let mem_sqr = {
-        let mem64 = MEM as u64;
-        match mem64.checked_mul(mem64) {
-            Some(prod) => prod,
-            None => panic!("`MEM`^2 must fit in a `u64`"),
-        }
+    let mem64 = MEM as u64;
+
+    let Some(mem_sqr) = mem64.checked_mul(mem64) else {
+        panic!("`MEM`^2 must fit in a `u64`");
     };
 
     if upper_limit > mem_sqr {
@@ -307,12 +305,10 @@ pub const fn sieve_geq<const N: usize, const MEM: usize>(
     assert!(N > 0, "`N` must be at least 1");
     assert!(MEM >= N, "`MEM` must be at least as large as `N`");
 
-    let (mem64, mem_sqr) = {
-        let mem64 = MEM as u64;
-        match mem64.checked_mul(mem64) {
-            Some(prod) => (mem64, prod),
-            None => panic!("`MEM`^2 must fit in a `u64`"),
-        }
+    let mem64 = MEM as u64;
+
+    let Some(mem_sqr) = mem64.checked_mul(mem64) else {
+        panic!("`MEM`^2 must fit in a `u64`");
     };
 
     let Some(upper_limit) = mem64.checked_add(lower_limit) else {