diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/CoreNamespacePostProcessor.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/CoreNamespacePostProcessor.java
index d8c71d9026..adec57b84a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/CoreNamespacePostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/CoreNamespacePostProcessor.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ private void overrideStepClass(String beanName, ConfigurableListableBeanFactory
 		BeanDefinition bd = beanFactory.getBeanDefinition(beanName);
 		Object isNamespaceStep = BeanDefinitionUtils
 				.getAttribute(beanName, "isNamespaceStep", beanFactory);
-		if (isNamespaceStep != null && (Boolean) isNamespaceStep == true) {
+		if (isNamespaceStep != null && (Boolean) isNamespaceStep) {
 			((AbstractBeanDefinition) bd).setBeanClass(StepParserStepFactoryBean.class);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
index ba9a68260c..c4d92842a6 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ protected Step createFaultTolerantStep() {
 			builder.processorNonTransactional();
 		}
 
-		if (readerTransactionalQueue!=null && readerTransactionalQueue==true) {
+		if (readerTransactionalQueue != null && readerTransactionalQueue) {
 			builder.readerIsTransactionalQueue();
 		}