diff --git a/prdoc/pr_5284.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_5284.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3244a82c860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_5284.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: Minor clean up
+author: conr2d
+topic: runtime
+
+crates:
+  - name: sp-runtime
+    bump: none
diff --git a/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs b/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs
index d313d23395a0..fd10dee2a7c5 100644
--- a/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ impl TryFrom<MultiSigner> for ecdsa::Public {
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl std::fmt::Display for MultiSigner {
 	fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-		match *self {
-			Self::Ed25519(ref who) => write!(fmt, "ed25519: {}", who),
-			Self::Sr25519(ref who) => write!(fmt, "sr25519: {}", who),
-			Self::Ecdsa(ref who) => write!(fmt, "ecdsa: {}", who),
+		match self {
+			Self::Ed25519(who) => write!(fmt, "ed25519: {}", who),
+			Self::Sr25519(who) => write!(fmt, "sr25519: {}", who),
+			Self::Ecdsa(who) => write!(fmt, "ecdsa: {}", who),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -449,23 +449,14 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for MultiSigner {
 impl Verify for MultiSignature {
 	type Signer = MultiSigner;
 	fn verify<L: Lazy<[u8]>>(&self, mut msg: L, signer: &AccountId32) -> bool {
-		match (self, signer) {
-			(Self::Ed25519(ref sig), who) => match ed25519::Public::from_slice(who.as_ref()) {
-				Ok(signer) => sig.verify(msg, &signer),
-				Err(()) => false,
-			},
-			(Self::Sr25519(ref sig), who) => match sr25519::Public::from_slice(who.as_ref()) {
-				Ok(signer) => sig.verify(msg, &signer),
-				Err(()) => false,
-			},
-			(Self::Ecdsa(ref sig), who) => {
+		let who: [u8; 32] = *signer.as_ref();
+		match self {
+			Self::Ed25519(sig) => sig.verify(msg, &who.into()),
+			Self::Sr25519(sig) => sig.verify(msg, &who.into()),
+			Self::Ecdsa(sig) => {
 				let m = sp_io::hashing::blake2_256(msg.get());
-				match sp_io::crypto::secp256k1_ecdsa_recover_compressed(sig.as_ref(), &m) {
-					Ok(pubkey) =>
-						&sp_io::hashing::blake2_256(pubkey.as_ref()) ==
-							<dyn AsRef<[u8; 32]>>::as_ref(who),
-					_ => false,
-				}
+				sp_io::crypto::secp256k1_ecdsa_recover_compressed(sig.as_ref(), &m)
+					.map_or(false, |pubkey| sp_io::hashing::blake2_256(&pubkey) == who)
 			},
 		}
 	}