diff --git a/libsolidity/ExpressionCompiler.cpp b/libsolidity/ExpressionCompiler.cpp
index 4f091db4c..0ce19ecd1 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ExpressionCompiler.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/ExpressionCompiler.cpp
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ unsigned ExpressionCompiler::appendArgumentsCopyToMemory(vector<ASTPointer<Expre
 	// without type conversion
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < _arguments.size(); ++i)
 	{
-		bool wantPadding = (_arguments[i]->getType()->getCategory() == Type::Category::STRING) ? false : true;
+		const bool wantPadding = false;
 		_arguments[i]->accept(*this);
 		length += moveTypeToMemory(*_arguments[i]->getType()->getRealType(), _arguments[i]->getLocation(), _memoryOffset + length, wantPadding);
 	}
diff --git a/test/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp b/test/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
index bd473af56..0fd71ac51 100644
--- a/test/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
+++ b/test/SolidityEndToEndTest.cpp
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(simple_mapping)
 							 "  }\n"
 							 "}";
 	compileAndRun(sourceCode);
-	
+
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("get(uint8)", byte(0)) == encodeArgs(byte(0x00)));
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("get(uint8)", byte(0x01)) == encodeArgs(byte(0x00)));
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("get(uint8)", byte(0xa7)) == encodeArgs(byte(0x00)));
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(multiple_elementary_accessors)
 	compileAndRun(sourceCode);
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("data()") == encodeArgs(8));
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("name()") == encodeArgs("Celina"));
-	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("a_hash()") == encodeArgs(dev::sha3(toBigEndian(u256(123)))));
+	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("a_hash()") == encodeArgs(dev::sha3(bytes({0x7b}))));
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("an_address()") == encodeArgs(toBigEndian(u160(0x1337))));
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("super_secret_data()") == bytes());
 }
@@ -2127,8 +2127,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sha3_multiple_arguments_with_numeric_literals)
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("foo(uint256,uint16)", 10, 12) == encodeArgs(
 					dev::sha3(
 						toBigEndian(u256(10)) +
-						toBigEndian(u256(12)) +
-						toBigEndian(u256(145)))));
+						bytes({0x0, 0xc}) +
+						bytes({0x91}))));
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sha3_multiple_arguments_with_string_literals)
@@ -2147,14 +2147,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(sha3_multiple_arguments_with_string_literals)
 	compileAndRun(sourceCode);
 
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("foo()") == encodeArgs(dev::sha3("foo")));
-#if 0 // work in progress
+
 	BOOST_CHECK(callContractFunction("bar(uint256,uint16)", 10, 12) == encodeArgs(
 					dev::sha3(
 						toBigEndian(u256(10)) +
-						toBigEndian(u256(12)) +
-						toBigEndian(u256(145)) +
-						asBytes("foo")))));
-#endif
+						bytes({0x0, 0xc}) +
+						bytes({0x91}) +
+						bytes({0x66, 0x6f, 0x6f}))));
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()