diff --git a/libsolidity/AST.cpp b/libsolidity/AST.cpp
index 79b755e97..46c44995b 100644
--- a/libsolidity/AST.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/AST.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void IndexAccess::checkTypeRequirements()
 			BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(createTypeError("Index expression cannot be omitted."));
 		m_index->expectType(IntegerType(256));
 		if (type.isByteArray())
-			m_type = make_shared<IntegerType>(8, IntegerType::Modifier::Hash);
+			m_type = make_shared<FixedBytesType>(1);
 		else
 			m_type = type.getBaseType();
 		m_isLValue = type.getLocation() != ArrayType::Location::CallData;
diff --git a/libsolidity/CompilerUtils.cpp b/libsolidity/CompilerUtils.cpp
index e11b6b4f6..7b078e03e 100644
--- a/libsolidity/CompilerUtils.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/CompilerUtils.cpp
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ void CompilerUtils::computeHashStatic(Type const& _type, bool _padToWordBoundari
 
 unsigned CompilerUtils::loadFromMemoryHelper(Type const& _type, bool _fromCalldata, bool _padToWordBoundaries)
 {
-	unsigned _encodedSize = _type.getCalldataEncodedSize();
-	unsigned numBytes = _padToWordBoundaries ? getPaddedSize(_encodedSize) : _encodedSize;
+	unsigned numBytes = _type.getCalldataEncodedSize(_padToWordBoundaries);
 	bool leftAligned = _type.getCategory() == Type::Category::FixedBytes;
 	if (numBytes == 0)
 		m_context << eth::Instruction::POP << u256(0);
diff --git a/libsolidity/LValue.cpp b/libsolidity/LValue.cpp
index a036be80b..db3cd56be 100644
--- a/libsolidity/LValue.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/LValue.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void StorageItem::setToZero(SourceLocation const&, bool _removeReference) const
 }
 
 /// Used in StorageByteArrayElement
-static IntegerType byteType(8, IntegerType::Modifier::Hash);
+static FixedBytesType byteType(1);
 
 StorageByteArrayElement::StorageByteArrayElement(CompilerContext& _compilerContext):
 	LValue(_compilerContext, byteType)