diff --git a/macros/code.asm b/macros/code.asm
index 72fd4b0d2..9429884ca 100644
--- a/macros/code.asm
+++ b/macros/code.asm
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ; Syntactic sugar macros
 
 lb: MACRO ; r, hi, lo
-	ld \1, (((\2) & $ff) << 8) | (((\3) & $ff))
+	ld \1, ((\2) & $ff) << 8 | ((\3) & $ff)
 ENDM
 
 ln: MACRO ; r, hi, lo
-	ld \1, (((\2) & $f) << 4) | (((\3) & $f))
+	ld \1, ((\2) & $f) << 4 | ((\3) & $f)
 ENDM
 
 ldpixel: MACRO