diff --git a/packets.go b/packets.go
index e4d2820e..f3860c5f 100644
--- a/packets.go
+++ b/packets.go
@@ -329,16 +329,10 @@ func (mc *mysqlConn) writeHandshakeResponsePacket(authResp []byte, plugin string
 	}
 
 	// ClientFlags [32 bit]
-	data[4] = byte(clientFlags)
-	data[5] = byte(clientFlags >> 8)
-	data[6] = byte(clientFlags >> 16)
-	data[7] = byte(clientFlags >> 24)
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(data[4:], uint32(clientFlags))
 
 	// MaxPacketSize [32 bit] (none)
-	data[8] = 0x00
-	data[9] = 0x00
-	data[10] = 0x00
-	data[11] = 0x00
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(data[8:], 0)
 
 	// Collation ID [1 byte]
 	data[12] = defaultCollationID
@@ -478,10 +472,7 @@ func (mc *mysqlConn) writeCommandPacketUint32(command byte, arg uint32) error {
 	data[4] = command
 
 	// Add arg [32 bit]
-	data[5] = byte(arg)
-	data[6] = byte(arg >> 8)
-	data[7] = byte(arg >> 16)
-	data[8] = byte(arg >> 24)
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(data[5:], arg)
 
 	// Send CMD packet
 	return mc.writePacket(data)
@@ -955,14 +946,10 @@ func (stmt *mysqlStmt) writeCommandLongData(paramID int, arg []byte) error {
 		data[4] = comStmtSendLongData
 
 		// Add stmtID [32 bit]
-		data[5] = byte(stmt.id)
-		data[6] = byte(stmt.id >> 8)
-		data[7] = byte(stmt.id >> 16)
-		data[8] = byte(stmt.id >> 24)
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(data[5:], stmt.id)
 
 		// Add paramID [16 bit]
-		data[9] = byte(paramID)
-		data[10] = byte(paramID >> 8)
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint16(data[9:], uint16(paramID))
 
 		// Send CMD packet
 		err := stmt.mc.writePacket(data[:4+pktLen])
@@ -1018,19 +1005,13 @@ func (stmt *mysqlStmt) writeExecutePacket(args []driver.Value) error {
 	data[4] = comStmtExecute
 
 	// statement_id [4 bytes]
-	data[5] = byte(stmt.id)
-	data[6] = byte(stmt.id >> 8)
-	data[7] = byte(stmt.id >> 16)
-	data[8] = byte(stmt.id >> 24)
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(data[5:], stmt.id)
 
 	// flags (0: CURSOR_TYPE_NO_CURSOR) [1 byte]
 	data[9] = 0x00
 
 	// iteration_count (uint32(1)) [4 bytes]
-	data[10] = 0x01
-	data[11] = 0x00
-	data[12] = 0x00
-	data[13] = 0x00
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(data[10:], 1)
 
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		pos := minPktLen
@@ -1084,50 +1065,17 @@ func (stmt *mysqlStmt) writeExecutePacket(args []driver.Value) error {
 			case int64:
 				paramTypes[i+i] = byte(fieldTypeLongLong)
 				paramTypes[i+i+1] = 0x00
-
-				if cap(paramValues)-len(paramValues)-8 >= 0 {
-					paramValues = paramValues[:len(paramValues)+8]
-					binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(
-						paramValues[len(paramValues)-8:],
-						uint64(v),
-					)
-				} else {
-					paramValues = append(paramValues,
-						uint64ToBytes(uint64(v))...,
-					)
-				}
+				paramValues = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint64(paramValues, uint64(v))
 
 			case uint64:
 				paramTypes[i+i] = byte(fieldTypeLongLong)
 				paramTypes[i+i+1] = 0x80 // type is unsigned
-
-				if cap(paramValues)-len(paramValues)-8 >= 0 {
-					paramValues = paramValues[:len(paramValues)+8]
-					binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(
-						paramValues[len(paramValues)-8:],
-						uint64(v),
-					)
-				} else {
-					paramValues = append(paramValues,
-						uint64ToBytes(uint64(v))...,
-					)
-				}
+				paramValues = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint64(paramValues, uint64(v))
 
 			case float64:
 				paramTypes[i+i] = byte(fieldTypeDouble)
 				paramTypes[i+i+1] = 0x00
-
-				if cap(paramValues)-len(paramValues)-8 >= 0 {
-					paramValues = paramValues[:len(paramValues)+8]
-					binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(
-						paramValues[len(paramValues)-8:],
-						math.Float64bits(v),
-					)
-				} else {
-					paramValues = append(paramValues,
-						uint64ToBytes(math.Float64bits(v))...,
-					)
-				}
+				paramValues = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint64(paramValues, math.Float64bits(v))
 
 			case bool:
 				paramTypes[i+i] = byte(fieldTypeTiny)
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index d902f3b6..44f43ef7 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -502,19 +502,6 @@ func getUint24(data []byte) int {
 	return int(data[2])<<16 | int(data[1])<<8 | int(data[0])
 }
 
-func uint64ToBytes(n uint64) []byte {
-	return []byte{
-		byte(n),
-		byte(n >> 8),
-		byte(n >> 16),
-		byte(n >> 24),
-		byte(n >> 32),
-		byte(n >> 40),
-		byte(n >> 48),
-		byte(n >> 56),
-	}
-}
-
 func uint64ToString(n uint64) []byte {
 	var a [20]byte
 	i := 20
@@ -598,18 +585,15 @@ func readLengthEncodedInteger(b []byte) (uint64, bool, int) {
 
 	// 252: value of following 2
 	case 0xfc:
-		return uint64(b[1]) | uint64(b[2])<<8, false, 3
+		return uint64(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(b[1:])), false, 3
 
 	// 253: value of following 3
 	case 0xfd:
-		return uint64(b[1]) | uint64(b[2])<<8 | uint64(b[3])<<16, false, 4
+		return uint64(getUint24(b[1:])), false, 4
 
 	// 254: value of following 8
 	case 0xfe:
-		return uint64(b[1]) | uint64(b[2])<<8 | uint64(b[3])<<16 |
-				uint64(b[4])<<24 | uint64(b[5])<<32 | uint64(b[6])<<40 |
-				uint64(b[7])<<48 | uint64(b[8])<<56,
-			false, 9
+		return uint64(binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(b[1:])), false, 9
 	}
 
 	// 0-250: value of first byte
@@ -623,13 +607,14 @@ func appendLengthEncodedInteger(b []byte, n uint64) []byte {
 		return append(b, byte(n))
 
 	case n <= 0xffff:
-		return append(b, 0xfc, byte(n), byte(n>>8))
+		b = append(b, 0xfc)
+		return binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint16(b, uint16(n))
 
 	case n <= 0xffffff:
 		return append(b, 0xfd, byte(n), byte(n>>8), byte(n>>16))
 	}
-	return append(b, 0xfe, byte(n), byte(n>>8), byte(n>>16), byte(n>>24),
-		byte(n>>32), byte(n>>40), byte(n>>48), byte(n>>56))
+	b = append(b, 0xfe)
+	return binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint64(b, n)
 }
 
 func appendLengthEncodedString(b []byte, s string) []byte {