diff --git a/pot/address.go b/pot/address.go
index 039f8421f4..3974ebcaac 100644
--- a/pot/address.go
+++ b/pot/address.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func posProximity(one, other Address, pos int) (ret int, eq bool) {
 		if one[i] == other[i] {
 			continue
 		}
-		oxo := uint8(one[i] ^ other[i])
+		oxo := one[i] ^ other[i]
 		start := 0
 		if i == pos/8 {
 			start = pos % 8
diff --git a/swarm/pss/pss_go18plus_test.go b/swarm/pss/pss_go18plus_test.go
index 54e5b5f386..f4fbd51566 100644
--- a/swarm/pss/pss_go18plus_test.go
+++ b/swarm/pss/pss_go18plus_test.go
@@ -463,3 +463,82 @@ outer:
 	}
 
 }
+
+// symmetric send performance with varying message sizes
+func BenchmarkSymkeySend(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 256), benchmarkSymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024), benchmarkSymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024), benchmarkSymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*10), benchmarkSymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*100), benchmarkSymKeySend)
+}
+
+func benchmarkSymKeySend(b *testing.B) {
+	msgsizestring := strings.Split(b.Name(), "/")
+	if len(msgsizestring) != 2 {
+		b.Fatalf("benchmark called without msgsize param")
+	}
+	msgsize, err := strconv.ParseInt(msgsizestring[1], 10, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("benchmark called with invalid msgsize param '%s': %v", msgsizestring[1], err)
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	keys, err := wapi.NewKeyPair(ctx)
+	privkey, err := w.GetPrivateKey(keys)
+	ps := newTestPss(privkey, nil, nil)
+	msg := make([]byte, msgsize)
+	rand.Read(msg)
+	topic := BytesToTopic([]byte("foo"))
+	to := make(PssAddress, 32)
+	copy(to[:], network.RandomAddr().Over())
+	symkeyid, err := ps.generateSymmetricKey(topic, &to, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("could not generate symkey: %v", err)
+	}
+	symkey, err := ps.w.GetSymKey(symkeyid)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("could not retrieve symkey: %v", err)
+	}
+	ps.SetSymmetricKey(symkey, topic, &to, false)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		ps.SendSym(symkeyid, topic, msg)
+	}
+}
+
+// asymmetric send performance with varying message sizes
+func BenchmarkAsymkeySend(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 256), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*10), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
+	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*100), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
+}
+
+func benchmarkAsymKeySend(b *testing.B) {
+	msgsizestring := strings.Split(b.Name(), "/")
+	if len(msgsizestring) != 2 {
+		b.Fatalf("benchmark called without msgsize param")
+	}
+	msgsize, err := strconv.ParseInt(msgsizestring[1], 10, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("benchmark called with invalid msgsize param '%s': %v", msgsizestring[1], err)
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	keys, err := wapi.NewKeyPair(ctx)
+	privkey, err := w.GetPrivateKey(keys)
+	ps := newTestPss(privkey, nil, nil)
+	msg := make([]byte, msgsize)
+	rand.Read(msg)
+	topic := BytesToTopic([]byte("foo"))
+	to := make(PssAddress, 32)
+	copy(to[:], network.RandomAddr().Over())
+	ps.SetPeerPublicKey(&privkey.PublicKey, topic, &to)
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		ps.SendAsym(common.ToHex(crypto.FromECDSAPub(&privkey.PublicKey)), topic, msg)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/swarm/pss/pss_test.go b/swarm/pss/pss_test.go
index d4c11ae74d..af05a84673 100644
--- a/swarm/pss/pss_test.go
+++ b/swarm/pss/pss_test.go
@@ -392,84 +392,6 @@ func TestMismatch(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-// symmetric send performance with varying message sizes
-func BenchmarkSymkeySend(b *testing.B) {
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 256), benchmarkSymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024), benchmarkSymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024), benchmarkSymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*10), benchmarkSymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*100), benchmarkSymKeySend)
-}
-
-func benchmarkSymKeySend(b *testing.B) {
-	msgsizestring := strings.Split(b.Name(), "/")
-	if len(msgsizestring) != 2 {
-		b.Fatalf("benchmark called without msgsize param")
-	}
-	msgsize, err := strconv.ParseInt(msgsizestring[1], 10, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		b.Fatalf("benchmark called with invalid msgsize param '%s': %v", msgsizestring[1], err)
-	}
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-	keys, err := wapi.NewKeyPair(ctx)
-	privkey, err := w.GetPrivateKey(keys)
-	ps := newTestPss(privkey, nil, nil)
-	msg := make([]byte, msgsize)
-	rand.Read(msg)
-	topic := BytesToTopic([]byte("foo"))
-	to := make(PssAddress, 32)
-	copy(to[:], network.RandomAddr().Over())
-	symkeyid, err := ps.generateSymmetricKey(topic, &to, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		b.Fatalf("could not generate symkey: %v", err)
-	}
-	symkey, err := ps.w.GetSymKey(symkeyid)
-	if err != nil {
-		b.Fatalf("could not retrieve symkey: %v", err)
-	}
-	ps.SetSymmetricKey(symkey, topic, &to, false)
-
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		ps.SendSym(symkeyid, topic, msg)
-	}
-}
-
-// asymmetric send performance with varying message sizes
-func BenchmarkAsymkeySend(b *testing.B) {
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 256), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*10), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
-	b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", 1024*1024*100), benchmarkAsymKeySend)
-}
-
-func benchmarkAsymKeySend(b *testing.B) {
-	msgsizestring := strings.Split(b.Name(), "/")
-	if len(msgsizestring) != 2 {
-		b.Fatalf("benchmark called without msgsize param")
-	}
-	msgsize, err := strconv.ParseInt(msgsizestring[1], 10, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		b.Fatalf("benchmark called with invalid msgsize param '%s': %v", msgsizestring[1], err)
-	}
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-	keys, err := wapi.NewKeyPair(ctx)
-	privkey, err := w.GetPrivateKey(keys)
-	ps := newTestPss(privkey, nil, nil)
-	msg := make([]byte, msgsize)
-	rand.Read(msg)
-	topic := BytesToTopic([]byte("foo"))
-	to := make(PssAddress, 32)
-	copy(to[:], network.RandomAddr().Over())
-	ps.SetPeerPublicKey(&privkey.PublicKey, topic, &to)
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		ps.SendAsym(common.ToHex(crypto.FromECDSAPub(&privkey.PublicKey)), topic, msg)
-	}
-}
 func BenchmarkSymkeyBruteforceChangeaddr(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 100; i < 100000; i = i * 10 {
 		for j := 32; j < 10000; j = j * 8 {