diff --git a/Validator/MaxLengthRule.swift b/Validator/MaxLengthRule.swift
index b9bcee5..f6b346a 100644
--- a/Validator/MaxLengthRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/MaxLengthRule.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class MaxLengthRule: Rule {
     }
     
     public func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        return countElements(value) <= DEFAULT_LENGTH
+        return count(value) <= DEFAULT_LENGTH
     }
     
     public func errorMessage() -> String {
diff --git a/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift b/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift
index 952e0ce..c5cf308 100644
--- a/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/MinLengthRule.swift
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class MinLengthRule: Rule {
     }
     
     public func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        return countElements(value) >= DEFAULT_LENGTH
+        return count(value) >= DEFAULT_LENGTH
     }
     
     public func errorMessage() -> String {
diff --git a/Validator/PhoneNumberRule.swift b/Validator/PhoneNumberRule.swift
index 65cd113..10b555a 100644
--- a/Validator/PhoneNumberRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/PhoneNumberRule.swift
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ class PhoneNumberRule: Rule {
     }
     
     func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        if let phoneTest = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", PHONE_REGEX) {
-            if phoneTest.evaluateWithObject(value) {
-                return true
-            }
-            return false
-        }
-        return false
+        var phoneTest = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", PHONE_REGEX)
+        return phoneTest.evaluateWithObject(value)
     }
     
     func errorMessage() -> String {
diff --git a/Validator/RegexRule.swift b/Validator/RegexRule.swift
index 2f10190..af00238 100644
--- a/Validator/RegexRule.swift
+++ b/Validator/RegexRule.swift
@@ -17,12 +17,8 @@ public class RegexRule : Rule {
     }
     
     public func validate(value: String) -> Bool {
-        if let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX) {
-            if test.evaluateWithObject(value) {
-                return true
-            }
-        }
-        return false
+        let test = NSPredicate(format: "SELF MATCHES %@", self.REGEX)
+        return test.evaluateWithObject(value)
     }
     
     public func errorMessage() -> String {