diff --git a/src/awst/node-factory.ts b/src/awst/node-factory.ts
index 036b8747..200b6393 100644
--- a/src/awst/node-factory.ts
+++ b/src/awst/node-factory.ts
@@ -252,13 +252,6 @@ const explicitNodeFactory = {
         sourceLocation,
       })
     }
-    if (expr instanceof IntegerConstant) {
-      return new IntegerConstant({
-        ...expr,
-        wtype,
-        sourceLocation,
-      })
-    }
 
     return new ReinterpretCast({
       expr,
diff --git a/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst b/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst
index b440d55c..b305d34f 100644
--- a/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst
+++ b/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ subroutine test(a: uint64, b: biguint, c: string): void
   assert(len(0x) == 0)
   assert(itob(a) == itob(a))
   assert(0x01 == 0x0000000000000001)
-  assert(256 == 0x0100)
+  assert(reinterpret_cast<bytes>(256) == 0x0100)
   assert(reinterpret_cast<biguint>(reinterpret_cast<bytes>(b)) == b)
   assert(reinterpret_cast<string>(reinterpret_cast<bytes>(c)) == c)
   assert("123" == "123")
diff --git a/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst.json b/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst.json
index a591fe37..99703c9a 100644
--- a/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst.json
+++ b/tests/approvals/out/byte-expressions.awst.json
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
                   "scalar_type": 2
                 },
                 "lhs": {
-                  "_type": "IntegerConstant",
+                  "_type": "ReinterpretCast",
                   "source_location": {
                     "file": "tests/approvals/byte-expressions.algo.ts",
                     "line": 8,
@@ -469,8 +469,25 @@
                     "ephemeral": false,
                     "scalar_type": 1
                   },
-                  "value": "256",
-                  "teal_alias": null
+                  "expr": {
+                    "_type": "IntegerConstant",
+                    "source_location": {
+                      "file": "tests/approvals/byte-expressions.algo.ts",
+                      "line": 8,
+                      "end_line": 8,
+                      "column": 15,
+                      "end_column": 27
+                    },
+                    "wtype": {
+                      "_type": "WType",
+                      "name": "biguint",
+                      "immutable": true,
+                      "ephemeral": false,
+                      "scalar_type": 1
+                    },
+                    "value": "256",
+                    "teal_alias": null
+                  }
                 },
                 "operator": "==",
                 "rhs": {