diff --git a/scalecodec/types.py b/scalecodec/types.py
index 368286b..2d2b20c 100644
--- a/scalecodec/types.py
+++ b/scalecodec/types.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def process_compact_bytes(self):
         elif byte_mod == 2:
             self.compact_length = 4
         else:
-            self.compact_length = int(5 + (compact_byte[0] - 3) / 4)
+            self.compact_length = 5 + (compact_byte[0] - 3) // 4
 
         if self.compact_length == 1:
             self.compact_bytes = compact_byte
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def process(self):
         self.process_compact_bytes()
 
         if self.compact_length <= 4:
-            return int(int.from_bytes(self.compact_bytes, byteorder='little') / 4)
+            return int.from_bytes(self.compact_bytes, byteorder='little') // 4
         else:
             return int.from_bytes(self.compact_bytes, byteorder='little')
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def process(self):
         self.process_compact_bytes()
 
         if self.compact_length <= 4:
-            return int(int.from_bytes(self.compact_bytes, byteorder='little') / 4)
+            return int.from_bytes(self.compact_bytes, byteorder='little') // 4
         else:
             return int.from_bytes(self.compact_bytes, byteorder='little')