diff --git a/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/addPatchCellLayer.C b/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/addPatchCellLayer.C
index 6dc3232522..e0ca6d1124 100644
--- a/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/addPatchCellLayer.C
+++ b/src/dynamicMesh/polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/addPatchCellLayer.C
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-    Copyright (C) 2015-2022,2024 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    Copyright (C) 2015-2025 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Foam::labelPair Foam::addPatchCellLayer::getEdgeString
     // Get edge that hasn't been done yet but needs extrusion
     forAll(fEdges, fp)
     {
-        label edgei = fEdges[fp];
+        const label edgei = fEdges[fp];
         const edge& e = pp.edges()[edgei];
 
         if
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Foam::labelPair Foam::addPatchCellLayer::getEdgeString
     {
         // We found an edge that needs extruding but hasn't been done yet.
         // Now find the face on the other side
-        label nbrGlobalFacei = nbrFace
+        const label nbrGlobalFacei = nbrFace
         (
             globalEdgeFaces,
             fEdges[startFp],
diff --git a/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDriver/snappySnapDriver.C b/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDriver/snappySnapDriver.C
index d4372068a6..9c122d7518 100644
--- a/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDriver/snappySnapDriver.C
+++ b/src/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDriver/snappySnapDriver.C
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenFOAM Foundation
-    Copyright (C) 2015-2024 OpenCFD Ltd.
+    Copyright (C) 2015-2025 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -2652,16 +2652,8 @@ void Foam::snappySnapDriver::doSnap
         {
             if (addLayers[globalRegioni])
             {
-                const label masterP =
-                    globalToMasterPatch_[globalRegioni];
-                const label slaveP =
-                    globalToSlavePatch_[globalRegioni];
-
-                bufPatchIDs.append(masterP);
-                if (slaveP != masterP)
-                {
-                    bufPatchIDs.append(slaveP);
-                }
+                bufPatchIDs.push_uniq(globalToMasterPatch_[globalRegioni]);
+                bufPatchIDs.push_uniq(globalToSlavePatch_[globalRegioni]);
             }
         }