diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index f6abf14e68..d9fcf1c76e 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ func (container *Container) waitLxc() error {
 		}
 		time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
-	panic("Unreachable")
 }
 
 func (container *Container) monitor() {
@@ -821,8 +820,6 @@ func (container *Container) WaitTimeout(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	case <-done:
 		return nil
 	}
-
-	panic("Unreachable")
 }
 
 func (container *Container) EnsureMounted() error {
diff --git a/contrib/crashTest.go b/contrib/crashTest.go
index b3dbacaf03..d3ba80698c 100644
--- a/contrib/crashTest.go
+++ b/contrib/crashTest.go
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ func crashTest() error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/network.go b/network.go
index ea5e5c8586..37037dd14a 100644
--- a/network.go
+++ b/network.go
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ func proxy(listener net.Listener, proto, address string) error {
 		utils.Debugf("Connected to backend, splicing")
 		splice(src, dst)
 	}
-	panic("Unreachable")
 }
 
 func halfSplice(dst, src net.Conn) error {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 4229a06631..67427520f7 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ func (r *bufReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		}
 		r.wait.Wait()
 	}
-	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
 func (r *bufReader) Close() error {
@@ -678,5 +677,3 @@ func ParseHost(host string, port int, addr string) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("tcp://%s:%d", host, port)
 }
-
-