diff --git a/internal/pkg/bifs/arithmetic.go b/internal/pkg/bifs/arithmetic.go
index 2ebc8b527..45fc41390 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/bifs/arithmetic.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/bifs/arithmetic.go
@@ -278,14 +278,6 @@ func divide_n_ii(input1, input2 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
 	} else {
 		return mlrval.FromFloat(float64(a) / float64(b))
 	}
-
-	c := float64(a) * float64(b)
-
-	if math.Abs(c) > 9223372036854774784.0 {
-		return mlrval.FromFloat(c)
-	} else {
-		return mlrval.FromInt(a * b)
-	}
 }
 
 func divide_f_if(input1, input2 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/bifs/collections.go b/internal/pkg/bifs/collections.go
index 2a1341cb1..2e7c5b426 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/bifs/collections.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/bifs/collections.go
@@ -15,18 +15,14 @@ func BIF_length(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
 	switch input1.Type() {
 	case mlrval.MT_ERROR:
 		return mlrval.FromInt(0)
-		break
 	case mlrval.MT_ABSENT:
 		return mlrval.FromInt(0)
-		break
 	case mlrval.MT_ARRAY:
 		arrayval := input1.AcquireArrayValue()
 		return mlrval.FromInt(int64(len(arrayval)))
-		break
 	case mlrval.MT_MAP:
 		mapval := input1.AcquireMapValue()
 		return mlrval.FromInt(mapval.FieldCount)
-		break
 	}
 	return mlrval.FromInt(1)
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/bifs/relative_time.go b/internal/pkg/bifs/relative_time.go
index eb75c938c..33b41be85 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/bifs/relative_time.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/bifs/relative_time.go
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ func BIF_sec2dhms(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
 			fmt.Sprintf("%ds", s),
 		)
 	}
-
-	return mlrval.ERROR
 }
 
 func BIF_sec2hms(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
@@ -202,8 +200,6 @@ func BIF_sec2hms(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
 	return mlrval.FromString(
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s%02d:%02d:%02d", sign, h, m, s),
 	)
-
-	return mlrval.ERROR
 }
 
 func BIF_fsec2dhms(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
@@ -285,8 +281,6 @@ func BIF_fsec2hms(input1 *mlrval.Mlrval) *mlrval.Mlrval {
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s%02d:%02d:%.6f", sign, h, m, float64(s)+fractional),
 		)
 	}
-
-	return mlrval.ERROR
 }
 
 // Helper function
diff --git a/internal/pkg/lib/file_readers.go b/internal/pkg/lib/file_readers.go
index ffd38762c..fa42688ef 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/lib/file_readers.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/lib/file_readers.go
@@ -156,13 +156,10 @@ func openEncodedHandleForRead(
 	switch encoding {
 	case FileInputEncodingBzip2:
 		return NewBZip2ReadCloser(handle), nil
-		break
 	case FileInputEncodingGzip:
 		return gzip.NewReader(handle)
-		break
 	case FileInputEncodingZlib:
 		return zlib.NewReader(handle)
-		break
 	}
 
 	InternalCodingErrorIf(encoding != FileInputEncodingDefault)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/lib/logger.go b/internal/pkg/lib/logger.go
index be0973020..31876cb91 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/lib/logger.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/lib/logger.go
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ func InternalCodingErrorPanic(message string) {
 			),
 		)
 	}
-	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
 // WhereAreWe shows a stack trace from the current callsite.
diff --git a/internal/pkg/lib/ordered_map.go b/internal/pkg/lib/ordered_map.go
index 5f9aa5b1c..093c1ca84 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/lib/ordered_map.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/lib/ordered_map.go
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ func (omap *OrderedMap) Get(key string) interface{} {
 	} else {
 		return pe.Value
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // The Get is sufficient for pointer values -- the caller can check if the
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ func (omap *OrderedMap) GetWithCheck(key string) (interface{}, bool) {
 	} else {
 		return pe.Value, true
 	}
-	return nil, false
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrmap_accessors.go b/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrmap_accessors.go
index 25f586516..6bab28bc0 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrmap_accessors.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrmap_accessors.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ func (mlrmap *Mlrmap) Get(key string) *Mlrval {
 	} else {
 		return pe.Value
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // PutReference copies the key but not the value. This is not safe for DSL use,
diff --git a/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_collections.go b/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_collections.go
index 4a335ac15..f6103f611 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_collections.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_collections.go
@@ -310,8 +310,6 @@ func (mv *Mlrval) PutIndexed(indices []*Mlrval, rvalue *Mlrval) error {
 			)
 		}
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -432,10 +430,7 @@ func putIndexedOnArray(
 			zindex := mindex.intval - 1
 			return (*baseArray)[zindex].PutIndexed(indices[1:], rvalue)
 		}
-
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_json.go b/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_json.go
index 021e678ef..f3982edcc 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_json.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/mlrval/mlrval_json.go
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ func MlrvalDecodeFromJSON(decoder *json.Decoder) (
 
 		return mv, false, nil
 	}
-
-	return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("mlr: unimplemented")
 }
 
 // ================================================================