diff --git a/src/training/common/networkbuilder.cpp b/src/training/common/networkbuilder.cpp
index 5c381ca9..5a0d9171 100644
--- a/src/training/common/networkbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/training/common/networkbuilder.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ Network *NetworkBuilder::BuildFromString(const StaticShape &input_shape, const c
       return ParseOutput(input_shape, str);
     default:
       tprintf("Invalid network spec:%s\n", *str);
-      return nullptr;
   }
   return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/src/wordrec/chopper.cpp b/src/wordrec/chopper.cpp
index 195af68e..09a2333e 100644
--- a/src/wordrec/chopper.cpp
+++ b/src/wordrec/chopper.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ SEAM *Wordrec::improve_one_blob(const std::vector<BLOB_CHOICE *> &blob_choices,
     // TODO(rays) it may eventually help to allow italic_blob to be true,
     seam = chop_numbered_blob(word->chopped_word, *blob_number, italic_blob, word->seam_array);
     if (seam != nullptr) {
-      return seam; // Success!
+      break; // Success!
     }
     if (blob_choices[*blob_number] == nullptr) {
       return nullptr;
diff --git a/unittest/applybox_test.cc b/unittest/applybox_test.cc
index cf745667..80d80470 100644
--- a/unittest/applybox_test.cc
+++ b/unittest/applybox_test.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ protected:
     if (!SetImage(imagefile)) {
       // eng.traineddata not found or other problem during Init.
       GTEST_SKIP();
-      return;
     }
     if (line_mode) {
       api_.SetVariable("tessedit_resegment_from_line_boxes", "1");
diff --git a/unittest/baseapi_test.cc b/unittest/baseapi_test.cc
index 7c70b13d..4808fb3b 100644
--- a/unittest/baseapi_test.cc
+++ b/unittest/baseapi_test.cc
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ TEST_F(TesseractTest, HOCRWorksWithoutSetInputName) {
   if (api.Init(TessdataPath().c_str(), "eng", tesseract::OEM_TESSERACT_ONLY) == -1) {
     // eng.traineddata not found.
     GTEST_SKIP();
-    return;
   }
   Image src_pix = pixRead(TestDataNameToPath("HelloGoogle.tif").c_str());
   CHECK(src_pix);
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ TEST_F(TesseractTest, HOCRContainsBaseline) {
   if (api.Init(TessdataPath().c_str(), "eng", tesseract::OEM_TESSERACT_ONLY) == -1) {
     // eng.traineddata not found.
     GTEST_SKIP();
-    return;
   }
   Image src_pix = pixRead(TestDataNameToPath("HelloGoogle.tif").c_str());
   CHECK(src_pix);
@@ -179,7 +177,6 @@ TEST_F(TesseractTest, AdaptToWordStrTest) {
   if (api.Init(TessdataPath().c_str(), "eng", tesseract::OEM_TESSERACT_ONLY) == -1) {
     // eng.traineddata not found.
     GTEST_SKIP();
-    return;
   }
   api.SetVariable("matcher_sufficient_examples_for_prototyping", "1");
   api.SetVariable("classify_class_pruner_threshold", "220");
@@ -215,7 +212,6 @@ TEST_F(TesseractTest, BasicLSTMTest) {
   if (api.Init(TessdataPath().c_str(), "eng", tesseract::OEM_LSTM_ONLY) == -1) {
     // eng.traineddata not found.
     GTEST_SKIP();
-    return;
   }
   Image src_pix = pixRead(TestDataNameToPath("phototest_2.tif").c_str());
   CHECK(src_pix);
@@ -239,7 +235,6 @@ TEST_F(TesseractTest, LSTMGeometryTest) {
   if (api.Init(TessdataPath().c_str(), "eng", tesseract::OEM_LSTM_ONLY) == -1) {
     // eng.traineddata not found.
     GTEST_SKIP();
-    return;
   }
   api.SetImage(src_pix);
   ASSERT_EQ(api.Recognize(nullptr), 0);