diff --git a/pkg/gitlab/gitlab.go b/pkg/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 89ee5b37587df1eae1fa7ddf3c166a04ba901229..c9f83244942c34a689e2e6f03108ce10c3198d0b 100644
--- a/pkg/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/pkg/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -252,10 +252,7 @@ func (g *Gitlab) CreateIssue(msg *alertmanager.Webhook) error {
 		}
 	}
 	// Try to create a new issue rather than discarding it after failed update.
-	if err := g.createGitlabIssue(msg, groupingLabels, issueText); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return g.createGitlabIssue(msg, groupingLabels, issueText)
 }
 
 func (g *Gitlab) ping() error {
diff --git a/pkg/prober/prober.go b/pkg/prober/prober.go
index 56f8f525dc762656c64f4f584af5479f13103605..39e7841a394760ff558d6de3c1a8509b6443054f 100644
--- a/pkg/prober/prober.go
+++ b/pkg/prober/prober.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (p *Prober) registerInRouter(router *mux.Router) {
 	router.HandleFunc("/readiness", p.readinessHandler)
 }
 
-func (p *Prober) livenessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func (p *Prober) livenessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `OK`)
 }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (p *Prober) writeFailedReadiness(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 	http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 }
 
-func (p *Prober) readinessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func (p *Prober) readinessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	if err := p.isReady(); err != nil {
 		p.writeFailedReadiness(w, err)
 		return