diff --git a/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/gccgoinstallation_test.go b/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/gccgoinstallation_test.go
index 23db6054c1..e601411237 100644
--- a/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/gccgoinstallation_test.go
+++ b/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/gccgoinstallation_test.go
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ func TestInstallationImporter(t *testing.T) {
 	// were compiled with gccgo.
 	if runtime.Compiler != "gccgo" {
 		t.Skip("This test needs gccgo")
-		return
 	}
 
 	var inst GccgoInstallation
diff --git a/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/importer_test.go b/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/importer_test.go
index 61c07bc72a..26f5d9f5b7 100644
--- a/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/importer_test.go
+++ b/src/go/internal/gccgoimporter/importer_test.go
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ func TestObjImporter(t *testing.T) {
 	// were compiled with gccgo.
 	if runtime.Compiler != "gccgo" {
 		t.Skip("This test needs gccgo")
-		return
 	}
 
 	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
index 955964c721..81c44af2b7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ func testCPUProfile(t *testing.T, need []string, f func(dur time.Duration)) {
 
 	if badOS[runtime.GOOS] {
 		t.Skipf("ignoring failure on %s; see golang.org/issue/13841", runtime.GOOS)
-		return
 	}
 	// Ignore the failure if the tests are running in a QEMU-based emulator,
 	// QEMU is not perfect at emulating everything.
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ func testCPUProfile(t *testing.T, need []string, f func(dur time.Duration)) {
 	// IN_QEMU=1 indicates that the tests are running in QEMU. See issue 9605.
 	if os.Getenv("IN_QEMU") == "1" {
 		t.Skip("ignore the failure in QEMU; see golang.org/issue/9605")
-		return
 	}
 	t.FailNow()
 }