diff --git a/core/src/macros.rs b/core/src/macros.rs
index b944e58677..b2954d7733 100644
--- a/core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/core/src/macros.rs
@@ -66,30 +66,30 @@ macro_rules! tee {
 /// Eliminate some of the boilerplate of deserialization (package ser) by
 /// passing just the list of reader function (with optional single param)
 /// Example before:
-///   let foo = try!(reader.read_u64());
-///   let bar = try!(reader.read_u32());
-///   let fixed_byte_var = try!(reader.read_fixed_bytes(64));
+///   let foo = reader.read_u64()?;
+///   let bar = reader.read_u32()?;
+///   let fixed_byte_var = reader.read_fixed_bytes(64)?;
 /// Example after:
 /// let (foo, bar, fixed_byte_var) = ser_multiread!(reader, read_u64,
 /// read_u32,   read_fixed_bytes(64));
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! ser_multiread {
   ($rdr:ident, $($read_call:ident $(($val:expr)),*),*) => {
-    ( $(r#try!($rdr.$read_call($($val),*))),* )
+    ( $($rdr.$read_call($($val),*)?),* )
   }
 }
 
 /// Eliminate some of the boilerplate of serialization (package ser) by
 /// passing directly pairs of writer function and data to write.
 /// Example before:
-///   try!(reader.write_u64(42));
-///   try!(reader.write_u32(100));
+///   reader.write_u64(42)?;
+///   reader.write_u32(100)?;
 /// Example after:
 ///   ser_multiwrite!(writer, [write_u64, 42], [write_u32, 100]);
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! ser_multiwrite {
   ($wrtr:ident, $([ $write_call:ident, $val:expr ]),* ) => {
-    $( r#try!($wrtr.$write_call($val)) );*
+    $($wrtr.$write_call($val)? );*
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/vec_backend.rs b/core/tests/vec_backend.rs
index 3780f194d0..9943bef245 100644
--- a/core/tests/vec_backend.rs
+++ b/core/tests/vec_backend.rs
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ impl PMMRable for TestElem {
 
 impl Writeable for TestElem {
 	fn write<W: Writer>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), ser::Error> {
-		r#try!(writer.write_u32(self.0[0]));
-		r#try!(writer.write_u32(self.0[1]));
-		r#try!(writer.write_u32(self.0[2]));
+		writer.write_u32(self.0[0])?;
+		writer.write_u32(self.0[1])?;
+		writer.write_u32(self.0[2])?;
 		writer.write_u32(self.0[3])
 	}
 }
diff --git a/keychain/src/extkey_bip32.rs b/keychain/src/extkey_bip32.rs
index 09dd6e6279..22335772ec 100644
--- a/keychain/src/extkey_bip32.rs
+++ b/keychain/src/extkey_bip32.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ impl BIP32Hasher for BIP32GrinHasher {
 		b"IamVoldemort".to_owned()
 	}
 	fn init_sha512(&mut self, seed: &[u8]) {
-		self.hmac_sha512 = HmacSha512::new_varkey(seed).expect("HMAC can take key of any size");;
+		self.hmac_sha512 = HmacSha512::new_varkey(seed).expect("HMAC can take key of any size");
 	}
 	fn append_sha512(&mut self, value: &[u8]) {
 		self.hmac_sha512.input(value);
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ impl ExtendedPrivKey {
 			Err(e) => return Err(Error::MnemonicError(e)),
 		};
 		let mut hasher = BIP32GrinHasher::new(is_floo);
-		let key = r#try!(ExtendedPrivKey::new_master(secp, &mut hasher, &seed));
+		let key = ExtendedPrivKey::new_master(secp, &mut hasher, &seed)?;
 		Ok(key)
 	}
 
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ mod tests {
 			b"Bitcoin seed".to_owned()
 		}
 		fn init_sha512(&mut self, seed: &[u8]) {
-			self.hmac_sha512 = HmacSha512::new_varkey(seed).expect("HMAC can take key of any size");;
+			self.hmac_sha512 = HmacSha512::new_varkey(seed).expect("HMAC can take key of any size");
 		}
 		fn append_sha512(&mut self, value: &[u8]) {
 			self.hmac_sha512.input(value);
@@ -900,5 +900,4 @@ mod tests {
 		serde_round_trip!(ChildNumber::from_hardened_idx(1));
 		serde_round_trip!(ChildNumber::from_hardened_idx((1 << 31) - 1));
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/keychain/src/mnemonic.rs b/keychain/src/mnemonic.rs
index cf0879ed7c..752907db1f 100644
--- a/keychain/src/mnemonic.rs
+++ b/keychain/src/mnemonic.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ pub fn to_entropy(mnemonic: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
 	}
 
 	// u11 vector of indexes for each word
-	let mut indexes: Vec<u16> = r#try!(words.iter().map(|x| search(x)).collect());
+	let mut indexes: Vec<u16> = words
+		.iter()
+		.map(|x| search(x))
+		.collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
 	let checksum_bits = words.len() / 3;
 	let mask = ((1 << checksum_bits) - 1) as u8;
 	let last = indexes.pop().unwrap();
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ where
 	Option<&'a str>: From<T>,
 {
 	// make sure the mnemonic is valid
-	r#try!(to_entropy(mnemonic));
+	to_entropy(mnemonic)?;
 
 	let salt = ("mnemonic".to_owned() + Option::from(passphrase).unwrap_or("")).into_bytes();
 	let data = mnemonic.as_bytes();
diff --git a/keychain/src/types.rs b/keychain/src/types.rs
index abd01f5a09..a6c774935c 100644
--- a/keychain/src/types.rs
+++ b/keychain/src/types.rs
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ impl AsRef<[u8]> for Identifier {
 
 impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Identifier {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
-		r#try!(write!(f, "{}(", stringify!(Identifier)));
-		r#try!(write!(f, "{}", self.to_hex()));
+		write!(f, "{}(", stringify!(Identifier))?;
+		write!(f, "{}", self.to_hex())?;
 		write!(f, ")")
 	}
 }