diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c95aec6ae69..c8e531d8ec9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/minio-go v0.0.0-20190131015406-c8a261de75c1
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.0-20160115111002-cca8bbc07984
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc v0.0.0-20180928155321-4b5a12d3ff02
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctld/vtctld.go b/go/vt/vtctld/vtctld.go
index 5baae205306..f29967cfdbe 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctld/vtctld.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctld/vtctld.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	enableRealtimeStats = flag.Bool("enable_realtime_stats", false, "Required for the Realtime Stats view. If set, vtctld will maintain a streaming RPC to each tablet (in all cells) to gather the realtime health stats.")
 
-	_  = flag.String("web_dir", "", "NOT USED, here for backward compatibility")
+	_ = flag.String("web_dir", "", "NOT USED, here for backward compatibility")
 	_ = flag.String("web_dir2", "", "NOT USED, here for backward compatibility")
 )