diff --git a/pkg/plugins/dashboards_updater.go b/pkg/plugins/dashboards_updater.go
index ebe11ed32d4..616d4541bec 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/dashboards_updater.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/dashboards_updater.go
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ func autoUpdateAppDashboard(pluginDashInfo *PluginDashboardInfoDTO, orgId int64)
 		Path:      pluginDashInfo.Path,
 	}
 
-	if err := bus.Dispatch(&updateCmd); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return bus.Dispatch(&updateCmd)
 }
 
 func syncPluginDashboards(pluginDef *PluginBase, orgId int64) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go
index 19ed960638e..31867910ddb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert_notification.go
@@ -239,11 +239,8 @@ func RecordNotificationJournal(ctx context.Context, cmd *m.RecordNotificationJou
 			Success:    cmd.Success,
 		}
 
-		if _, err := sess.Insert(journalEntry); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
+		_, err := sess.Insert(journalEntry)
+		return err
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go
index 78973b3faa6..4ebe0db8f89 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (c *baseClientImpl) encodeBatchRequests(requests []*multiRequest) ([]byte,
 		payload.WriteString(body + "\n")
 	}
 
-	elapsed := time.Now().Sub(start)
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 	clientLog.Debug("Encoded batch requests to json", "took", elapsed)
 
 	return payload.Bytes(), nil
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (c *baseClientImpl) executeRequest(method, uriPath string, body []byte) (*h
 
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
-		elapsed := time.Now().Sub(start)
+		elapsed := time.Since(start)
 		clientLog.Debug("Executed request", "took", elapsed)
 	}()
 	return ctxhttp.Do(c.ctx, httpClient, req)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func (c *baseClientImpl) ExecuteMultisearch(r *MultiSearchRequest) (*MultiSearch
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	elapsed := time.Now().Sub(start)
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 	clientLog.Debug("Decoded multisearch json response", "took", elapsed)
 
 	msr.Status = res.StatusCode