diff --git a/simgear/props/condition.cxx b/simgear/props/condition.cxx
index b7efa7e3..53922ce9 100644
--- a/simgear/props/condition.cxx
+++ b/simgear/props/condition.cxx
@@ -312,9 +312,8 @@ doComparison (const SGPropertyNode * left, const SGPropertyNode * right, const S
       return SGComparisonCondition::LESS_THAN;
     else if (v1 > v2)
       return SGComparisonCondition::GREATER_THAN;
-    else
-      return SGComparisonCondition::EQUALS;
-    break;
+
+    return SGComparisonCondition::EQUALS;
   }
   case props::INT:
     return doComp<int>(left->getIntValue(), right->getIntValue(), 
@@ -342,9 +341,8 @@ doComparison (const SGPropertyNode * left, const SGPropertyNode * right, const S
       return SGComparisonCondition::LESS_THAN;
     else if (v1 > v2)
       return SGComparisonCondition::GREATER_THAN;
-    else
-      return SGComparisonCondition::EQUALS;
-    break;
+
+    return SGComparisonCondition::EQUALS;
   }
   default:
     throw sg_exception("condition: unrecognized node type in comparison");
diff --git a/simgear/props/props.hxx b/simgear/props/props.hxx
index 8ee640ae..08216a23 100644
--- a/simgear/props/props.hxx
+++ b/simgear/props/props.hxx
@@ -2045,7 +2045,6 @@ T SGPropertyNode::getValue(typename std::enable_if<!simgear::props
     case STRING:
     case UNSPECIFIED:
         return simgear::parseString<T>(make_string());
-        break;
     default: // avoid compiler warning
         break;
     }
diff --git a/simgear/scene/model/animation.cxx b/simgear/scene/model/animation.cxx
index e1d8ba70..9bc9fddd 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/model/animation.cxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/model/animation.cxx
@@ -300,10 +300,9 @@ read_value(const SGPropertyNode* configNode, SGPropertyNode* modelRoot,
     if (minClip > SGMiscd::min(SGLimitsd::min(), -SGLimitsd::max()) ||
         maxClip < SGLimitsd::max())
       value = new SGClipExpression<double>(value, minClip, maxClip);
-    
-    return value;
   }
-  return 0;
+
+  return value;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/simgear/scene/util/SGImageUtils.cxx b/simgear/scene/util/SGImageUtils.cxx
index 58aad3b2..0d49ec7e 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/util/SGImageUtils.cxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/util/SGImageUtils.cxx
@@ -1907,37 +1907,26 @@ namespace
         {
         case GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT:
             return chooseReader<GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_LUMINANCE:
             return chooseReader<GL_LUMINANCE>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_RED:
             return chooseReader<GL_RED>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_ALPHA:
             return chooseReader<GL_ALPHA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA:
             return chooseReader<GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_RGB:
             return chooseReader<GL_RGB>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_RGBA:
             return chooseReader<GL_RGBA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_BGR:
             return chooseReader<GL_BGR>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_BGRA:
             return chooseReader<GL_BGRA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_COMPRESSED_RGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT:
             return &ColorReader<GL_COMPRESSED_RGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT, GLubyte>::read;
-            break;
         default:
             return 0L;
-            break;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -2057,34 +2046,24 @@ namespace
         {
         case GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT:
             return chooseWriter<GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_LUMINANCE:
             return chooseWriter<GL_LUMINANCE>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_RED:
             return chooseWriter<GL_RED>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_ALPHA:
             return chooseWriter<GL_ALPHA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA:
             return chooseWriter<GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_RGB:
             return chooseWriter<GL_RGB>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_RGBA:
             return chooseWriter<GL_RGBA>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_BGR:
             return chooseWriter<GL_BGR>(dataType);
-            break;
         case GL_BGRA:
             return chooseWriter<GL_BGRA>(dataType);
-            break;
         default:
             return 0L;
-            break;
         }
     }
 }