diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/portforward/websocket.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/portforward/websocket.go
index 22d5add067a..cb4bca04558 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/portforward/websocket.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/portforward/websocket.go
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ type websocketStreamPair struct {
 // request over a websocket connection
 type websocketStreamHandler struct {
 	conn        *wsstream.Conn
-	ports       []int32
 	streamPairs []*websocketStreamPair
 	pod         string
 	uid         types.UID
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/remotecommand/httpstream.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/remotecommand/httpstream.go
index f09b5e400b5..9d4883212d9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/remotecommand/httpstream.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/remotecommand/httpstream.go
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func handleResizeEvents(stream io.Reader, channel chan<- remotecommand.TerminalS
 	}
 }
 
-func v1WriteStatusFunc(stream io.WriteCloser) func(status *apierrors.StatusError) error {
+func v1WriteStatusFunc(stream io.Writer) func(status *apierrors.StatusError) error {
 	return func(status *apierrors.StatusError) error {
 		if status.Status().Status == metav1.StatusSuccess {
 			return nil // send error messages
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func v1WriteStatusFunc(stream io.WriteCloser) func(status *apierrors.StatusError
 
 // v4WriteStatusFunc returns a WriteStatusFunc that marshals a given api Status
 // as json in the error channel.
-func v4WriteStatusFunc(stream io.WriteCloser) func(status *apierrors.StatusError) error {
+func v4WriteStatusFunc(stream io.Writer) func(status *apierrors.StatusError) error {
 	return func(status *apierrors.StatusError) error {
 		bs, err := json.Marshal(status.Status())
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
index 0b70b89b441..63e0f11ee79 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDefaultHandlers() {
 		healthz.PingHealthz,
 		healthz.NamedCheck("syncloop", s.syncLoopHealthCheck),
 	)
-	var ws *restful.WebService
-	ws = new(restful.WebService)
+	ws := new(restful.WebService)
 	ws.
 		Path("/pods").
 		Produces(restful.MIME_JSON)
@@ -296,9 +295,8 @@ const pprofBasePath = "/debug/pprof/"
 // InstallDebuggingHandlers registers the HTTP request patterns that serve logs or run commands/containers
 func (s *Server) InstallDebuggingHandlers(criHandler http.Handler) {
 	glog.Infof("Adding debug handlers to kubelet server.")
-	var ws *restful.WebService
 
-	ws = new(restful.WebService)
+	ws := new(restful.WebService)
 	ws.
 		Path("/run")
 	ws.Route(ws.POST("/{podNamespace}/{podID}/{containerName}").
@@ -429,7 +427,7 @@ func (s *Server) syncLoopHealthCheck(req *http.Request) error {
 	}
 	enterLoopTime := s.host.LatestLoopEntryTime()
 	if !enterLoopTime.IsZero() && time.Now().After(enterLoopTime.Add(duration)) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Sync Loop took longer than expected.")
+		return fmt.Errorf("sync Loop took longer than expected")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server_test.go
index e8b96aa0a11..045a6144b38 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server_test.go
@@ -248,21 +248,6 @@ func newServerTest() *serverTestFramework {
 	return fw
 }
 
-// encodeJSON returns obj marshalled as a JSON string, panicing on any errors
-func encodeJSON(obj interface{}) string {
-	data, err := json.Marshal(obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return string(data)
-}
-
-func readResp(resp *http.Response) (string, error) {
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	return string(body), err
-}
-
 // A helper function to return the correct pod name.
 func getPodName(name, namespace string) string {
 	if namespace == "" {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server_websocket_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server_websocket_test.go
index 080e09fb6b9..058b67d978a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server_websocket_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server_websocket_test.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func TestServeWSPortForward(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		if test.containerData != "" {
-			channel, data, err = wsRead(ws)
+			_, data, err = wsRead(ws)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("%d: unexpected error reading container data: %v", i, err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
index be604aff3c4..eb39efd44c2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/stats/summary_test.go
@@ -376,13 +376,6 @@ func checkMemoryStats(t *testing.T, label string, seed int, info v2.ContainerInf
 	}
 }
 
-func checkFsStats(t *testing.T, capacity uint64, Available uint64, inodes uint64, inodesFree uint64, fs *kubestats.FsStats) {
-	assert.EqualValues(t, capacity, *fs.CapacityBytes)
-	assert.EqualValues(t, Available, *fs.AvailableBytes)
-	assert.EqualValues(t, inodesFree, *fs.InodesFree)
-	assert.EqualValues(t, inodes, *fs.Inodes)
-}
-
 func TestCustomMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	spec := []v1.MetricSpec{
 		{