diff --git a/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c b/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c
index aadf050410..7bdac3d94c 100644
--- a/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c
+++ b/contrib/hstore/hstore_io.c
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ get_val(HSParser *state, bool ignoreeq, bool *escaped)
 
 		state->ptr++;
 	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 #define WKEY	0
diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c b/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
index dfb113a8ea..d0572afc1e 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ gettoken(WORKSTATE *state, int32 *val)
 		}
 		(state->buf)++;
 	}
-	return END;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -301,7 +300,6 @@ execute(ITEM *curitem, void *checkval, bool calcnot,
 		else
 			return execute(curitem - 1, checkval, calcnot, chkcond);
 	}
-	return false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -404,7 +402,6 @@ contains_required_value(ITEM *curitem)
 		else
 			return false;
 	}
-	return false;
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int_gist.c b/contrib/intarray/_int_gist.c
index e429c8b58c..60de393bdf 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int_gist.c
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int_gist.c
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ g_int_compress(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	}
 	else
 		PG_RETURN_POINTER(entry);
-
-	PG_RETURN_POINTER(entry);
 }
 
 Datum
diff --git a/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c b/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c
index c2e532c3b8..583ff2aaeb 100644
--- a/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c
+++ b/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ gettoken_query(QPRS_STATE *state, int32 *val, int32 *lenval, char **strval, uint
 
 		state->buf += charlen;
 	}
-	return END;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_op.c b/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_op.c
index bedbe247eb..64f9d219f7 100644
--- a/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_op.c
+++ b/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_op.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ ltree_execute(ITEM *curitem, void *checkval, bool calcnot, bool (*chkcond) (void
 		else
 			return ltree_execute(curitem + 1, checkval, calcnot, chkcond);
 	}
-	return false;
 }
 
 typedef struct
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c
index 82ac53e148..3efdedd180 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ ginFindLeafPage(GinBtree btree, GinBtreeStack *stack)
 			stack->predictNumber = 1;
 		}
 	}
-
-	/* keep compiler happy */
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginget.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginget.c
index 022bd27b23..57022594bf 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginget.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginget.c
@@ -354,8 +354,6 @@ collectMatchBitmap(GinBtreeData *btree, GinBtreeStack *stack,
 		 */
 		stack->off++;
 	}
-
-	return true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c
index c790ad6ffb..2253e7c0eb 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c
@@ -535,8 +535,6 @@ gistgettuple(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 			} while (so->nPageData == 0);
 		}
 	}
-
-	PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);		/* keep compiler quiet */
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeGroup.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeGroup.c
index 80e282bbf4..a8a1fe6aae 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeGroup.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeGroup.c
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ ExecGroup(GroupState *node)
 		else
 			InstrCountFiltered1(node, 1);
 	}
-
-	/* NOTREACHED */
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* -----------------
diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
index e0ab5997fb..0d66dab42d 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ secure_loaded_verify_locations(void)
 {
 #ifdef USE_SSL
 	return ssl_loaded_verify_locations;
-#endif
-
+#else
 	return false;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/freelist.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/freelist.c
index c92774798c..d96b7a7b05 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/freelist.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/freelist.c
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ StrategyGetBuffer(BufferAccessStrategy strategy, bool *lock_held)
 		}
 		UnlockBufHdr(buf);
 	}
-
-	/* not reached */
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 9a5438f18a..f696375cab 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -4198,11 +4198,6 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], const char *username)
 								firstchar)));
 		}
 	}							/* end of input-reading loop */
-
-	/* can't get here because the above loop never exits */
-	Assert(false);
-
-	abort();					/* keep compiler quiet */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/tsearch/dict_thesaurus.c b/src/backend/tsearch/dict_thesaurus.c
index 7e641ef64f..1f52372a48 100644
--- a/src/backend/tsearch/dict_thesaurus.c
+++ b/src/backend/tsearch/dict_thesaurus.c
@@ -744,8 +744,6 @@ findVariant(LexemeInfo *in, LexemeInfo *stored, uint16 curpos, LexemeInfo **newi
 		for (i = 0; i < newn; i++)
 			newin[i] = newin[i]->nextentry;
 	}
-
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 static TSLexeme *
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
index b46cb87615..4347ad317f 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,6 @@ get_th(char *num, int type)
 				return numTH[3];
 			return numth[3];
 	}
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* ----------
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
index 010167a8a9..b7c46abd05 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ gettoken_query(TSQueryParserState state,
 		}
 		state->buf += pg_mblen(state->buf);
 	}
-	return PT_END;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c
index 5214fce7a6..058b30fe25 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector_parser.c
@@ -362,6 +362,4 @@ gettoken_tsvector(TSVectorParseState state,
 		/* get next char */
 		state->prsbuf += pg_mblen(state->prsbuf);
 	}
-
-	return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
index dbc6ecf431..c4e1d2a682 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
@@ -435,7 +435,4 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			pg_usleep(RECONNECT_SLEEP_TIME * 1000000);
 		}
 	}
-
-	/* Never get here */
-	exit(2);
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/variables.c b/src/bin/psql/variables.c
index 4baa3e253a..6875f63dc1 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/variables.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/variables.c
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ ParseVariableBool(const char *value)
 		psql_error("unrecognized Boolean value; assuming \"on\"\n");
 		return true;
 	}
-	/* suppress compiler warning */
-	return true;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c
index d4bfd0d35d..98b81894f3 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ ecpg_type_name(enum ECPGttype typ)
 		default:
 			abort();
 	}
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
index 8ca791ce3f..11a56c9a8f 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_exec.c
@@ -1663,8 +1663,6 @@ exec_stmt_loop(PLpgSQL_execstate *estate, PLpgSQL_stmt_loop *stmt)
 				elog(ERROR, "unrecognized rc: %d", rc);
 		}
 	}
-
-	return PLPGSQL_RC_OK;
 }