diff --git a/go/collect/bitcointalk.go b/go/collect/bitcointalk.go
index 0a891a9..51683d7 100644
--- a/go/collect/bitcointalk.go
+++ b/go/collect/bitcointalk.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func fetchBitcoinTalkPage(ctx context.Context, url string) (string, error)  /* v
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		return "", core.E("collect.BitcoinTalkCollector", core.Sprintf("http %s", resp.Status), nil)
 	}
diff --git a/go/jobrunner/journal.go b/go/jobrunner/journal.go
index 0100852..fb42888 100644
--- a/go/jobrunner/journal.go
+++ b/go/jobrunner/journal.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (j *Journal) Append(signal *PipelineSignal, result *ActionResult) error  /*
 	if !ok {
 		return core.E(sonarJournalJobrunnerJournalAppend, "open journal returned invalid writer", nil)
 	}
-	defer f.Close
+	defer f.Close()
 
 	if _, err := f.Write(append(payload, '\n')); err != nil {
 		return core.E(sonarJournalJobrunnerJournalAppend, "write journal", err)
diff --git a/go/plugin/config_test.go b/go/plugin/config_test.go
index b60d450..dc87420 100644
--- a/go/plugin/config_test.go
+++ b/go/plugin/config_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
 
 package plugin
-
-import "testing"