diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 44636a41d..571b10f95 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ script:
    - sudo docker pull debian
    - sudo ip link add testdummy type dummy
    - sudo ip addr add 198.51.100.1/24 dev testdummy
-   - gometalinter.v1 --tests --vendor --disable-all --enable=misspell --enable=vet --enable=ineffassign --enable=gofmt --enable=gocyclo --cyclo-over=15 --enable=golint --enable=deadcode ./...
+   - gometalinter.v1 --deadline=5m --tests --vendor --disable-all --enable=misspell --enable=vet --enable=ineffassign --enable=gofmt --enable=gocyclo --cyclo-over=15 --enable=golint --enable=deadcode --enable=varcheck --enable=structcheck ./...
    - cd _release/bat
-   - gometalinter.v1 --tests --vendor --disable-all --enable=misspell --enable=vet --enable=ineffassign --enable=gofmt --enable=gocyclo --cyclo-over=15 --enable=golint --enable=deadcode ./...
+   - gometalinter.v1 --deadline=5m --tests --vendor --disable-all --enable=misspell --enable=vet --enable=ineffassign --enable=gofmt --enable=gocyclo --cyclo-over=15 --enable=golint --enable=deadcode --enable=varcheck --enable=structcheck ./...
    - cd ../..
    - sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/ciao/instances
    - sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/ciao/data/controller/workloads
diff --git a/ciao-cli/event.go b/ciao-cli/event.go
index 4c6b299f8..8d9b8921a 100644
--- a/ciao-cli/event.go
+++ b/ciao-cli/event.go
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ func (cmd *eventListCommand) run(args []string) error {
 }
 
 type eventDeleteCommand struct {
-	Flag   flag.FlagSet
-	all    bool
-	tenant string
+	Flag flag.FlagSet
 }
 
 func (cmd *eventDeleteCommand) usage(...string) {
diff --git a/ciao-cli/external_ips.go b/ciao-cli/external_ips.go
index 32b939bca..ab4eb0a6d 100644
--- a/ciao-cli/external_ips.go
+++ b/ciao-cli/external_ips.go
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ type poolAddCommand struct {
 	Flag   flag.FlagSet
 	name   string
 	subnet string
-	ips    []string
 }
 
 func (cmd *poolAddCommand) usage(...string) {
diff --git a/ciao-cli/main.go b/ciao-cli/main.go
index ee1467221..348106f54 100644
--- a/ciao-cli/main.go
+++ b/ciao-cli/main.go
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ var scopedToken string
 const openstackComputePort = 8774
 const openstackComputeVersion = "v2.1"
 
-type action uint8
-
 func infof(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if glog.V(1) {
 		glog.InfoDepth(1, fmt.Sprintf("ciao-cli INFO: "+format, args...))
diff --git a/ciao-cli/node.go b/ciao-cli/node.go
index 68b32726f..79cbd07d6 100644
--- a/ciao-cli/node.go
+++ b/ciao-cli/node.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ type nodeListCommand struct {
 	network  bool
 	all      bool
 	cnci     bool
-	nodeID   bool
 	template string
 }
 
diff --git a/ciao-controller/api.go b/ciao-controller/api.go
index 819b37e10..1eea9ae87 100644
--- a/ciao-controller/api.go
+++ b/ciao-controller/api.go
@@ -68,15 +68,9 @@ func errorResponse(err error) APIResponse {
 type pagerFilterType uint8
 
 const (
-	none         pagerFilterType = 0
-	statusFilter                 = 0x2
+	none pagerFilterType = 0
 )
 
-type pager interface {
-	filter(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, item interface{}) bool
-	nextPage(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, r *http.Request) ([]byte, error)
-}
-
 func pagerQueryParse(r *http.Request) (int, int, string) {
 	values := r.URL.Query()
 	limit := 0
@@ -133,10 +127,6 @@ func (pager *nodePager) getNodes(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, node
 	return computeNodes, nil
 }
 
-func (pager *nodePager) filter(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, node types.CiaoNode) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 func (pager *nodePager) nextPage(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, r *http.Request) (types.CiaoNodes, error) {
 	limit, offset, lastSeen := pagerQueryParse(r)
 
@@ -195,10 +185,6 @@ func (pager *nodeServerPager) getNodeServers(filterType pagerFilterType, filter
 	return servers, nil
 }
 
-func (pager *nodeServerPager) filter(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, instance types.CiaoServerStats) bool {
-	return false
-}
-
 func (pager *nodeServerPager) nextPage(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, r *http.Request) (types.CiaoServersStats, error) {
 	limit, offset, lastSeen := pagerQueryParse(r)
 
diff --git a/ciao-controller/api/api_test.go b/ciao-controller/api/api_test.go
index 87584dbf8..e54b142de 100644
--- a/ciao-controller/api/api_test.go
+++ b/ciao-controller/api/api_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/01org/ciao/ciao-controller/types"
@@ -36,11 +35,6 @@ type test struct {
 	expectedResponse string
 }
 
-func myHostname() string {
-	host, _ := os.Hostname()
-	return host
-}
-
 var tests = []test{
 	{
 		"GET",
diff --git a/ciao-controller/client_wrapper_test.go b/ciao-controller/client_wrapper_test.go
index 63952c346..2dd8416c3 100644
--- a/ciao-controller/client_wrapper_test.go
+++ b/ciao-controller/client_wrapper_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ssntpClientWrapper struct {
-	ctl        *controller
 	name       string
 	realClient controllerClient
 
diff --git a/ciao-controller/controller_test.go b/ciao-controller/controller_test.go
index 3ccdd3727..c55c10ad3 100644
--- a/ciao-controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/ciao-controller/controller_test.go
@@ -1914,7 +1914,6 @@ func TestMapAddressNoPool(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var testClients []*testutil.SsntpTestClient
 var ctl *controller
 var server *testutil.SsntpTestServer
 var wrappedClient *ssntpClientWrapper
diff --git a/ciao-image/datastore/datastore_test.go b/ciao-image/datastore/datastore_test.go
index 9acaaa273..a8bc88e47 100644
--- a/ciao-image/datastore/datastore_test.go
+++ b/ciao-image/datastore/datastore_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var mountPoint = "/tmp"
-var metaDsTables = []string{"images"}
 var dbDir = "/tmp"
 var dbFile = "ciao-image.db"
 var testImageID = "12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678"
diff --git a/ciao-launcher/qemu_test.go b/ciao-launcher/qemu_test.go
index af0550e7d..907e04e65 100644
--- a/ciao-launcher/qemu_test.go
+++ b/ciao-launcher/qemu_test.go
@@ -28,70 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var imageInfoTestGood = `
-image: /var/lib/ciao/images/clear-8780-cloud.img
-file format: qcow2
-virtual size: 865M (907018240 bytes)
-disk size: 113M
-cluster_size: 65536
-Format specific information:
-    compat: 1.1
-    lazy refcounts: false
-    refcount bits: 16
-    corrupt: false
-`
-
-var imageInfoTestMissingBytes = `
-image: /var/lib/ciao/images/clear-8780-cloud.img
-file format: qcow2
-virtual size: 865M
-disk size: 113M
-cluster_size: 65536
-Format specific information:
-    compat: 1.1
-    lazy refcounts: false
-    refcount bits: 16
-    corrupt: false
-`
-
-var imageInfoTestMissingLine = `
-image: /var/lib/ciao/images/clear-8780-cloud.img
-file format: qcow2
-disk size: 113M
-cluster_size: 65536
-Format specific information:
-    compat: 1.1
-    lazy refcounts: false
-    refcount bits: 16
-    corrupt: false
-`
-
-var imageInfoTooBig = `
-image: /var/lib/ciao/images/clear-8780-cloud.img
-file format: qcow2
-virtual size: 18,446,744,073,710M (18446744073709551615 bytes)
-disk size: 113M
-cluster_size: 65536
-Format specific information:
-    compat: 1.1
-    lazy refcounts: false
-    refcount bits: 16
-    corrupt: false
-`
-
-var imageInfoBadBytes = `
-image: /var/lib/ciao/images/clear-8780-cloud.img
-file format: qcow2
-virtual size: 865M (9aaaa07018240 bytes)
-disk size: 113M
-cluster_size: 65536
-Format specific information:
-    compat: 1.1
-    lazy refcounts: false
-    refcount bits: 16
-    corrupt: false
-`
-
 func genQEMUParams(networkParams []string) []string {
 	baseParams := []string{
 		"-drive",
diff --git a/configuration/configuration_test.go b/configuration/configuration_test.go
index 795d92caf..09df8000e 100644
--- a/configuration/configuration_test.go
+++ b/configuration/configuration_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const invalidURI = "file://%z invalid uri with spaces"
 const emptyPathURI = "file://"
 
 const keystoneURL = "http://keystone.example.com"
-const glanceURL = "http://glance.example.com"
 const computeNet = "192.168.1.0/24"
 const mgmtNet = "192.168.1.0/24"
 const storageURI = "/etc/ciao/configuration.yaml"
diff --git a/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/client.go b/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/client.go
index 758004cd9..2a13b006e 100644
--- a/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/client.go
+++ b/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/client.go
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ type agentClient struct {
 	ssntpConn
 	db    *cnciDatabase
 	cmdCh chan *cmdWrapper
-	netCh chan struct{} //Used to signal physical network changes
 }
 
 func (client *agentClient) DisconnectNotify() {
diff --git a/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/network.go b/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/network.go
index ae2be11bf..70ed26b93 100644
--- a/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/network.go
+++ b/networking/ciao-cnci-agent/network.go
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ func initNetwork(cancelCh <-chan os.Signal) error {
 }
 
 func unmarshallSubnetParams(cmd *payloads.TenantAddedEvent) (*net.IPNet, int, net.IP, error) {
-	const maxKey = ^uint32(0)
-
 	_, snet, err := net.ParseCIDR(cmd.TenantSubnet)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid Remote subnet")
diff --git a/networking/libsnnet/tests/parallel/parallel_test.go b/networking/libsnnet/tests/parallel/parallel_test.go
index d384d7e6b..d2c0a56f6 100644
--- a/networking/libsnnet/tests/parallel/parallel_test.go
+++ b/networking/libsnnet/tests/parallel/parallel_test.go
@@ -368,22 +368,6 @@ func dockerNetDelete(t *testing.T, subnetID string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func dockerNetList(t *testing.T) error {
-	assert := assert.New(t)
-	defer logTime(t, time.Now(), "dockerNetList")
-	out, err := exec.Command("docker", "network", "ls").CombinedOutput()
-	assert.Nil(err, string(out))
-	return err
-}
-
-func dockerNetInfo(t *testing.T, subnetID string) error {
-	assert := assert.New(t)
-	defer logTime(t, time.Now(), "dockerNetInfo")
-	out, err := exec.Command("docker", "network", "inspect", subnetID).CombinedOutput()
-	assert.Nil(err, string(out))
-	return err
-}
-
 type dockerNetType int
 
 const (
diff --git a/openstack/compute/api.go b/openstack/compute/api.go
index 6a010f695..e321cb46b 100644
--- a/openstack/compute/api.go
+++ b/openstack/compute/api.go
@@ -305,15 +305,8 @@ type pagerFilterType uint8
 const (
 	none pagerFilterType = iota
 	flavorFilter
-	limit
-	marker
 )
 
-type pager interface {
-	filter(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, item interface{}) bool
-	nextPage(filterType pagerFilterType, filter string, r *http.Request) ([]byte, error)
-}
-
 type serverPager struct {
 	servers []ServerDetails
 }
diff --git a/openstack/compute/api_test.go b/openstack/compute/api_test.go
index 36ae5ba23..1c06c30e6 100644
--- a/openstack/compute/api_test.go
+++ b/openstack/compute/api_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -31,11 +30,6 @@ type test struct {
 	expectedResponse string
 }
 
-func myHostname() string {
-	host, _ := os.Hostname()
-	return host
-}
-
 var tests = []test{
 	{
 		"POST",
diff --git a/qemu/qmp.go b/qemu/qmp.go
index fc09543f8..b92a71432 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp.go
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ type QMPEvent struct {
 }
 
 type qmpResult struct {
-	err  error
-	data map[string]interface{}
+	err error
 }
 
 type qmpCommand struct {
diff --git a/qemu/qmp_test.go b/qemu/qmp_test.go
index 54ec792cd..ce94c8ed5 100644
--- a/qemu/qmp_test.go
+++ b/qemu/qmp_test.go
@@ -32,17 +32,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	microStr   = "50"
-	minorStr   = "6"
-	majorStr   = "2"
-	micro      = 50
-	minor      = 6
-	major      = 2
-	cap1       = "one"
-	cap2       = "two"
-	qmpHello   = `{ "QMP": { "version": { "qemu": { "micro": ` + microStr + `, "minor": ` + minorStr + `, "major": ` + majorStr + ` }, "package": ""}, "capabilities": ["` + cap1 + `","` + cap2 + `"]}}` + "\n"
-	qmpSuccess = `{ "return": {}}` + "\n"
-	qmpFailure = `{ "error": {}}` + "\n"
+	microStr = "50"
+	minorStr = "6"
+	majorStr = "2"
+	micro    = 50
+	minor    = 6
+	major    = 2
+	cap1     = "one"
+	cap2     = "two"
+	qmpHello = `{ "QMP": { "version": { "qemu": { "micro": ` + microStr + `, "minor": ` + minorStr + `, "major": ` + majorStr + ` }, "package": ""}, "capabilities": ["` + cap1 + `","` + cap2 + `"]}}` + "\n"
 )
 
 type qmpTestLogger struct{}
@@ -491,13 +489,6 @@ func TestQMPDeviceDel(t *testing.T) {
 // The device_del command should timeout after 1 second and the QMP loop
 // should exit gracefully.
 func TestQMPDeviceDelTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	const (
-		seconds         = 1352167040730
-		microsecondsEv1 = 123456
-		device          = "device_" + testutil.VolumeUUID
-		path            = "/dev/rbd0"
-	)
-
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	connectedCh := make(chan *QMPVersion)
 	disconnectedCh := make(chan struct{})
diff --git a/ssntp/server.go b/ssntp/server.go
index 4acfe0f86..2b10aae76 100644
--- a/ssntp/server.go
+++ b/ssntp/server.go
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ type Server struct {
 	stopped       boolFlag
 	stoppedChan   chan struct{}
 	role          Role
-	roleVerify    bool
 	clientWg      sync.WaitGroup
 
 	forwardRules frameForward
diff --git a/ssntp/ssntp_test.go b/ssntp/ssntp_test.go
index 18eda9d1f..6668f18be 100644
--- a/ssntp/ssntp_test.go
+++ b/ssntp/ssntp_test.go
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ type ssntpClient struct {
 	cmdTracedChannel   chan string
 	cmdDurationChannel chan time.Duration
 	cmdDumpChannel     chan struct{}
-	staTracedChannel   chan string
-	evtTracedChannel   chan string
-	errTracedChannel   chan string
 }
 
 func (client *ssntpClient) ConnectNotify() {
diff --git a/testutil/agent.go b/testutil/agent.go
index 09f4ea379..3eba60abb 100644
--- a/testutil/agent.go
+++ b/testutil/agent.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type SsntpTestClient struct {
 	Name                   string
 	instances              []payloads.InstanceStat
 	instancesLock          *sync.Mutex
-	ticker                 *time.Ticker
 	UUID                   string
 	Role                   ssntp.Role
 	StartFail              bool