diff --git a/orderer/sbft/backend/backend.go b/orderer/sbft/backend/backend.go
index 99a052e8f67..89c7abc8627 100644
--- a/orderer/sbft/backend/backend.go
+++ b/orderer/sbft/backend/backend.go
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func Sign(privateKey crypto.PrivateKey, data []byte) []byte {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		encsig, err = asn1.Marshal(struct{ R, S *big.Int }{r, s})
+		encsig, _ = asn1.Marshal(struct{ R, S *big.Int }{r, s})
 	default:
 		panic("Unsupported private key type given.")
 	}
diff --git a/orderer/sbft/connection/connection.go b/orderer/sbft/connection/connection.go
index 35a8c6a4c86..a247e1288db 100644
--- a/orderer/sbft/connection/connection.go
+++ b/orderer/sbft/connection/connection.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func New(addr string, certFile string, keyFile string) (_ *Manager, err error) {
 	}
 
 	c.Cert = &cert
-	c.Self, err = NewPeerInfo("", cert.Certificate[0])
+	c.Self, _ = NewPeerInfo("", cert.Certificate[0])
 
 	c.tlsConfig = &tls.Config{
 		Certificates:       []tls.Certificate{cert},
diff --git a/orderer/sbft/simplebft/newview_test.go b/orderer/sbft/simplebft/newview_test.go
index 289dcabe8a5..3ce929d8bdb 100644
--- a/orderer/sbft/simplebft/newview_test.go
+++ b/orderer/sbft/simplebft/newview_test.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestXsetByz0(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	xset, _, ok := s.makeXset(vcs)
+	_, _, ok := s.makeXset(vcs)
 	if ok {
 		t.Error("should not have received an xset")
 	}
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func TestXsetByz0(t *testing.T) {
 		Checkpoint: s.makeBatch(2, []byte("prev"), nil),
 	})
 
-	xset, _, ok = s.makeXset(vcs)
+	xset, _, ok := s.makeXset(vcs)
 	if !ok {
 		t.Error("no xset")
 	}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestXsetByz2(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	xset, _, ok := s.makeXset(vcs)
+	_, _, ok := s.makeXset(vcs)
 	if ok {
 		t.Error("should not have received an xset")
 	}
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func TestXsetByz2(t *testing.T) {
 		Checkpoint: s.makeBatch(1, []byte("prev"), nil),
 	})
 
-	xset, _, ok = s.makeXset(vcs)
+	xset, _, ok := s.makeXset(vcs)
 	if !ok {
 		t.Error("no xset")
 	}