diff --git a/mc_work/dorun.go b/mc_work/dorun.go
index c61d01c56f9dfd96b143efd1be12601d2762a558..4b9cfd5ea4a73180503af7a8d241a88786e479dd 100644
--- a/mc_work/dorun.go
+++ b/mc_work/dorun.go
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ func nRunAdj(mcPrm *mcPrm, nstep uint32, runAcc float64, xDlta float32) float32
 	}
 	return xDlta
 }
-func breaker(...interface{}) {}
 
 // doRun does a Monte Carlo run. Although single precision is fine for the
 // coordinates and function, we use double precision for the temperature.
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ func doRun(mcPrm *mcPrm) error {
 		defer cprm.fOut.Flush()
 	}
 
-	if c, ok := cprm.fplotWrt.(io.Closer); ok == true { // will also have to do for X values
+	if c, ok := cprm.fplotWrt.(io.Closer); ok  { // will also have to do for X values
 		defer c.Close()
 	}
 
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@ func doRun(mcPrm *mcPrm) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if bBuf, ok := cprm.fplotWrt.(withBytes); ok == true {
+	if bBuf, ok := cprm.fplotWrt.(withBytes); ok  {
 		fmt.Println("bBuf for plotting is this big", len(bBuf.Bytes()))
 	}
 	if err := plotxWrt(&cprm, mcPrm.xPltName, len(mcPrm.xIni)); err != nil {