diff --git a/xmpp.go b/xmpp.go
index 0fc7b70..623e8da 100644
--- a/xmpp.go
+++ b/xmpp.go
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ func (c *Client) Recv() (stanza interface{}, err error) {
 			return Presence{v.From, v.To, v.Type, v.Show}, nil
 		}
 	}
-	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
 // Send sends the message wrapped inside an XMPP message stanza body.
@@ -726,7 +725,6 @@ func nextStart(p *xml.Decoder) (xml.StartElement, error) {
 			return t, nil
 		}
 	}
-	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
 // Scan XML token stream for next element and save into val.