diff --git a/runtime/cudaq/builder/kernel_builder.cpp b/runtime/cudaq/builder/kernel_builder.cpp
index a395d6bc975..676d9bc0b0e 100644
--- a/runtime/cudaq/builder/kernel_builder.cpp
+++ b/runtime/cudaq/builder/kernel_builder.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ void exp_pauli(ImplicitLocOpBuilder &builder, const QuakeValue &theta,
       strLitTy, builder.getStringAttr(pauliWord));
   SmallVector<Value> args{thetaVal, qubitsVal, stringLiteral};
   builder.create<quake::ExpPauliOp>(TypeRange{}, args);
-  return;
 }
 
 /// @brief Search the given `FuncOp` for all `CallOps` recursively.
diff --git a/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-1.cpp b/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-1.cpp
index 88b80b06b3d..b1e17236b1b 100644
--- a/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-1.cpp
+++ b/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-1.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ int main() {
   };
 }
 
-
 // CHECK-LABEL:   func.func @__nvqpp__mlirgen__Z4mainE3$_0(
 // CHECK-SAME:                                             %[[VAL_0:.*]]: f64) attributes {"cudaq-entrypoint", "cudaq-kernel"} {
 // CHECK:           %[[VAL_1:.*]] = cc.alloca f64
diff --git a/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-2.cpp b/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-2.cpp
index 4404bb32d17..346e8d36640 100644
--- a/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-2.cpp
+++ b/test/AST-Quake/exp-pauli-2.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ int main() {
   };
 }
 
-
-
 // CHECK-LABEL:   func.func @__nvqpp__mlirgen__Z4mainE3$_0(
 // CHECK-SAME:                                             %[[VAL_0:.*]]: f64,
 // CHECK-SAME:                                             %[[VAL_1:.*]]: !cc.ptr<i8>) attributes {"cudaq-entrypoint", "cudaq-kernel"} {
diff --git a/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index ef06ce7e552..6a12a223974 100644
--- a/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ macro (create_tests_with_backend NVQIR_BACKEND EXTRA_BACKEND_TESTER)
     nvqir-${NVQIR_BACKEND} nvqir  
     cudaq fmt::fmt-header-only
     cudaq-platform-default
-    cudaq-builder 
+    cudaq-builder
     gtest_main)
   if (${NVQIR_BACKEND} STREQUAL "dm")
      target_compile_definitions(${TEST_EXE_NAME} PRIVATE -DCUDAQ_BACKEND_DM)