diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c95aec6ae69..c8e531d8ec9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/minio-go v0.0.0-20190131015406-c8a261de75c1
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
-	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.0-20160115111002-cca8bbc07984
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc v0.0.0-20180928155321-4b5a12d3ff02
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0
diff --git a/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/dbclient.go b/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/dbclient.go
index 83533ddb34a..abaf3506c93 100644
--- a/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/dbclient.go
+++ b/go/vt/binlog/binlogplayer/dbclient.go
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ func (dc *dbClientImpl) Rollback() error {
 }
 
 func (dc *dbClientImpl) Close() {
-	if dc.dbConn != nil {
-		dc.dbConn.Close()
-		dc.dbConn = nil
-	}
+	dc.dbConn.Close()
 }
 
 func (dc *dbClientImpl) ExecuteFetch(query string, maxrows int) (*sqltypes.Result, error) {
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/framework_test.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/framework_test.go
index 24853187a62..08c2b40465e 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/framework_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/framework_test.go
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ func (dbc *realDBClient) Rollback() error {
 
 func (dbc *realDBClient) Close() {
 	dbc.conn.Close()
-	dbc.conn = nil
 }
 
 func (dbc *realDBClient) ExecuteFetch(query string, maxrows int) (*sqltypes.Result, error) {