diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
index d6760f156e..b79c261392 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/annotations/sessionaffinity/main.go
@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ type affinity struct {
 // ParseAnnotations parses the annotations contained in the ingress
 // rule used to configure the affinity directives
 func (a affinity) Parse(ing *extensions.Ingress) (interface{}, error) {
-
-	var cookieAffinityConfig *CookieConfig
-	cookieAffinityConfig = &CookieConfig{}
-
+	cookieAffinityConfig := &CookieConfig{}
 	// Check the type of affinity that will be used
 	at, err := parser.GetStringAnnotation(annotationAffinityType, ing)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
index 47f0a9acff..a66a87e33d 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func newAnnotationExtractor(cfg extractorConfig) annotationExtractor {
 }
 
 func (e *annotationExtractor) Extract(ing *extensions.Ingress) map[string]interface{} {
-	anns := make(map[string]interface{}, 0)
+	anns := make(map[string]interface{})
 	for name, annotationParser := range e.annotations {
 		val, err := annotationParser.Parse(ing)
 		glog.V(5).Infof("annotation %v in Ingress %v/%v: %v", name, ing.GetNamespace(), ing.GetName(), val)
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
index 0da4458abe..d96b6ccdcb 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/annotations_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ const (
 	annotationAffinityType       = "ingress.kubernetes.io/affinity"
 	annotationAffinityCookieName = "ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-name"
 	annotationAffinityCookieHash = "ingress.kubernetes.io/session-cookie-hash"
-	annotationAuthTlsSecret      = "ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-tls-secret"
 )
 
 type mockCfg struct {
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 7f2b8a36bc..f0d97c6ce1 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defUpstreamName          = "upstream-default-backend"
-	defServerName            = "_"
-	podStoreSyncedPollPeriod = 1 * time.Second
-	rootLocation             = "/"
+	defUpstreamName = "upstream-default-backend"
+	defServerName   = "_"
+	rootLocation    = "/"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -1043,7 +1042,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getEndpoints(
 	// avoid duplicated upstream servers when the service
 	// contains multiple port definitions sharing the same
 	// targetport.
-	adus := make(map[string]bool, 0)
+	adus := make(map[string]bool)
 
 	// ExternalName services
 	if s.Spec.Type == api.ServiceTypeExternalName {