diff --git a/lib/_http_incoming.js b/lib/_http_incoming.js
index 581f62f129f120..6e66ae6d42a9c0 100644
--- a/lib/_http_incoming.js
+++ b/lib/_http_incoming.js
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ exports.readStop = readStop;
 function IncomingMessage(socket) {
   Stream.Readable.call(this);
 
-  // XXX This implementation is kind of all over the place
-  // When the parser emits body chunks, they go in this list.
-  // _read() pulls them out, and when it finds EOF, it ends.
-
   this.socket = socket;
   this.connection = socket;
 
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 56228f5139c80a..ec5e078412768b 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ function writeAfterEndNT(self, err, callback) {
 
 
 function connectionCorkNT(conn) {
-  if (conn)
-    conn.uncork();
+  conn.uncork();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/env-inl.h b/src/env-inl.h
index e1856d81b0060a..475e8e83f594e6 100644
--- a/src/env-inl.h
+++ b/src/env-inl.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ inline Environment::AsyncCallbackScope::AsyncCallbackScope(Environment* env)
 
 inline Environment::AsyncCallbackScope::~AsyncCallbackScope() {
   env_->makecallback_cntr_--;
-  CHECK_GE(env_->makecallback_cntr_, 0);
 }
 
 inline bool Environment::AsyncCallbackScope::in_makecallback() {