diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index f5bd5fba719969..8fa514fb8bd099 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -1607,12 +1607,10 @@ bytes_richcompare(PyBytesObject *a, PyBytesObject *b, int op)
         case Py_GE:
             /* a string is equal to itself */
             Py_RETURN_TRUE;
-            break;
         case Py_NE:
         case Py_LT:
         case Py_GT:
             Py_RETURN_FALSE;
-            break;
         default:
             PyErr_BadArgument();
             return NULL;
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/fastsearch.h b/Objects/stringlib/fastsearch.h
index a8a51d577f3f7c..46fcf356d0d0f5 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/fastsearch.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/fastsearch.h
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ FASTSEARCH(const STRINGLIB_CHAR* s, Py_ssize_t n,
                 }
             return count;
         }
-        return -1;
     }
 
     mlast = m - 1;
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index 3b4cd162fcce2f..386b9268a8e0e5 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -2637,7 +2637,6 @@ ast_for_expr(struct compiling *c, const node *n)
                 return Compare(expression, ops, cmps, LINENO(n),
                                n->n_col_offset, c->c_arena);
             }
-            break;
 
         case star_expr:
             return ast_for_starred(c, n);
@@ -3198,7 +3197,6 @@ alias_for_import_name(struct compiling *c, const node *n, int store)
                     return NULL;
                 return a;
             }
-            break;
         case dotted_name:
             if (NCH(n) == 1) {
                 node *name_node = CHILD(n, 0);
@@ -3249,7 +3247,6 @@ alias_for_import_name(struct compiling *c, const node *n, int store)
                 }
                 return alias(str, NULL, c->c_arena);
             }
-            break;
         case STAR:
             str = PyUnicode_InternFromString("*");
             if (PyArena_AddPyObject(c->c_arena, str) < 0) {
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 3528670ef67503..ff38c24b66f7df 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -4597,7 +4597,6 @@ compiler_visit_expr(struct compiler *c, expr_ty e)
             return compiler_error(c,
                 "can't use starred expression here");
         }
-        break;
     case Name_kind:
         return compiler_nameop(c, e->v.Name.id, e->v.Name.ctx);
     /* child nodes of List and Tuple will have expr_context set */