diff --git a/cli/command/events_utils.go b/cli/command/events_utils.go
index e710c97576..c271b20508 100644
--- a/cli/command/events_utils.go
+++ b/cli/command/events_utils.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	eventtypes "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/events"
 )
 
-type eventProcessor func(eventtypes.Message, error) error
-
 // EventHandler is abstract interface for user to customize
 // own handle functions of each type of events
 type EventHandler interface {
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/secret.go b/cli/command/formatter/secret.go
index 7ec6f9a62e..46c97e2393 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/secret.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/secret.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	defaultSecretTableFormat = "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.CreatedAt}}\t{{.UpdatedAt}}"
 	secretIDHeader           = "ID"
-	secretNameHeader         = "NAME"
 	secretCreatedHeader      = "CREATED"
 	secretUpdatedHeader      = "UPDATED"
 )
diff --git a/cli/command/service/update.go b/cli/command/service/update.go
index 2845086217..0686850c94 100644
--- a/cli/command/service/update.go
+++ b/cli/command/service/update.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/versions"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/opts"
 	runconfigopts "github.com/docker/docker/runconfig/opts"
-	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
 	"github.com/docker/swarmkit/api/defaults"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -585,10 +584,6 @@ func envKey(value string) string {
 	return kv[0]
 }
 
-func itemKey(value string) string {
-	return value
-}
-
 func buildToRemoveSet(flags *pflag.FlagSet, flag string) map[string]struct{} {
 	var empty struct{}
 	toRemove := make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -826,11 +821,6 @@ func equalPublishMode(mode1, mode2 swarm.PortConfigPublishMode) bool {
 		(mode2 == swarm.PortConfigPublishMode("") && mode1 == swarm.PortConfigPublishModeIngress)
 }
 
-func equalPort(targetPort nat.Port, port swarm.PortConfig) bool {
-	return (string(port.Protocol) == targetPort.Proto() &&
-		port.TargetPort == uint32(targetPort.Int()))
-}
-
 func updateReplicas(flags *pflag.FlagSet, serviceMode *swarm.ServiceMode) error {
 	if !flags.Changed(flagReplicas) {
 		return nil
diff --git a/cli/command/swarm/opts.go b/cli/command/swarm/opts.go
index 6eddddccae..225d38d110 100644
--- a/cli/command/swarm/opts.go
+++ b/cli/command/swarm/opts.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const (
 	flagExternalCA          = "external-ca"
 	flagMaxSnapshots        = "max-snapshots"
 	flagSnapshotInterval    = "snapshot-interval"
-	flagLockKey             = "lock-key"
 	flagAutolock            = "autolock"
 	flagAvailability        = "availability"
 )
diff --git a/cli/compose/loader/loader.go b/cli/compose/loader/loader.go
index c6d92e4f26..a6a3409942 100644
--- a/cli/compose/loader/loader.go
+++ b/cli/compose/loader/loader.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
-	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -23,10 +22,6 @@ import (
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-var (
-	fieldNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("[A-Z][a-z0-9]+")
-)
-
 // ParseYAML reads the bytes from a file, parses the bytes into a mapping
 // structure, and returns it.
 func ParseYAML(source []byte) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
diff --git a/client/client_mock_test.go b/client/client_mock_test.go
index 0ab935d536..e75c3ecbfc 100644
--- a/client/client_mock_test.go
+++ b/client/client_mock_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 )
 
+// transportFunc allows us to inject a mock transport for testing. We define it
+// here so we can detect the tlsconfig and return nil for only this type.
+type transportFunc func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+
+func (tf transportFunc) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return tf(req)
+}
+
 func newMockClient(doer func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)) *http.Client {
 	return &http.Client{
 		Transport: transportFunc(doer),
diff --git a/client/transport.go b/client/transport.go
index 401ab15d30..73f6ef7b4d 100644
--- a/client/transport.go
+++ b/client/transport.go
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// transportFunc allows us to inject a mock transport for testing. We define it
-// here so we can detect the tlsconfig and return nil for only this type.
-type transportFunc func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
-
-func (tf transportFunc) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	return tf(req)
-}
-
 // resolveTLSConfig attempts to resolve the TLS configuration from the
 // RoundTripper.
 func resolveTLSConfig(transport http.RoundTripper) *tls.Config {
diff --git a/gometalinter.json b/gometalinter.json
index c3ae185dbd..053fd2c155 100644
--- a/gometalinter.json
+++ b/gometalinter.json
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
   "Exclude": ["cli/compose/schema/bindata.go"],
 
   "DisableAll": true,
-  "Enable": ["gofmt", "vet", "golint", "goimports"]
+  "Enable": [
+    "gofmt",
+    "vet",
+    "golint",
+    "goimports",
+    "deadcode"
+  ]
 }