diff --git a/backend/generic.go b/backend/generic.go
index 2da7fb11e..42d4258de 100644
--- a/backend/generic.go
+++ b/backend/generic.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	newHash  = sha256.New
 	hashData = sha256.Sum256
 )
 
diff --git a/backend/local/local.go b/backend/local/local.go
index 598474fa2..bc9cf3b7f 100644
--- a/backend/local/local.go
+++ b/backend/local/local.go
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ import (
 var ErrWrongData = errors.New("wrong data returned by backend, checksum does not match")
 
 type Local struct {
-	p    string
-	ver  uint
-	name string
-	id   string
+	p   string
+	ver uint
+	id  string
 }
 
 // Open opens the local backend at dir.
diff --git a/cmd/dirdiff/main.go b/cmd/dirdiff/main.go
index 4b9f8c8ad..94ffe47a5 100644
--- a/cmd/dirdiff/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dirdiff/main.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-const backlog = 100
-
 type entry struct {
 	path string
 	fi   os.FileInfo
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
index 5ddb10da4..ae18955dd 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/debug"
 )
 
-type findQuery struct {
-	name       string
-	minModTime time.Time
-	maxModTime time.Time
-}
-
 type findResult struct {
 	node *restic.Node
 	path string
diff --git a/key.go b/key.go
index 02b801a14..a3c298a6f 100644
--- a/key.go
+++ b/key.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ type Key struct {
 	Created  time.Time `json:"created"`
 	Username string    `json:"username"`
 	Hostname string    `json:"hostname"`
-	Comment  string    `json:"comment,omitempty"`
 
 	KDF  string `json:"kdf"`
 	N    int    `json:"N"`
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index da7fc5456..209cde546 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ func (s Server) Key() *Key {
 
 type ServerStats struct {
 	Blobs, Trees uint
-	Bytes        uint64
 }
 
 // Stats returns statistics for this backend and the server.