diff --git a/go/bytes2/buffer.go b/go/bytes2/buffer.go
index 48561c5e493..ba0b1ec2265 100644
--- a/go/bytes2/buffer.go
+++ b/go/bytes2/buffer.go
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ type Buffer struct {
 	bytes []byte
 }
 
-// NewBuffer is equivalent to bytes.NewBuffer.
-func NewBuffer(b []byte) *Buffer {
-	return &Buffer{bytes: b}
-}
-
 // Write is equivalent to bytes.Buffer.Write.
 func (buf *Buffer) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	buf.bytes = append(buf.bytes, b...)
diff --git a/go/bytes2/buffer_test.go b/go/bytes2/buffer_test.go
index 1652f176df4..5171059d375 100644
--- a/go/bytes2/buffer_test.go
+++ b/go/bytes2/buffer_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestBuffer(t *testing.T) {
-	b := NewBuffer(nil)
+	var b Buffer
 
 	// Test Write function
 	b.Write([]byte("ab"))
diff --git a/go/cache/theine/bf/bf.go b/go/cache/theine/bf/bf.go
index 97b27a5c217..3549d709d97 100644
--- a/go/cache/theine/bf/bf.go
+++ b/go/cache/theine/bf/bf.go
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ func New(falsePositiveRate float64) *Bloomfilter {
 	return d
 }
 
-// create new bloomfilter with given size in bytes
-func NewWithSize(size uint32) *Bloomfilter {
-	d := &Bloomfilter{}
-	bits := size * 8
-	m := nextPowerOfTwo(uint32(bits))
-	d.M = m
-	d.Filter = newbv(m)
-	return d
-}
-
 func (d *Bloomfilter) EnsureCapacity(capacity int) {
 	if capacity <= d.Capacity {
 		return
diff --git a/go/cache/theine/bf/bf_test.go b/go/cache/theine/bf/bf_test.go
index 135826195ac..12999cdcbc9 100644
--- a/go/cache/theine/bf/bf_test.go
+++ b/go/cache/theine/bf/bf_test.go
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestBloom(t *testing.T) {
-	bf := NewWithSize(5)
-	bf.FalsePositiveRate = 0.1
-	bf.EnsureCapacity(5)
+	bf := New(0.1)
 	bf.EnsureCapacity(500)
-	bf.EnsureCapacity(200)
 
 	exist := bf.Insert(123)
 	require.False(t, exist)
diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/framework_test.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/framework_test.go
index 3e4a6753411..351356ea3a0 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/framework_test.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/framework_test.go
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ func TabletKeyspaceShard(t *testing.T, keyspace, shard string) TabletOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// ForceInitTablet is the tablet option to set the 'force' flag during InitTablet
-func ForceInitTablet() TabletOption {
-	return func(tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) {
-		// set the force_init field into the portmap as a hack
-		tablet.PortMap["force_init"] = 1
-	}
-}
-
 // StartHTTPServer is the tablet option to start the HTTP server when
 // starting a tablet.
 func StartHTTPServer() TabletOption {
diff --git a/go/sqltypes/value_test.go b/go/sqltypes/value_test.go
index f6360c8b5c4..e71e866c9f5 100644
--- a/go/sqltypes/value_test.go
+++ b/go/sqltypes/value_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -612,16 +611,6 @@ func TestToUint32(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var randomLocation = time.FixedZone("Nowhere", 3*60*60)
-
-func DatetimeValue(str string) Value {
-	return TestValue(Datetime, str)
-}
-
-func DateValue(str string) Value {
-	return TestValue(Date, str)
-}
-
 func TestEncodeSQLStringBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := []struct {
 		in     Value
@@ -680,9 +669,9 @@ func TestEncodeSQLBytes2(t *testing.T) {
 		outSQL: "\x89\x02\x011\x950\x03foo",
 	}}
 	for _, tcase := range testcases {
-		buf := bytes2.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+		var buf bytes2.Buffer
 
-		tcase.in.EncodeSQLBytes2(buf)
+		tcase.in.EncodeSQLBytes2(&buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, tcase.outSQL, buf.String())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go/test/vschemawrapper/vschema_wrapper.go b/go/test/vschemawrapper/vschema_wrapper.go
index 02daa646bf8..b48d7f5d0b7 100644
--- a/go/test/vschemawrapper/vschema_wrapper.go
+++ b/go/test/vschemawrapper/vschema_wrapper.go
@@ -288,20 +288,6 @@ func (vw *VSchemaWrapper) FindTableOrVindex(tab sqlparser.TableName) (*vindexes.
 	return vw.Vcursor.FindTableOrVindex(tab)
 }
 
-func (vw *VSchemaWrapper) getActualKeyspace() string {
-	if vw.Keyspace == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if !sqlparser.SystemSchema(vw.Keyspace.Name) {
-		return vw.Keyspace.Name
-	}
-	ks, err := vw.AnyKeyspace()
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return ks.Name
-}
-
 func (vw *VSchemaWrapper) SelectedKeyspace() (*vindexes.Keyspace, error) {
 	return vw.AnyKeyspace()
 }
diff --git a/go/vt/schemadiff/table.go b/go/vt/schemadiff/table.go
index 88f8e7d4ce8..182aa9537e7 100644
--- a/go/vt/schemadiff/table.go
+++ b/go/vt/schemadiff/table.go
@@ -1099,16 +1099,6 @@ func (c *CreateTableEntity) TableDiff(other *CreateTableEntity, hints *DiffHints
 	return parentAlterTableEntityDiff, nil
 }
 
-func (c *CreateTableEntity) diffTableCharset(
-	t1cc *charsetCollate,
-	t2cc *charsetCollate,
-) string {
-	if t1cc.charset != t2cc.charset {
-		return t2cc.charset
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // isDefaultTableOptionValue sees if the value for a TableOption is also its default value
 func isDefaultTableOptionValue(option *sqlparser.TableOption) bool {
 	var value string
diff --git a/go/vt/sqlparser/rewriter_api.go b/go/vt/sqlparser/rewriter_api.go
index e159987e8e1..5641681b447 100644
--- a/go/vt/sqlparser/rewriter_api.go
+++ b/go/vt/sqlparser/rewriter_api.go
@@ -126,15 +126,6 @@ func (c *Cursor) Replace(newNode SQLNode) {
 	c.node = newNode
 }
 
-// ReplacerF returns a replace func that will work even when the cursor has moved to a different node.
-func (c *Cursor) ReplacerF() func(newNode SQLNode) {
-	replacer := c.replacer
-	parent := c.parent
-	return func(newNode SQLNode) {
-		replacer(newNode, parent)
-	}
-}
-
 // ReplaceAndRevisit replaces the current node in the parent field with this new object.
 // When used, this will abort the visitation of the current node - no post or children visited,
 // and the new node visited.
diff --git a/go/vt/sqlparser/tracked_buffer.go b/go/vt/sqlparser/tracked_buffer.go
index 9ef0cfd1f93..7fdb741aed6 100644
--- a/go/vt/sqlparser/tracked_buffer.go
+++ b/go/vt/sqlparser/tracked_buffer.go
@@ -430,12 +430,6 @@ func CanonicalString(node SQLNode) string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
-func FormatSlice[T SQLNode](buf *TrackedBuffer, valueExprs []T) {
-	for _, expr := range valueExprs {
-		buf.Myprintf("%v", expr)
-	}
-}
-
 func SliceString[T SQLNode](valueExprs []T) string {
 	return SliceStringWithSep(valueExprs, ", ")
 }
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go
index ea6ea8732d2..3a3d1a9906e 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/executor.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -425,10 +424,6 @@ func (e *Executor) isAnyConflictingMigrationRunning(onlineDDL *schema.OnlineDDL)
 	return (conflictingMigration != nil), conflictingMigration
 }
 
-func (e *Executor) ptPidFileName(uuid string) string {
-	return path.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("pt-online-schema-change.%s.pid", uuid))
-}
-
 // tableExists checks if a given table exists.
 func (e *Executor) tableExists(ctx context.Context, tableName string) (bool, error) {
 	tableName = strings.ReplaceAll(tableName, `_`, `\_`)
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/vrepl.go b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/vrepl.go
index 7423b05a574..52ac775adfe 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/vrepl.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/onlineddl/vrepl.go
@@ -226,19 +226,6 @@ func (v *VRepl) readTableStatus(ctx context.Context, conn *dbconnpool.DBConnecti
 	return tableRows, err
 }
 
-// formalizeColumns
-func formalizeColumns(columnsLists ...*schemadiff.ColumnDefinitionEntityList) error {
-	for _, colList := range columnsLists {
-		for _, col := range colList.Entities {
-			col.SetExplicitDefaultAndNull()
-			if err := col.SetExplicitCharsetCollate(); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (v *VRepl) analyzeAlter() error {
 	if v.alterTableAnalysis.IsRenameTable {
 		return fmt.Errorf("renaming the table is not supported in ALTER TABLE")
diff --git a/go/vt/wrangler/testlib/fake_tablet.go b/go/vt/wrangler/testlib/fake_tablet.go
index 97d74edf3f7..9649d717d73 100644
--- a/go/vt/wrangler/testlib/fake_tablet.go
+++ b/go/vt/wrangler/testlib/fake_tablet.go
@@ -102,14 +102,6 @@ func TabletKeyspaceShard(t *testing.T, keyspace, shard string) TabletOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// ForceInitTablet is the tablet option to set the 'force' flag during InitTablet
-func ForceInitTablet() TabletOption {
-	return func(tablet *topodatapb.Tablet) {
-		// set the force_init field into the portmap as a hack
-		tablet.PortMap["force_init"] = 1
-	}
-}
-
 // StartHTTPServer is the tablet option to start the HTTP server when
 // starting a tablet.
 func StartHTTPServer() TabletOption {