diff --git a/cmd/gitannex/e2e_test.go b/cmd/gitannex/e2e_test.go
index eae2b8e94..a67e9b259 100644
--- a/cmd/gitannex/e2e_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gitannex/e2e_test.go
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ func checkRcloneBinaryVersion(t *testing.T) error {
 
 	cmd := exec.Command("rclone", "rc", "--loopback", "core/version")
 	stdout, err := cmd.Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get rclone version: %w", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	var parsed versionInfo
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(stdout, &parsed); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/gitannex/gitannex_test.go b/cmd/gitannex/gitannex_test.go
index 6d60e1db1..9f3f08682 100644
--- a/cmd/gitannex/gitannex_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gitannex/gitannex_test.go
@@ -456,10 +456,7 @@ var fstestTestCases = []testCase{
 			h.requireWriteLine("EXTENSIONS INFO") // Advertise that we support the INFO extension
 			h.requireReadLineExact("EXTENSIONS")
 
-			if !h.server.extensionInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected INFO extension to be enabled")
-				return
-			}
+			require.True(t, h.server.extensionInfo)
 
 			h.requireWriteLine("PREPARE")
 			h.requireReadLineExact("GETCONFIG rcloneremotename")
@@ -484,10 +481,7 @@ var fstestTestCases = []testCase{
 			h.requireWriteLine("EXTENSIONS INFO") // Advertise that we support the INFO extension
 			h.requireReadLineExact("EXTENSIONS")
 
-			if !h.server.extensionInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected INFO extension to be enabled")
-				return
-			}
+			require.True(t, h.server.extensionInfo)
 
 			h.requireWriteLine("PREPARE")
 			h.requireReadLineExact("GETCONFIG rcloneremotename")
@@ -516,10 +510,7 @@ var fstestTestCases = []testCase{
 			h.requireWriteLine("EXTENSIONS INFO") // Advertise that we support the INFO extension
 			h.requireReadLineExact("EXTENSIONS")
 
-			if !h.server.extensionInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected INFO extension to be enabled")
-				return
-			}
+			require.True(t, h.server.extensionInfo)
 
 			h.requireWriteLine("PREPARE")
 			h.requireReadLineExact("GETCONFIG rcloneremotename")
@@ -552,10 +543,7 @@ var fstestTestCases = []testCase{
 			h.requireWriteLine("EXTENSIONS INFO") // Advertise that we support the INFO extension
 			h.requireReadLineExact("EXTENSIONS")
 
-			if !h.server.extensionInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected INFO extension to be enabled")
-				return
-			}
+			require.True(t, h.server.extensionInfo)
 
 			h.requireWriteLine("PREPARE")
 			h.requireReadLineExact("GETCONFIG rcloneremotename")
@@ -584,10 +572,7 @@ var fstestTestCases = []testCase{
 			h.requireWriteLine("EXTENSIONS INFO") // Advertise that we support the INFO extension
 			h.requireReadLineExact("EXTENSIONS")
 
-			if !h.server.extensionInfo {
-				t.Errorf("expected INFO extension to be enabled")
-				return
-			}
+			require.True(t, h.server.extensionInfo)
 
 			h.requireWriteLine("PREPARE")
 			h.requireReadLineExact("GETCONFIG rcloneremotename")