diff --git a/gateway/assets/test/main.go b/gateway/assets/test/main.go
index c38c72057..8072f0000 100644
--- a/gateway/assets/test/main.go
+++ b/gateway/assets/test/main.go
@@ -157,11 +157,7 @@ func runTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, filename string, data interface{}) {
 		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to parse template file: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
-	err = tpl.Execute(w, data)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to execute template: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
+	_ = tpl.Execute(w, data)
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/gateway/handler.go b/gateway/handler.go
index ab9b46ebd..181236b76 100644
--- a/gateway/handler.go
+++ b/gateway/handler.go
@@ -912,13 +912,11 @@ func (i *handler) handleSuperfluousNamespace(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 	// - redirects to intendedURL after a short delay
 
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
-	if err := redirectTemplate.Execute(w, redirectTemplateData{
+	_ = redirectTemplate.Execute(w, redirectTemplateData{
 		RedirectURL:   intendedURL,
 		SuggestedPath: intendedPath.String(),
 		ErrorMsg:      fmt.Sprintf("invalid path: %q should be %q", r.URL.Path, intendedPath.String()),
-	}); err != nil {
-		i.webError(w, r, fmt.Errorf("failed to redirect when fixing superfluous namespace: %w", err), http.StatusBadRequest)
-	}
+	})
 
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/gateway/handler_codec.go b/gateway/handler_codec.go
index 617eb9396..b6a738367 100644
--- a/gateway/handler_codec.go
+++ b/gateway/handler_codec.go
@@ -195,20 +195,16 @@ func (i *handler) serveCodecHTML(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 	w.Header().Del("Cache-Control")
 
 	cidCodec := mc.Code(resolvedPath.RootCid().Prefix().Codec)
-	if err := assets.DagTemplate.Execute(w, assets.DagTemplateData{
+	err = assets.DagTemplate.Execute(w, assets.DagTemplateData{
 		GlobalData: i.getTemplateGlobalData(r, contentPath),
 		Path:       contentPath.String(),
 		CID:        resolvedPath.RootCid().String(),
 		CodecName:  cidCodec.String(),
 		CodecHex:   fmt.Sprintf("0x%x", uint64(cidCodec)),
 		Node:       parseNode(blockCid, blockData),
-	}); err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to generate HTML listing for this DAG: try fetching raw block with ?format=raw: %w", err)
-		i.webError(w, r, err, http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return false
-	}
+	})
 
-	return true
+	return err == nil
 }
 
 // parseNode does a best effort attempt to parse this request's block such that
diff --git a/gateway/handler_unixfs_dir.go b/gateway/handler_unixfs_dir.go
index 678c51aba..366514085 100644
--- a/gateway/handler_unixfs_dir.go
+++ b/gateway/handler_unixfs_dir.go
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ func (i *handler) serveDirectory(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *
 	rq.logger.Debugw("request processed", "tplDataDNSLink", globalData.DNSLink, "tplDataSize", size, "tplDataBackLink", backLink, "tplDataHash", hash)
 
 	if err := assets.DirectoryTemplate.Execute(w, tplData); err != nil {
-		i.webError(w, r, err, http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return false
 	}