diff --git a/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.js b/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.js
index c43b52c2e82f..db5862de4028 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.js
+++ b/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.js
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ var metaToValue = function(meta) {
       return new Date(meta.value);
     case 'exception':
       throw new Error(meta.message + "\n" + meta.stack);
-      break;
     default:
       if (meta.type === 'function') {
         // A shadow class to represent the remote function object.
diff --git a/script/eslintrc-base.json b/script/eslintrc-base.json
index 5c9f15eb666d..b85be99c6086 100644
--- a/script/eslintrc-base.json
+++ b/script/eslintrc-base.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "linebreak-style": 0,
     "no-console": 0,
     "no-undef": 0,
-    "no-unreachable": 0,
     "no-unused-vars": 0
   },
   "env": {