diff --git a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
index 2cab6da0f3..ce84349586 100644
--- a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
+++ b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	kernel_init(FREAD);
 	g_zfs = libzfs_init();
-	VERIFY(g_zfs != NULL);
+	ASSERT(g_zfs != NULL);
 
 	for (c = 0; c < 256; c++) {
 		if (dump_all && c != 'l' && c != 'R')
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 2419e6b45d..d28a4f9f8e 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <sys/mntent.h>
 #include <sys/mnttab.h>
 #include <sys/avl.h>
-#include <sys/debug.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 #include <libzfs.h>
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index 37ea2cf390..fbf00b7fbe 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -579,8 +579,6 @@ libzfs_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if ((hdl->libzfs_fd = open(ZFS_DEV, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
-		(void) fprintf(stderr, "Unable to open %s: (%d) %s\n",
-			       ZFS_DEV, errno, strerror(errno));
 		free(hdl);
 		return (NULL);
 	}