diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
index a48a4bb70..ca82be603 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 		} else {
 			return 'asc';
 		}
-		return null;
 	}
 /**
  * Generates a "previous" link for a set of paged records
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/xml.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/xml.php
index 6a366871b..7eef239ce 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/xml.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/xml.php
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ class XmlHelper extends AppHelper {
 		} else {
 			return $content;
 		}
-		return false;
 	}
 /**
  * Serializes a model resultset into XML