diff --git a/R/extract_caps_alttext.R b/R/extract_caps_alttext.R
index 3ef28bcb..7adafa9c 100644
--- a/R/extract_caps_alttext.R
+++ b/R/extract_caps_alttext.R
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ extract_caps_alttext <- function(topic_label = NULL,
     caps_alttext_list <- list(cap)
   }
 
-  return(caps_alttext_list)
+caps_alttext_list
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_abundance_at_age.R b/R/plot_abundance_at_age.R
index ae42f701..48a744a2 100644
--- a/R/plot_abundance_at_age.R
+++ b/R/plot_abundance_at_age.R
@@ -233,5 +233,5 @@ plot_abundance_at_age <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_biomass.R b/R/plot_biomass.R
index 6985a332..b0c639ff 100644
--- a/R/plot_biomass.R
+++ b/R/plot_biomass.R
@@ -250,5 +250,5 @@ plot_biomass <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_biomass_at_age.R b/R/plot_biomass_at_age.R
index 0755fb35..c909056e 100644
--- a/R/plot_biomass_at_age.R
+++ b/R/plot_biomass_at_age.R
@@ -203,5 +203,5 @@ plot_biomass_at_age <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_indices.R b/R/plot_indices.R
index 39befdab..6f1998c6 100644
--- a/R/plot_indices.R
+++ b/R/plot_indices.R
@@ -201,5 +201,5 @@ plot_indices <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_landings.R b/R/plot_landings.R
index 5ca03264..2166315b 100644
--- a/R/plot_landings.R
+++ b/R/plot_landings.R
@@ -165,5 +165,5 @@ plot_landings <- function(dat,
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_recruitment.R b/R/plot_recruitment.R
index fbc4870b..1a2409a6 100644
--- a/R/plot_recruitment.R
+++ b/R/plot_recruitment.R
@@ -183,5 +183,5 @@ plot_recruitment <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_recruitment_deviations.R b/R/plot_recruitment_deviations.R
index 7b2695e6..2e97e436 100644
--- a/R/plot_recruitment_deviations.R
+++ b/R/plot_recruitment_deviations.R
@@ -149,5 +149,5 @@ plot_recruitment_deviations <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_spawn_recruitment.R b/R/plot_spawn_recruitment.R
index 15bac116..3fb7b4bc 100644
--- a/R/plot_spawn_recruitment.R
+++ b/R/plot_spawn_recruitment.R
@@ -138,5 +138,5 @@ plot_spawn_recruitment <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/plot_spawning_biomass.R b/R/plot_spawning_biomass.R
index 0b69dce1..c75028ab 100644
--- a/R/plot_spawning_biomass.R
+++ b/R/plot_spawning_biomass.R
@@ -250,5 +250,5 @@ plot_spawning_biomass <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/ss3_utils.R b/R/ss3_utils.R
index 1df383c5..39d636d7 100644
--- a/R/ss3_utils.R
+++ b/R/ss3_utils.R
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SS3_extract_df <- function(dat, label) {
     naniar::replace_with_na_all(condition = ~ .x == "")
   clean_df <- Filter(function(x) !all(is.na(x)), clean_df)
 
-  return(clean_df)
+clean_df
 }
 
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ SS3_extract_bio_info <- function(
       skip = skip, quote = "",
       comment.char = ""
     )) + 1
-    return(nummax)
+  nummax
   }
 
   output <- utils::read.table(
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ SS3_extract_bio_info <- function(
   if (isTRUE(reference.points)) {
 
   }
-  return(bio_info)
+bio_info
 }
diff --git a/R/table_bnc.R b/R/table_bnc.R
index 6a5cf741..efb67fe3 100644
--- a/R/table_bnc.R
+++ b/R/table_bnc.R
@@ -193,5 +193,5 @@ table_bnc <- function(
     )
   }
   # Return finished table
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/table_indices.R b/R/table_indices.R
index 06e718af..e039680f 100644
--- a/R/table_indices.R
+++ b/R/table_indices.R
@@ -168,5 +168,5 @@ table_indices <- function(
       fig_or_table = fig_or_table
     )
   }
-  return(final)
+final
 }
diff --git a/R/table_landings.R b/R/table_landings.R
index 92316aad..575d6817 100644
--- a/R/table_landings.R
+++ b/R/table_landings.R
@@ -208,5 +208,5 @@ table_landings <- function(dat,
     )
   }
   # Return finished table
-  return(final)
+final
 }