diff --git a/fermi.go b/fermi.go
index 9650f33..b10560a 100644
--- a/fermi.go
+++ b/fermi.go
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ func divideDists(old_dist Dist, new_dist Dist) (Dist, error) {
 					return nil, errors.New("Error: division by zero scalar")
 				}
 				return multiplyLogDists(o, Lognormal{low: 1.0 / float64(n), high: 1.0 / float64(n)}), nil
-			default:
-				return operateDistsAsSamples(old_dist, new_dist, "/")
 			}
 		}
 	case Scalar:
@@ -265,13 +263,10 @@ func divideDists(old_dist Dist, new_dist Dist) (Dist, error) {
 					return nil, errors.New("Error: division by zero scalar")
 				}
 				return Scalar(float64(o) / float64(n)), nil
-			default:
-				return operateDistsAsSamples(old_dist, new_dist, "/")
 			}
 		}
-	default:
-		return operateDistsAsSamples(old_dist, new_dist, "/")
 	}
+	return operateDistsAsSamples(old_dist, new_dist, "/")
 }
 
 // Generic distribution operations