diff --git a/lib/parser_block.js b/lib/parser_block.js
index ad8009d..4e8ef7a 100644
--- a/lib/parser_block.js
+++ b/lib/parser_block.js
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ ParserBlock.prototype.tokenize = function (state, startLine, endLine) {
       if (ok) { break; }
     }
 
-    /* istanbul ignore if */
-    if (!ok) { throw new Error('No matching rules found'); }
-    /* istanbul ignore if */
-    if (line === state.line) { throw new Error('None of rules updated state.line'); }
-
     // set state.tight iff we had an empty line before current tag
     // i.e. latest empty line should not count
     state.tight = !hasEmptyLines;
diff --git a/lib/rules_core/linkify.js b/lib/rules_core/linkify.js
index 4b31ff5..4bd8625 100644
--- a/lib/rules_core/linkify.js
+++ b/lib/rules_core/linkify.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function createLinkifier() {
     replaceFn: function (autolinker, match) {
       // Only collect matched strings but don't change anything.
       switch (match.getType()) {
+        /*eslint default-case:0*/
         case 'url':
           links.push({
             text: match.matchedText,
@@ -44,8 +45,6 @@ function createLinkifier() {
             url: 'mailto:' + match.getEmail().replace(/^mailto:/i, '')
           });
           break;
-        /* istanbul ignore next */
-        default:
       }
       return false;
     }
@@ -121,9 +120,6 @@ module.exports = function linkify(state) {
 
           pos = text.indexOf(links[ln].text);
 
-          /* istanbul ignore next */
-          if (pos === -1) { continue; } // that should never happen
-
           if (pos) {
             level = level;
             nodes.push({
diff --git a/test/misc.js b/test/misc.js
index 59acadd..89f84f8 100644
--- a/test/misc.js
+++ b/test/misc.js
@@ -96,14 +96,16 @@ describe('API', function () {
     var md = new Remarkable({ breaks: true });
 
     assert.strictEqual(md.render('a\nb'), '<p>a<br>\nb</p>\n');
+    md.set({ xhtmlOut: true })
+    assert.strictEqual(md.render('a\nb'), '<p>a<br />\nb</p>\n');
   });
 
   it('xhtmlOut enabled', function () {
-    var md = new Remarkable({ breaks: true, xhtmlOut: true });
+    var md = new Remarkable({ xhtmlOut: true });
 
     assert.strictEqual(md.render('---'), '<hr />\n');
     assert.strictEqual(md.render('![]()'), '<p><img src="" alt="" /></p>\n');
-    assert.strictEqual(md.render('a\nb'), '<p>a<br />\nb</p>\n');
+    assert.strictEqual(md.render('a  \\\nb'), '<p>a  <br />\nb</p>\n');
   });
 
   it('xhtmlOut disabled', function () {