diff --git a/base/char.jl b/base/char.jl
index 173c84711e551..99f46988fc75f 100644
--- a/base/char.jl
+++ b/base/char.jl
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ end
 struct CodePointError{T<:Integer} <: Exception
     code::T
 end
-@noinline invalid_char(c::AbstractChar) = throw(InvalidCharError(c))
-@noinline code_point_err(u::Integer) = throw(CodePointError(u))
+@noinline throw_invalid_char(c::AbstractChar) = throw(InvalidCharError(c))
+@noinline throw_code_point_err(u::Integer) = throw(CodePointError(u))
 
 function ismalformed(c::Char)
     u = reinterpret(UInt32, c)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function UInt32(c::Char)
     t0 = trailing_zeros(u) & 56
     (l1 == 1) | (8l1 + t0 > 32) |
     ((((u & 0x00c0c0c0) ⊻ 0x00808080) >> t0 != 0) | is_overlong_enc(u)) &&
-        invalid_char(c)::Union{}
+        throw_invalid_char(c)
     u &= 0xffffffff >> l1
     u >>= t0
     ((u & 0x0000007f) >> 0) | ((u & 0x00007f00) >> 2) |
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ end
 
 function Char(u::UInt32)
     u < 0x80 && return reinterpret(Char, u << 24)
-    u < 0x00200000 || code_point_err(u)::Union{}
+    u < 0x00200000 || throw_code_point_err(u)
     c = ((u << 0) & 0x0000003f) | ((u << 2) & 0x00003f00) |
         ((u << 4) & 0x003f0000) | ((u << 6) & 0x3f000000)
     c = u < 0x00000800 ? (c << 16) | 0xc0800000 :
diff --git a/stdlib/LibGit2/src/LibGit2.jl b/stdlib/LibGit2/src/LibGit2.jl
index 7ce6274a67589..5970ae19359bf 100644
--- a/stdlib/LibGit2/src/LibGit2.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LibGit2/src/LibGit2.jl
@@ -963,11 +963,15 @@ end
 
 const ENSURE_INITIALIZED_LOCK = ReentrantLock()
 
+@noinline function throw_negative_refcount_error(x::Int)
+    error("Negative LibGit2 REFCOUNT $x\nThis shouldn't happen, please file a bug report!")
+end
+
 function ensure_initialized()
     lock(ENSURE_INITIALIZED_LOCK) do
         x = Threads.atomic_cas!(REFCOUNT, 0, 1)
         x > 0 && return
-        x < 0 && negative_refcount_error(x)::Union{}
+        x < 0 && throw_negative_refcount_error(x)
         try initialize()
         catch
             Threads.atomic_sub!(REFCOUNT, 1)
@@ -978,10 +982,6 @@ function ensure_initialized()
     return nothing
 end
 
-@noinline function negative_refcount_error(x::Int)
-    error("Negative LibGit2 REFCOUNT $x\nThis shouldn't happen, please file a bug report!")
-end
-
 @noinline function initialize()
     @check ccall((:git_libgit2_init, :libgit2), Cint, ())
 
diff --git a/test/char.jl b/test/char.jl
index 325f97098b037..abc8db33cb4a7 100644
--- a/test/char.jl
+++ b/test/char.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     @test widen('a') === 'a'
     # just check this works
-    @test_throws Base.CodePointError Base.code_point_err(UInt32(1))
+    @test_throws Base.CodePointError Base.throw_code_point_err(UInt32(1))
 end
 
 @testset "ASCII conversion to/from Integer" begin