diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main.go
index f4dfed88c2..310a5d1535 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main.go
@@ -86,12 +86,7 @@ func (e1 *Config) Equal(e2 *Config) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	match = sets.StringElementsMatch(e1.AuthCacheDuration, e2.AuthCacheDuration)
-	if !match {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+	return sets.StringElementsMatch(e1.AuthCacheDuration, e2.AuthCacheDuration)
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main_test.go b/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main_test.go
index cbd8c18b19..f9b9d50d08 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/annotations/authreq/main_test.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestHeaderAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 		i, err := NewParser(&resolver.Mock{}).Parse(ing)
 		if test.expErr {
 			if err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("%v: expected error but retuned nil", err.Error())
+				t.Error("expected error but retuned nil")
 			}
 			continue
 		}
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func TestCacheDurationAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 		i, err := NewParser(&resolver.Mock{}).Parse(ing)
 		if test.expErr {
 			if err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("%v: expected error but retuned nil", err.Error())
+				t.Errorf("expected error but retuned nil")
 			}
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/types.go b/internal/ingress/types.go
index 71f8a71217..3d75fede8c 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/types.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/types.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ type Location struct {
 	// Backend describes the name of the backend to use.
 	Backend string `json:"backend"`
 	// Service describes the referenced services from the ingress
-	Service *apiv1.Service `json:"service,omitempty"`
+	Service *apiv1.Service `json:"service,omitempty" hash:"ignore"`
 	// Port describes to which port from the service
 	Port intstr.IntOrString `json:"port"`
 	// Overwrite the Host header passed into the backend. Defaults to
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ type Location struct {
 	ClientBodyBufferSize string `json:"clientBodyBufferSize,omitempty"`
 	// DefaultBackend allows the use of a custom default backend for this location.
 	// +optional
-	DefaultBackend *apiv1.Service `json:"defaultBackend,omitempty"`
+	DefaultBackend *apiv1.Service `json:"defaultBackend,omitempty" hash:"ignore"`
 	// DefaultBackendUpstreamName is the upstream-formatted string for the name of
 	// this location's custom default backend
 	DefaultBackendUpstreamName string `json:"defaultBackendUpstreamName,omitempty"`
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ type Location struct {
 // The endpoints must provide the TLS termination exposing the required SSL certificate.
 // The ingress controller only pipes the underlying TCP connection
 type SSLPassthroughBackend struct {
-	Service *apiv1.Service     `json:"service,omitempty"`
+	Service *apiv1.Service     `json:"service,omitempty" hash:"ignore"`
 	Port    intstr.IntOrString `json:"port"`
 	// Backend describes the endpoints to use.
 	Backend string `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ type L4Service struct {
 	// Endpoints active endpoints of the service
 	Endpoints []Endpoint `json:"endpoints,omitempty"`
 	// k8s Service
-	Service *apiv1.Service `json:"service,omitempty"`
+	Service *apiv1.Service `json:"service,omitempty" hash:"ignore"`
 }
 
 // L4Backend describes the kubernetes service behind L4 Ingress service
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ type ProxyProtocol struct {
 
 // Ingress holds the definition of an Ingress plus its annotations
 type Ingress struct {
-	networking.Ingress
-	ParsedAnnotations *annotations.Ingress
+	networking.Ingress `hash:"ignore"`
+	ParsedAnnotations  *annotations.Ingress `json:"parsedAnnotations"`
 }
 
 // GeneralConfig holds the definition of lua general configuration data
diff --git a/internal/k8s/main.go b/internal/k8s/main.go
index 7b1f0aec07..85f1c15c29 100644
--- a/internal/k8s/main.go
+++ b/internal/k8s/main.go
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ func NetworkingIngressAvailable(client clientset.Interface) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	serverVersion, _ := client.Discovery().ServerVersion()
+	serverVersion, err := client.Discovery().ServerVersion()
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("unexpected error parsing Kubernetes version: %v", err)
 		return false
 	}
 
-	runningVersion, _ := version.ParseGeneric(serverVersion.String())
+	runningVersion, err := version.ParseGeneric(serverVersion.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("unexpected error parsing running Kubernetes version: %v", err)
 		return false