diff --git a/local/convergence.go b/local/convergence.go
index b47899dd8..72689d77c 100644
--- a/local/convergence.go
+++ b/local/convergence.go
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (s *local) ensureService(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, service types.ServiceConfig) error {
-	s.waitDependencies(ctx, project, service)
+	err := s.waitDependencies(ctx, project, service)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	actual, err := s.containerService.apiClient.ContainerList(ctx, moby.ContainerListOptions{
 		Filters: filters.NewArgs(
@@ -117,7 +120,10 @@ func (s *local) waitDependencies(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, se
 		switch config.Condition {
 		case "service_healthy":
 			eg.Go(func() error {
-				for range time.Tick(500 * time.Millisecond) {
+				ticker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+				defer ticker.Stop()
+				for {
+					<-ticker.C
 					healthy, err := s.isServiceHealthy(ctx, project, dep)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
@@ -126,7 +132,6 @@ func (s *local) waitDependencies(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, se
 						return nil
 					}
 				}
-				return nil
 			})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/local/dependencies.go b/local/dependencies.go
index 1d5e6bf33..e5ac9a77d 100644
--- a/local/dependencies.go
+++ b/local/dependencies.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ type node struct {
 	dependent    []string
 }
 
-func (d dependencyGraph) independents() []node {
+func (graph dependencyGraph) independents() []node {
 	var nodes []node
-	for _, node := range d {
+	for _, node := range graph {
 		if len(node.dependencies) == 0 {
 			nodes = append(nodes, node)
 		}
diff --git a/local/util.go b/local/util.go
index adc1b2e2c..c49af75dd 100644
--- a/local/util.go
+++ b/local/util.go
@@ -40,12 +40,3 @@ func contains(slice []string, item string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
-
-func containsAll(slice []string, items []string) bool {
-	for _, i := range items {
-		if !contains(slice, i) {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}