diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
index a88649f20..cdfcb8cbc 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_check.go
@@ -342,13 +342,11 @@ func runCheck(ctx context.Context, opts CheckOptions, gopts global.Options, args
 	var brokenSnapshots []string
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		bar := printer.NewCounter("snapshots")
 		defer bar.Done()
 		chkr.Structure(ctx, bar, errChan)
-	}()
+	})
 
 	for err := range errChan {
 		errorsFound = true
diff --git a/internal/backend/rclone/backend.go b/internal/backend/rclone/backend.go
index a5944062d..7038f2660 100644
--- a/internal/backend/rclone/backend.go
+++ b/internal/backend/rclone/backend.go
@@ -56,16 +56,14 @@ func run(errorLog func(string, ...any), command string, args ...string) (*StdioC
 	waitCh := make(chan struct{})
 
 	// start goroutine to add a prefix to all messages printed by to stderr by rclone
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		defer close(waitCh)
 		sc := bufio.NewScanner(p)
 		for sc.Scan() {
 			errorLog("rclone: %v\n", sc.Text())
 		}
 		debug.Log("command has exited, closing waitCh")
-	}()
+	})
 
 	r, stdin, err := os.Pipe()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -207,9 +205,7 @@ func newBackend(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, lim limiter.Limiter, errorLog f
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		<-waitCh
 		cancel()
 
@@ -219,7 +215,7 @@ func newBackend(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, lim limiter.Limiter, errorLog f
 		be.waitResult = err
 		// close our side of the pipes to rclone, ignore errors
 		_ = stdioConn.CloseAll()
-	}()
+	})
 
 	// send an HTTP request to the base URL, see if the server is there
 	client := http.Client{
diff --git a/internal/backend/sema/backend_test.go b/internal/backend/sema/backend_test.go
index 582a3114b..cfa42acb0 100644
--- a/internal/backend/sema/backend_test.go
+++ b/internal/backend/sema/backend_test.go
@@ -225,12 +225,10 @@ func TestFreeze(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Start Save call that should block
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		h := backend.Handle{Type: backend.PackFile, Name: "foobar"}
 		test.OK(t, be.Save(context.TODO(), h, nil))
-	}()
+	})
 
 	// check
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
diff --git a/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go b/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go
index 892e4c712..b0b831c7f 100644
--- a/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go
+++ b/internal/ui/termstatus/status.go
@@ -80,11 +80,9 @@ func Setup(stdin io.ReadCloser, stdout, stderr io.Writer, quiet bool) (ui.Termin
 	cancelCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 	term := new(stdin, stdout, stderr, quiet)
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go func() {
-		defer wg.Done()
+	wg.Go(func() {
 		term.Run(cancelCtx)
-	}()
+	})
 
 	return term, func() {
 		if term.outputWriter != nil {