diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 05fa770e7..c49af33f0 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -805,13 +805,13 @@ type UnixSocketConfig struct {
 	UnixSocketPermissions `mapstructure:",squash"`
 }
 
-// unixSocketAddr tests if a given address describes a domain socket,
+// socketPath tests if a given address describes a domain socket,
 // and returns the relevant path part of the string if it is.
-func unixSocketAddr(addr string) (string, bool) {
+func socketPath(addr string) string {
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(addr, "unix://") {
-		return "", false
+		return ""
 	}
-	return strings.TrimPrefix(addr, "unix://"), true
+	return strings.TrimPrefix(addr, "unix://")
 }
 
 type dirEnts []os.FileInfo
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ func (c *Config) ClientListener(override string, port int) (net.Addr, error) {
 		addr = c.ClientAddr
 	}
 
-	if path, ok := unixSocketAddr(addr); ok {
+	if path := socketPath(addr); path != "" {
 		return &net.UnixAddr{Name: path, Net: "unix"}, nil
 	}
 	ip := net.ParseIP(addr)
diff --git a/command/agent/config_test.go b/command/agent/config_test.go
index 2d64264f0..1bb95bd40 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_test.go
@@ -1893,14 +1893,11 @@ func TestReadConfigPaths_dir(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUnixSockets(t *testing.T) {
-	path1, ok := unixSocketAddr("unix:///path/to/socket")
-	if !ok || path1 != "/path/to/socket" {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v %v", ok, path1)
+	if p := socketPath("unix:///path/to/socket"); p != "/path/to/socket" {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %q", p)
 	}
-
-	path2, ok := unixSocketAddr("notunix://blah")
-	if ok || path2 != "" {
-		t.Fatalf("bad: %v %v", ok, path2)
+	if p := socketPath("notunix://blah"); p != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %q", p)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/command/agent/http.go b/command/agent/http.go
index 19831b0f6..e81bf7b7b 100644
--- a/command/agent/http.go
+++ b/command/agent/http.go
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ func NewHTTPServers(agent *Agent) ([]*HTTPServer, error) {
 		}
 
 		// Error if we are trying to bind a domain socket to an existing path
-		socketPath, isSocket := unixSocketAddr(config.Addresses.HTTP)
-		if isSocket {
-			if _, err := os.Stat(socketPath); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				agent.logger.Printf("[WARN] agent: Replacing socket %q", socketPath)
+		path := socketPath(config.Addresses.HTTP)
+		if path != "" {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(path); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				agent.logger.Printf("[WARN] agent: Replacing socket %q", path)
 			}
-			if err := os.Remove(socketPath); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error removing socket file: %s", err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ func NewHTTPServers(agent *Agent) ([]*HTTPServer, error) {
 		}
 
 		var list net.Listener
-		if isSocket {
+		if path != "" {
 			// Set up ownership/permission bits on the socket file
-			if err := setFilePermissions(socketPath, config.UnixSockets); err != nil {
+			if err := setFilePermissions(path, config.UnixSockets); err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed setting up HTTP socket: %s", err)
 			}
 			list = ln
diff --git a/command/agent/http_test.go b/command/agent/http_test.go
index 9ff6fc3ed..db4fa1068 100644
--- a/command/agent/http_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/http_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestHTTPServer_UnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Ensure we can get a response from the socket.
-	path, _ := unixSocketAddr(srv.agent.config.Addresses.HTTP)
+	path := socketPath(srv.agent.config.Addresses.HTTP)
 	trans := cleanhttp.DefaultTransport()
 	trans.DialContext = func(_ context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
 		return net.Dial("unix", path)