diff --git a/lib/go/thrift/compact_protocol.go b/lib/go/thrift/compact_protocol.go
index 4689357..8510f1f 100644
--- a/lib/go/thrift/compact_protocol.go
+++ b/lib/go/thrift/compact_protocol.go
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@
 	}
 
 	p.lastFieldId = fieldId
-	// p.lastField.Push(field.id);
 	return written, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/go/thrift/field.go b/lib/go/thrift/field.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d66525..0000000
--- a/lib/go/thrift/field.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-package thrift
-
-// Helper class that encapsulates field metadata.
-type field struct {
-	name   string
-	typeId TType
-	id     int
-}
-
-func newField(n string, t TType, i int) *field {
-	return &field{name: n, typeId: t, id: i}
-}
-
-func (p *field) Name() string {
-	if p == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return p.name
-}
-
-func (p *field) TypeId() TType {
-	if p == nil {
-		return TType(VOID)
-	}
-	return p.typeId
-}
-
-func (p *field) Id() int {
-	if p == nil {
-		return -1
-	}
-	return p.id
-}
-
-func (p *field) String() string {
-	if p == nil {
-		return "<nil>"
-	}
-	return "<TField name:'" + p.name + "' type:" + string(p.typeId) + " field-id:" + string(p.id) + ">"
-}
-
-var ANONYMOUS_FIELD *field
-
-type fieldSlice []field
-
-func (p fieldSlice) Len() int {
-	return len(p)
-}
-
-func (p fieldSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	return p[i].Id() < p[j].Id()
-}
-
-func (p fieldSlice) Swap(i, j int) {
-	p[i], p[j] = p[j], p[i]
-}
-
-func init() {
-	ANONYMOUS_FIELD = newField("", STOP, 0)
-}
diff --git a/lib/go/thrift/json_protocol_test.go b/lib/go/thrift/json_protocol_test.go
index 07afa96..333d383 100644
--- a/lib/go/thrift/json_protocol_test.go
+++ b/lib/go/thrift/json_protocol_test.go
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
 	for k, value := range DOUBLE_VALUES {
 		ik, err := p.ReadI32(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Bad key for %s index %v, wrote: %v, expected: %v, error: %s", thetype, k, ik, string(k), err.Error())
+			t.Fatalf("Bad key for %s index %v, wrote: %v, expected: %v, error: %s", thetype, k, ik, k, err.Error())
 		}
 		if int(ik) != k {
 			t.Fatalf("Bad key for %s index %v, wrote: %v, expected: %v", thetype, k, ik, k)
diff --git a/lib/go/thrift/numeric.go b/lib/go/thrift/numeric.go
index aa8daa9..e4512d2 100644
--- a/lib/go/thrift/numeric.go
+++ b/lib/go/thrift/numeric.go
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@
 
 func NewNumericFromI64(iValue int64) Numeric {
 	dValue := float64(iValue)
-	sValue := string(iValue)
+	sValue := strconv.FormatInt(iValue, 10)
 	isNil := false
 	return &numeric{iValue: iValue, dValue: dValue, sValue: sValue, isNil: isNil}
 }
 
 func NewNumericFromI32(iValue int32) Numeric {
 	dValue := float64(iValue)
-	sValue := string(iValue)
+	sValue := strconv.FormatInt(int64(iValue), 10)
 	isNil := false
 	return &numeric{iValue: int64(iValue), dValue: dValue, sValue: sValue, isNil: isNil}
 }
diff --git a/lib/go/thrift/simple_json_protocol_test.go b/lib/go/thrift/simple_json_protocol_test.go
index 951389a..986fff2 100644
--- a/lib/go/thrift/simple_json_protocol_test.go
+++ b/lib/go/thrift/simple_json_protocol_test.go
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 		strv := l[k*2+4]
 		ik, err := strconv.Atoi(strk)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Bad value for %s index %v, wrote: %v, expected: %v, error: %s", thetype, k, strk, string(k), err.Error())
+			t.Fatalf("Bad value for %s index %v, wrote: %v, expected: %v, error: %s", thetype, k, strk, k, err.Error())
 		}
 		if ik != k {
 			t.Fatalf("Bad value for %s index %v, wrote: %v, expected: %v", thetype, k, strk, k)