diff --git a/tiff/compress.go b/tiff/compress.go
index 40c7fd8..3f176f0 100644
--- a/tiff/compress.go
+++ b/tiff/compress.go
@@ -55,5 +55,4 @@ func unpackBits(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 			dst = append(dst, buf[:1-code]...)
 		}
 	}
-	panic("unreachable")
 }