diff --git a/core/object.cpp b/core/object.cpp
index c535d391aa9f..58579f2be975 100644
--- a/core/object.cpp
+++ b/core/object.cpp
@@ -1561,20 +1561,14 @@ void Object::_set_bind(const String &p_set, const Variant &p_value) {
 
 	bool valid = false;
 	set(p_set, p_value, &valid);
-	if (!valid) {
-		ERR_EXPLAIN("Cannot set property \"" + p_set + "\" in an instance of " + get_class_name());
-		ERR_FAIL();
-	}
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_MSG(!valid, "Cannot set property \"" + p_set + "\" in an instance of " + get_class_name())
 }
 
 Variant Object::_get_bind(const String &p_name) const {
 
 	bool valid = false;
 	Variant result = get(p_name, &valid);
-	if (!valid) {
-		ERR_EXPLAIN("Cannot get property \"" + p_name + "\" in an instance of " + get_class_name());
-		ERR_FAIL_V(Variant());
-	}
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(!valid, Variant(), "Cannot get property \"" + p_name + "\" in an instance of " + get_class_name())
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.h
index 6bdfb8638c26..086122901912 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_function.h
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ struct GDScriptDataType {
 
 				Object *obj = p_variant.operator Object *();
 				if (obj) {
-					if (!ObjectDB::instance_validate(obj)) {
-						ERR_EXPLAIN("Invalid object instance (already freed?)");
-						ERR_FAIL_V(false);
-					}
+					ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(!ObjectDB::instance_validate(obj), false, "Invalid object instance (already freed?)");
 					if (!ClassDB::is_parent_class(obj->get_class_name(), native_type)) {
 						// Try with underscore prefix
 						StringName underscore_native_type = "_" + native_type;
diff --git a/scene/gui/control.cpp b/scene/gui/control.cpp
index 5170bbee6e44..3a2a1f0969b1 100644
--- a/scene/gui/control.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/control.cpp
@@ -199,10 +199,6 @@ Size2 Control::get_combined_minimum_size() const {
 	return data.minimum_size_cache;
 }
 
-Size2 Control::_edit_get_minimum_size() const {
-
-	return get_combined_minimum_size();
-}
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
 
@@ -224,8 +220,7 @@ void Control::_draw_debug_area() {
 			break;
 		}
 		default: {
-			ERR_EXPLAIN("Invalid mouse filter");
-			ERR_FAIL();
+			ERR_FAIL_MSG("Invalid mouse filter");
 		}
 	}