diff --git a/cmd/mirror.go b/cmd/mirror.go
index 954e429..3f2d104 100644
--- a/cmd/mirror.go
+++ b/cmd/mirror.go
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ results_receiver_loop:
 		case msg := <-messages:
 			receivedResults++
 			log.Info("Finished mirroring ", receivedResults, " out of ", len(repos), " repositories.")
-			combineSlices(msg.Errors, &allErrors)
+			allErrors = append(allErrors, msg.Errors...)
 			if lastCloneEnd.Before(msg.LastCloneEnd) {
 				lastCloneEnd = msg.LastCloneEnd
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/utils.go b/cmd/utils.go
index f2267ed..d2a2b2d 100644
--- a/cmd/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/utils.go
@@ -33,9 +33,3 @@ func stringInSlice(a string, list []string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
-
-func combineSlices(slice []string, allSlices *[]string) {
-	for _, s := range slice {
-		*allSlices = append(*allSlices, s)
-	}
-}