diff --git a/codex/contracts/clock.nim b/codex/contracts/clock.nim
index d80e2811..d4753fc1 100644
--- a/codex/contracts/clock.nim
+++ b/codex/contracts/clock.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import std/times
 import pkg/ethers
 import pkg/chronos
 import pkg/stint
-import pkg/upraises
 import ../clock
 import ../conf
 
diff --git a/codex/utils/asyncspawn.nim b/codex/utils/asyncspawn.nim
index 6835a4fa..00906ccc 100644
--- a/codex/utils/asyncspawn.nim
+++ b/codex/utils/asyncspawn.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,3 @@ proc asyncSpawn*(future: Future[void], ignore: type CatchableError) =
     except ignore:
       discard
   asyncSpawn ignoringError()
-
-proc asyncSpawn*[T](future: Future[T]): void =
-  proc task() {.async.} = discard await future
-  asyncSpawn task()
-
diff --git a/codex/utils/json.nim b/codex/utils/json.nim
index 7d4b3593..a8d49e8c 100644
--- a/codex/utils/json.nim
+++ b/codex/utils/json.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import pkg/codexdht/discv5/node as dn
 import pkg/serde/json
 import pkg/questionable/results
 import ../errors
-import exceptions
 
 export json